Kogi Assembly Demands More Constituencies
Kogi House of Assembly has called for a review and further delineation of the state to increase the number of state constituencies from 25 to 27 for effective and adequate representation.
Kogi House of Assembly has called for a review and further delineation of the state to increase the number of state constituencies from 25 to 27 for effective and adequate representation.
An Owerri High Court has reserved June 4 for ruling on an application for withdrawal of a suit, by a former Deputy Governor of Imo, Mr Jude Agbaso. The counsel to the plaintiff, Mr Alex Williams, in the application filed on Thursday in the court...
The Glo Soccer Academy finalists on a training tour of the Manchester United Soccer Academy has defeated the Irlam and Cadished College football team by 1-0. In an action packed 90-minute match played at the College’s pitch, the Glo Soccer Academ...
Former Golden Eaglets coach and Japan 1993 U-17 World Cup winning tactician, Fanny Amun has sensationally revealed then national teams technical adviser Clemense Westerhof worked seriously against him before and during the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Japan....
A 60-year old man, Mukadam Azeez, has been arrested for defiling a 12-year old girl. According to the police spokesperson, one Esther Olalekan of Agbongbon area, Ibadan, reported that her daughter, (name withheld) was defiled by the accused person. &nb...
The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), on Thursday said it has arrested a suspected leader of a drug cloning syndicate in Lagos.
The former Head of Service of the Federation, Mr Stephen Oronsaye, has dismissed insinuations that the merger of government agencies and parastatals will lead to increase in unemployment rate. Oronsaye made this known in an interview with the News Agen...
A combined team of security agencies in Lagos arrested 251 suspected aliens, following a raid on the Gatankowa Market in Abule-Egba, just before midnight on Tuesday.
Members of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Abia have rejected the April convention that produced a new leadership for the party.
Bayelsa Police Command on Thursday said it was making progress on the investigation of the killing of 12 of its men in Bayelsa water ways on Saturday.
An Arizona man charged with stabbing his wife and son to death admitted to committing the crime over fear he had infected her with human immunodeficiency virus and his belief that their son was handicapped.
Gunmen struck in the early hours of Thursday, killing four policemen near their station in Babangida, headquarters of Tarmuwa local government area in Yobe, Police Commissioner in the state Sanusi Rufai said.
Rufai told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the policeman were attacked as they took guard behind the sand-bags which provided barriers at the entrance of the station.
He said five of the gunmen were, however, killed.
He said that although they failed in their plan to burn down the station, the gunmen carted away some rifles.
“The gunmen came around midnight trying to enter the police station with intent to burn it down, but were resisted by the police.
“We lost four policemen and their rifles were carted away but the station was protected," Rufai said. (NAN)
There is no let-up yet in the incidences of sexual defilement in Nigeria. Seven-Year-old Chideira Jaja was a recent victim of sexual defilement. The men who allegedly violated her were aged 43, 21and 19. Chideira and her aunt, Ngozi, recount the little...
Ex-Nigeria star Peter Rufai has denied he bolted away with the sum of €200,000 meant for a Nigeria community football club in Belgium. It was reported that Rufai ran to Nigeria with the money given to Nigeria community football club by the Belgian...
Poor handling of sponsorship deals and lack of credibility in the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) are major reasons behind the inability of the Nigerian Nationwide League (NNWL) to secure title sponsors for the league, official has said. The NNWL off...