The family feud that caused the killing of four persons by a mobile policeman in Tudun-Wada, Jos, penultimate Thursday, was caused by a petty quarrel over a GSM memory card. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that six persons were also injured in...
The timely intervention of the police in Auchi, Edo, on Monday night prevented dare devil armed robbers from completely over running the local branches of two different banks in the town. The hoodlums, shortly after 10 p.m., reportedly launched s...
Nigeria’s Vice President, Namadi Sambo on Monday night arrived in the U. S. for the annual conference of Export-Import Bank. The North America Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Vice president who came in abo...
The National Association of Telecom Subscribers (NATCOMS) on Tuesday appealed to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to prevail on telecom operators to improve their customer care services. Chief Deolu Ogunbanjo, the President of the associati...
A 14-month-old baby and five unidentified adults on Tuesday died in a fatal auto crash which occurred at Alapako village on the Lagos- Ibadan expressway. The Ogere Unit Commander of the FRSC, Mr Abdulrahman Sadeeq, who confirmed the i...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has advised the public to be wary of any of its offcials carrying arms in the name of the Corps. NSCDC's Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr Emmanuel Okeh, gave the advice in an interv...
The Federal Government has reiterated its resolve to ensure lasting peace and unity in the country. The Information and Orientation Minister, Mr Labaran Maku said this in Lafia on Monday when he paid a condolence visit to Gov. Tanko Al-makura of Nasara...
Fire gutted a section of the Zenith Bank branch located at Area 7 in Abuja on Monday evening, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports. An eyewitness at the scene, told NAN that the fire started at about 7.35 p. m. due to an electrical fault in ...
The Borno Police Command on Monday presented a cash reward of N500,000 to an informant for helping to arrest two suspects planning to kill a Muslim cleric in Maiduguri. Alhaji Bala Hassan, the state Commissioner for Police handed over the cash to...
The Executive Secretary of TET Fund, Prof. Mamood Yakubu, has said that the federal government has earmarked N5bn for 10 boarding and five day schools for Almajiri education. Yakubu, who stated this in Kaduna yesterday, added that the amoun...
Hundred of Muslims yesterday fed their Christian counterparts in Kaduna to commemorate this year’s Easter. Performing the occasion, the leader of the Muslim Youths, Muhammad Shuaibu expressed gratitude to the Christian brothers, calling on intern...
In this interview with Salisu Ibrahim, one time Kano State governor and now chairman, Senate Committee on States and Local Governments, Senator Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya bares his mind on many interesting and contentious issues – gay marriage, neglect ...
Barely 48 hours after the collapse of the St. Robert’s Catholic Mission, Adamgbe in Vandeikya Local Government Area of Benue State, which killed 22 persons and left many seriously injured, some members of the church have advocated for mass ...
There is palpable tension among local government staff in Katsina State over a looming mass retrenchment as the state Local Government Service Commission reportedly sent list of redundant staff to the council areas. Our correspondent report...
Uneasy calm pervaded the atmosphere at most of the Easter Sunday services across Katsina State as unprecedented number of soldiers and policemen watched over churches while the Easter celebrations lasted. Contrary to the earlier unperturbed posture of ...