Car wash operator jailed for slapping woman
A Karmo Grade I Area Court, Abuja, on Friday sentenced a 30-year-old Car wash operator, Marut Adeyinka, to 30 days’ imprisonment ...
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WHO staff tests positive for Coronavirus
The World Health Organisation, WHO, says one of its staff in Iran Country Office has tested positive for Coronavirus, COVID-19.
Reps urge Nigerian govt to appoint more Supreme Court Justices
The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government to appoint more justices to the Supreme Court to accelerate determination ...
Hajj 2020: NAHCON inaugurates team, tasks members on ensuring fare reduction
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, has constituted a team of staff to proceed on the first official assignment ...
Digital companies, liable to tax under new Finance Act — Osinbajo
Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo says multinational digital companies operating abroad with significant economic presence in Nigeria will be subjected to ...
CBN redeploys directors, appoints new ones
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has announced the appointment and redeployment of some of its Directors.
33-year-old man arrested for stealing 16 SIM cards
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Friday remanded one unemployed Charles Eze in the Ikoyi Custodial Centre, after he pleaded guilty ...
Suspended Lagos mass transit train to resume services soon – NRC
The Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC, says its suspended Lagos-Ogun mass transit train service will resume operations soon.
Travel agent in court over N1.2m Canadian visa fraud
A travel agent, Adeyemi Aladetoyinbo, 42, on Tuesday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly obtaining N1.2 million ...
Angry youth kill 6 in Rivers community – Police
The Police Command in Rivers has confirmed the killing of six persons during a violent protest by angry youths in ...
Appeal court constitutes tribunal for Kogi governorship election
President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa has constituted Governorship and House of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal to ...
‘Unpatriotic elements’ sabotaging me, Pantami cries out
Dr Isa Pantami, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has warned against secret attempts by “unpatriotic elements’ ‘to sabotage the ...
We can handle spine surgeries, joint replacements, others, says Kano orthopaedic hospital MD
Dr Mohammed Salihu, Medical Director, National Orthopaedic Hospital Dala, NOHD, Kano, says the hospital now receives patients from aboard for ...
Bus purchase probe: Ambode’s counter suit incompetent, Lagos lawmakers tell court
Lawmakers probing former Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos over purchase of 820 buses as part of the Bus Reform Project ...
Buhari presides over FEC meeting
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday presided over the meeting of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, ...
Court slams N100,000 against Nigerian govt over Melaye’s alleged falsehood trial
An FCT High Court Maitama on Tusday ordered the prosecution to pay N100, 000 for stalling trial of the Senator ...
240 Chinese peacekeepers leave for South Sudan on one-year mission
A contingent of 240 Chinese peacekeepers left Zhangjiakou, a city in northern China’s Hebei Province, for South Sudan on Tuesday ...
Consulate confirms murder of Nigerian in South Africa
The Consul General of Nigeria in Johannesburg, Godwin Adama, has confirmed the murder of another Nigerian, Chikamso Ufordi, in South ...
Lai Mohammed seeks India’s support for Nigerian film industry
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has enjoined the Indian government to support Nigeria's film industry with the ...
NLC to Buhari: Implement new Minimum Wage before 2019 Workers’ Day
The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to give his accent to the ...
BREAKING: PDP to boycott 2019 elections, Secondus threatens
The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has threatened to pull out of the 2019 general elections if the ...
Plateau killings: PDP blames Buhari, APC for failure to act responsibly
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has blamed the gruesome killings in Plateau state on the federal government’s failure to act ...
Maryam Abacha varsity graduates son, 479 others
The President and Founder of the university, Adamu Abubakar-Gwarzo, gave the figure at the 2nd convocation of the Institution at ...
God-fearing leader cannot fight corruption in Nigeria – Kukah
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, on Tuesday, said fighting corruption and fixing Nigeria required more than a ...