Ogun lawmaker’s mother abducted
69 year old mother of Ogun State lawmaker, Remmy Hazzan, Mrs. Rachael Hazzan has been abducted by people suspected to be kidnappers in Omu-Ijebu, Odogbolu local government area of Ogun state. The...
View ArticleFCID: Time to rise above board
Investigations of criminal cases by the police are usually inconclusive. Perhaps, this could be due to lack of facilities and trained personnel to effectively carry out detailed investigation. It is...
View ArticleLamentation of Makurdi flood victims
Makurdi, Benue State capital has started experiencing negative effects of excessive rainfall. The state capital and some other parts of the state had experienced a devastating flooding in 2012 which...
View ArticleBoko Haram attacks Michika, Adamawa villages
Boko Haram insurgents have continued their attack on communities in Adamawa State particularly those in Michika Local Government Area, raiding more border villages in the area. A resident of Garta, one...
View ArticleAddressing the challenge of TETFund intervention
By all accounts, the provision of quality tertiary education in a sustainable way is a serious business that requires huge capital investment. This perception is by all means rational, as the incessant...
View ArticleOil marketer kidnapped in Gboko
A major oil marketer in Gboko local government area of Benue State, Mr. Matthew Agbason was yesterday kidnapped by unknown persons. Nigerian Pilot Saturday gathered that Mr. Agbason, who is the...
View ArticleEid-el-Kabir: Military bans vehicular movement in Borno
Military authorities in Borno state have placed restriction on vehicular movement in the troubled State throughout the celebration of Eid-el-Kabir. A statement by the spokesman of the 7 Division of...
View ArticleGroup expresses worry over N30bn spent on textbook
A group, Education Rights Initiative, ERI, has expressed worry over huge sums of money federal government expends annually on supply of textbooks in Basic Education in Nigeria and urged it to stop....
View ArticleEmir urges Katsina elite to shun envy
Emir of Katsina, Alhaji Abdulmumini Kabir, has urged the elite in Katsina to avoid envying each other and unite for the development of the state. Kabir stated this at his palace while receiving...
View Article5 rescued alive as building collapses in Abuja
Five people yesterday escaped death as a storey building under construction collapsed in Jikwoyi, a suburb of Abuja in the Municipal Area Council of the federal capital territory, FCT. investigations...
View ArticleArmed robbers raid Delta community bank
In Ughelli Town, Delta State rampaging armed bandits at the weekend attacked a new generation bank (name withheld), shot one of its staff and carted away an estimated sum of N4.5 million. A...
View ArticlePolice detains herdsman for killing 2 sisters in Benue
A suspected armed Fulani insurgent, Abdul Ibrahim has been arrested for the brutal murder of two sisters, Mnena Shishie and Nyieshile Jirgba both of Zongo village near Federal University of Agriculture...
View ArticleJBN begins literacy campaign nationwide
Not less than 1500 literacy school Backpacks were donated by construction giants, Julius Berger Nigeria Plc to students of junior secondary school 1 to JSS3 of Gwarimpa Government Secondary School in...
View ArticlePolice arrest pastor over death of teenager
The police in Delta State have arrested a court registrar, Pastor Jonathan Ojigbo in connection with the death of a teenage boy, Evi Samson at Ozoro, Isoko North Local Government Area. The Police...
View ArticleNUJ decries harassment of members by security agencies
Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Sokoto State chapter, has decried the consistent harassment of its members by security agencies in the course of their constitutional duties. In a communiqué signed...
View ArticleNigerian politicians are criminals, greedy – Arthur Eze
The founder of a non- governmental organisation christened 4-J “For Jonathan,” Prince Arthur Eze has described Nigerian politicians as criminals and bunch of greedy people, who don’t feel the plight of...
View Article‘N40bn Bond: Cross River future mortgaged’ APC
All Progressive Congress, APC, has expressed concern over the N40 billion Bond floated by the Cross River state government at the twilight of the administration. The National Vice Chairman of the party...
View ArticleWorshippers trek long distances to pray in Borno
Muslims in both Borno and Yobe states were compelled to trek long distances from their homes to prayer grounds to observe the Eid-el-Kabir celebration. In Maiduguri and other towns of Borno State, just...
View ArticleFormer Haiti president Duvalier dies
Haiti’s former ruler, Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier has died of a heart attack in the capital Port-au-Prince, reports quoting official sources say. Duvalier was just 19 when in 1971 he inherited the...
View ArticleSaudi announces epidemic-free Hajj
Saudi Arabia said yesterday that no single case of Ebola virus or any contagious disease was reported to the Health Ministry. The Advisor to the Minister of Health, Tareq Madani, who stated this in a...
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