The leadership of the All Progressives Congress in Kano State on Monday expressed confidence that the New Nigeria People’s Party will be rejected by the people of Kano in 2027 …
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Police arrest female sex trafficker, 59 others in Plateau
Operatives of the Plateau State Police Command have arrested a woman identified as Peace John, for allegedly operating a sex trafficking ring from Nigeria to a neighbouring West African country, …
Read More »FG mulls exchange programmes for secondary school students
The Federal Government through the National Senior Secondary Education Commission is considering exchange programmes for senior secondary school students in Nigeria. According to the Executive Secretary of the Commission, Dr …
Read More »Chinua Achebe’s daughter wins Harvard Medical School award
Maureen Achebe, daughter of the renowned novelist, late Chinua Achebe, has received the Brigham and Women’s Hospital 2024 Faculty Development and Diversity Awards. Her brother and chairman of the African …
Read More »Female miners seek end to sexual harassment, GBV in Nasarawa
The Women In Mining In Nigeria, in collaboration with Ford Foundation, has called on the Nasarawa State Government to urgently intervene in the issues of sexual harassment and Gender-Based Violence …
Read More »Customs seize N770m contrabands, generate N92m in three months
The Nigeria Customs Service, Ogun I Area Command, Idiroko on Monday said the command made seizures of contrabands with duty paid value of N770,666,237 between April and June 2024. The …
Read More »Obi hails EFCC chairman, urges fight against corruption
The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has hailed the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, regarding the alarm he raised on the …
Read More »Appeal court strikes out sacked Rivers LG chairmen’s suit
The Court of Appeal, sitting in Port Harcourt, on Monday, dismissed two appeals instituted by the sacked Local Government Chairmen loyal to the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. …
Read More »N423bn theft: Court adjourns El-Rufai’s suit against Kaduna assembly till July 17
A Federal High Court in Kaduna on Monday adjourned till July 17, 2024, for hearing a suit instituted by the immediate-past governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, against the state …
Read More »Pro-Fubara lawmakers confirm one commissioner
The Rivers State House of Assembly, led by Victor Oko-Jumbo, has confirmed Emmanuel Frank-Fubara as a commissioner nominee. The confirmation came after the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, requested the Assembly …
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