An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Wednesday reserved judgement until Sept. 10 in the case of an American, Marco Antonio-Ramirez, charged with $1.2 million in fraud. The News Agency of …
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Karimi, Reps lobby Umahi, federal agencies to fix failed roads in Kogi West
For the second time in six months, Senator Sunday Karimi representing Kogi West has met with the Minister of Works Dave Umahi as lobbying was intensified in an effort to …
Read More »Ganduje advocates improved women participation in governance
The National Chairmen of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has canvassed improvement in women’s participation in the governance. Speaking during the symbolic presentation of fabrics …
Read More »FG prohibits ‘money rituals’, other vices in Nollywood films
Dr. Shaibu Husseini, Executive Director of the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), says the Federal Government has approved the prohibition of money rituals and glamourizing of vices in …
Read More »Justice Idajili: Chairman of Abacha’s failed banks tribunal is dead
A renowned jurist, Justice Steven Sado Idajili, has passed on at the age of 82. The jurist from Kogi State is notable for being the chairman of the failed bank …
Read More »Praying man drowns at Lagos beach, divers seek body
The police said on Wednesday that divers were battling to recover the body of a 30-year-old man who allegedly drowned at Elegushi Beach, Lagos, where he had gone for prayers. …
Read More »Teacher jailed 15 years for rape committed in 1999
Alabi Oluwafemi has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for raping an eight-year-old girl in 1999 at Ikere Ekiti, Ekiti State. The victim, during her testimony, recounted how Oluwafemi, …
Read More »Heavy security as Kano Assembly begins process to repeal emirates created by Ganduje
The proposed amendment of Kano Emirate Council Laws on Wednesday scaled through the first reading on the floor of the Kano State House of Assembly. Speaker Ismail Jibril Falgore on …
Read More »Nigerian students at UK varsity face deportation after naira crash leads to fee defaults
“I am now on antidepressants and being here alone, I have nobody to talk to. For over two months, I’ve barely eaten or slept and I don’t understand why this …
Read More »Reps consider establishment of Nursing, Midwifery College in Amassoma
The House of Representatives has taken a significant step towards the establishment of the Federal College of Nursing and Midwifery, Amassoma, Bayelsa State. A Bill sponsored by Rodney Ebikebina Ambaiowei …
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