After seven months in detention over allegation of defiling a 12-year-old primary six pupil; Mathew Onakoya, 32, was on Friday granted bail by an Ojo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The defendant, who claimed to be a pastor, was first arraign...
A 35 year-old man, Aminu Samaila, was on Friday arraigned before a Katsina State Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing two cows belonging to Gov. Ibrahim Shema. Prosecutor Gyan David told the court in Dustsin-ma on Friday that Garba Geo...
The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has said that inadequate funding was hampering the effective performance of the force. ``The Nigerian police should be well funded, trained and equipped to enable it effectively constitute the first l...
The Plateau Command, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Friday said it had trained 160 officers in weapons handling, arm drills and combat craft. The state NSCDC Commandant, Mr Desmond Agu, made this known at the passing out ...
The Enugu State Government on Friday expressed happiness with the release of Prof. Cyprian Onyeji, the Vice-Chancellor of its university, after nine days in the hands of his abductors. Reacting to the release, Mr Chukwudi Achife, the Chief Press Secret...
Nigeria’s representative in Benin Republic, Amb. Lawrence Obisakin, has advised Nigerians in Cotonou to be transparent in their dealings. The ambassador particularly advised that Nigerian businessmen to always declare the amount of money on them ...
The UN nuclear watchdog pressed Iran on Friday to address suspicions about nuclear bomb research in the Islamic state, pursuing diplomatic efforts to resolve the dispute before any possible military action by Israel or the United States. A flurry...
Flood in Mai’adua Local Government Area of Katsina State has rendered many families homeless and destroyed more than 1,400 houses, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. An eyewitness told NAN correspondent in Mai’adua that the inc...
No fewer than five persons have lost their lives in a multiple motor accident that occurred along Nsukka 9th Mile express way last Thursday night. Eye witnesses said a Toyota Carina car with registration number 402 LGT, a 14 -sitter bus belonging to Ro...
The management of the Port Harcourt Port has confirmed a fire incident on Thursday evening, which gutted the loading bay of the port. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the bay has the capacity to load 10 tankers wit...
ZANU-PF amendments to Zimbabwe's draft constitution, restoring sweeping powers to the president and setting up a mandatory youth service, have been rejected by its MDC coalition partners and are likely to delay adoption of the landmark new document...
A heavy downpour has wreaked havoc againg in Dutse local government of Jigawa, injuring three persons and destroying about 25 houses, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. NAN recalls that the Nigeria Metrological Agency (NIMET) had ...
The All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) on Friday in Lagos called on the Federal Government to ensure it allowed true federalism thrive as it was practiced all over the world. The Lagos State Chairman of ANPP, Alhaji Razaq Oyekanmi, claimed in a sta...
Four foreign oil workers who were kidnapped when unknown gunmen attacked their vessel in the Gulf of Guinea off Nigeria on August 4 have been released, their employer Sea Trucks Group said Thursday. “They were released last night,” company ...
A heavy downpour on Wednesday in the Kiyawa Local Government Area of Jigawa, killed four persons, destroying houses and crops. It will be recalled that the Nigeria Metrological Agency had listed Jigawa among states in the country that would be affected...