NDLEA nabs 185 drug suspects in Plateau
I85 suspects have been arrested for drug offenses in Plateau State this year. Commander of the NDLEA, in the state, Mrs. Ngozi Madubuike who disclosed this while speaking to journalists in Jos, said...
View ArticlePolice parade 50 cultists in Benue
About 50 suspected cult members were last Monday paraded at the Otukpo Divisional Police Station after they were arrested from different locations in the night by the Otukpo vigilante group. Addressing...
View ArticleOgun Assembly passes Rights, Pension Bills
Determined to protect child rights and the need to promote welfare of workers and ensure successful retirement for them, Ogun State House of Assembly has passed the State Child Rights bill as well as...
View ArticleBenue D/Gov declares for 2015 guber race
Deputy Governor of Benue State, Chief Steven Lawani has declared his intension to run in the 2015 gubernatorial race in the state. Chief Lawani said he had informed the state leadership of the ruling...
View ArticleCatholic medical practitioners honour Prof. Okojie
Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission NUC, Prof. Julius Okojie, has been conferred a distinguished Merit Award by the Association of Catholic Medical Practitioners of Nigeria, ACMPN,...
View ArticleOffa stool: Deposed Olofa defies court order
The Court of Appeal, Ilorin Division, has been informed that Alhaji Mufutau Gbadamosi who was in July 2013 sacked from the stool of Olofa of Offa, is flouting the order of the court which restrained...
View ArticleBurutu communities embrace Uduaghan’s education programme
DELTA State Commissioner for Works, Chief Solomon Funkekeme has assured Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of the readiness of the people of Burutu Local Government Area to embrace the governor’s newly...
View ArticlePolice housing scheme is across board – Ondo Police Command
Authorities of the Nigeria Police, Ondo State police command, has urged and directed the rank and file of the state command to disregard the rumour going rounds that the monthly deduction from their...
View ArticleLagos demolishes uncompleted shopping complex
The Lagos State Government has commenced demolition of a three-story shopping complex which is under construction at Oshodi area of Lagos. The shopping Complex which a source told Nigerian Pilot is...
View ArticleFEC approves N125bn for Apapa road, power projects
The Federal Executive Council, FEC, yesterday approved contracts worth N124.983billion for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of the various roads across the country and procurement of mobile...
View ArticleBoko Harram kingpins already under our grip – FG
Federal government yesterday said that it is rapidly closing-in on leaders of the Islamic sect, Boko Harram. Minister of information, Labaran Maku disclosed this to state house correspondents after the...
View ArticleNothing can stop us in 2015, Akande boasts
Interim national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Bisi Akande has boasted that nothing would stop APC from capturing power in 2015. Chief Akande, who said this during the meeting...
View ArticleEgyptian court releases Mubarak
Deposed Egyptian leader, Hosni Mubarak is expected to leave jail today after a court ruling that jolted a divided nation already in turmoil seven weeks after the army toppled Islamist President Mohamed...
View ArticlePDP North-East moves to save Tukur
Against the backdrop of speculations that some governors of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, are pushing for the sack of the national chairman, Dr. Bamaga Tukur, members of the North East zone...
View ArticlePlateau Speaker laments marginalisation
Speaker, Plateau State House of Assembly, Mr. John Dabwan, has alleged increasing marginalisation and neglect of Christians in the north, especially the youth. This is contained in a statement made...
View ArticleCRSG assures on counterpart funding to UNICEF
Special Adviser to Cross River State Government on International Donor Cooperation, Mr. Roy Ndoma-Egba has assured that the issues of counterpart funding to the United Nation’s Children Fund, UNICEF,...
View ArticleWhy we seek mayoral status for FCT - Ezeazu
Emma Ezeazu is general secretary, Alliance for Credible Elections, ACE. He has been in the fore front of advocacy for mayoral status for the FCT. In this interview with BEN ADOGA, he said it was a...
View ArticleOkabichi appointed Onu Igala of Zuma District
Danruwatan Zazzau Suleja, Hakimin and District Head of Zuma Rock, Alhaji Abubakar Musa has appointed Mr. Benjamin Abdul Okabichi the head of Igala people in Zuma district of Tafa Local Government of...
View ArticleAbuja Reggae artist arrested over 25 bags of cannabis
Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arrested Mr. Joel Onyenwoke, 50, a popular Reggae artist in Abuja, with 25 bags of the banned substance....
View ArticleDemolition: Our targets are illegal occupants, developers in Galadimawa –...
Department for Development Control recently demolished some illegal structures belonging to non-indigenes at Galadimawa. The Department said that it was illegal for indigenes to indiscriminately sell...
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