The Lagos State Police Command said it had arrested six suspected armed robbers and recovered some arms and ammunition in the past four days. The command spokesman, SP Joseph Jaiyeoba, made the disclosure on Tuesday in an interview with the News Agency...
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere has dragged his party and its favoured chairmanship candidate in the Saturday National Convention, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur before a Federal High Court to...
The Police in Delta has arrested a suspected kidnapper and rescued a woman and her three children in Effurun, near Warri in Delta. Mr Charles Muka, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Asaba on Tuesday that t...
A housewife, Zulaihatu Sule , 23, of the Rigasa area of Kaduna on Tuesday, urged a Kaduna Sharia Court to direct her husband, Muhammad Garba, to divorce her because of his sickness. Zulaihatu told the court that she was not aware that her h...
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) plans to introduce a Ministerial Open House platform to unite policy makers and stakeholders and enrich public policy in the country. The Agency’s Director-General, Mr. Mike Omeri, announced this on Tue...
The Federal Government on Tuesday in Abuja announced the redeployment of 14 Permanent Secretaries and the appointment of two new ones. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Tope Ajakaiye, Deputy Director (Press & Public Relations) on behalf...
The new Commissioner of Police in Ekiti, Mr Ibrahim Maishanu, assumed office on Tuesday and promised to make the state better in terms of security and peaceful co-existence among the people. Maishanualso pledged to implement the reform agenda of the Ac...
Queen Elizabeth II reaffirmed her dedication to serve in a speech to British lawmakers on Tuesday, as they presented her with a stained glass window to mark her 60 years on the throne. The 85-year-old monarch said she was “very touched by the mag...
The Jigawa State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed the state's 2012 appropriation bill of N104.4 billion. Presenting the appropriation committee report before the passage of the bill, the Chairman of the Committee, Alhaji Babangida Mohammed, said...
The INEC in Rivers has commenced the upgrading of its Information Technology (IT) department to ensure competence during the registration of voters. The Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr Aniedi Ikiowak, said on Tuesday in Port Harcourt that at presen...
Four persons lost their lives in an auto crash at Okoni-Aku Village on the Lokoja-Abuja highway on Tuesday while 17 others sustained various degrees of injuries. read more
The House of Representatives on Tuesday mandated its Committee on Special Duties to investigate the activities of the Border Communities Agency (BCDA) and submit the report within four weeks. read more
Speaker of the House of Representatives Aminu Tanbuwal on Tuesday restated the commitment of the House in the fight against corruption. read more
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says 1,503,931 candidates will write this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) on March 24. Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, stated this while briefing newsmen on Tues...
An ex-corps member, who alleged that an Osun monarch raped her, said on Tuesday that she did not receive any gift or bargained to collect N50,000 from the monarch. When cross examined by the Defence Counsel, Mr Taofeek Tewogbade, the ex-corps member sa...