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Cross River, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, March 1st, 2017
Cross River State Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade has flagged off the construction of 5,000 housing units for the displaced people of Bakassi. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary and Senior Special Assistant on Media, Mr. Christian Ita, said the governor performed the groundbreaking for the construction of 5,000 housing units on Saturday. It was […]
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Benue, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, February 28th, 2017
PHOTO: google.com/search Permanent Secretary of the Benue State Ministry of Water Resources and Environment, Mr. Agbogbo Ode, said the state spent over N1.4 billion on water projects in the last two years. He spoke at the weekend during a press briefing organised by the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Benue State Council, in Makurdi. Ode […]
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Benue, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, February 28th, 2017
PHOTO: google.com/search Permanent Secretary of the Benue State Ministry of Water Resources and Environment, Mr. Agbogbo Ode, said the state spent over N1.4 billion on water projects in the last two years. He spoke at the weekend during a press briefing organised by the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Benue State Council, in Makurdi. Ode […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Tuesday, February 28th, 2017
Lagos State Ministry of Transport has no plan to ban yellow buses known as “Danfo” but to upgrade them to international standard, the acting Commissioner for Transport, Mr Lanrewaju Elegushi, has disclosed. Elegushi made the disclosure in Lagos on Tuesday during a stakeholder’s forum to deliberate on how to improve the transport system in the […]
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Benue, Corruption Politics, Headlines, State News
Monday, February 27th, 2017

The Department of State Services (DSS) yesterday invited former governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam to explain his link to a cache of assorted weapons and exotic cars discovered by the agency at No. 44, Aguiyi Ironsi Way, Maitama, Abuja. A statement by Tony Opuiyo, a spokesman of the DSS disclosed that on 24th February, […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Friday, February 24th, 2017
e Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal has dismissed an application filed by a former Lagos court registrar, Oluronke Rosulu, who was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by an Ikeja High Court for defrauding a former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi( retd.) of $330,000. Rosolu had been convicted by Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Monday, February 20th, 2017
Published February 21, 2017 Samson Folarin A 12-year-old housemaid, identified only as Mary, has disappeared with her boss daughter, Faith Ayeh, in the Iju Ishaga area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro learnt that Mary had been employed by the family through an agent about five months ago. The incident happened on Kudirat Abiola Estate, Akute […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Monday, February 20th, 2017
A 500-level part-time Business Administration student of the Lagos State University is battling with a broken arm and injuries allegedly inflicted on her face by operatives of the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit. The student, 28-year-old Sewuese Matthew, was reportedly battered for using her foster sister’s mobile phone to […]
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Abuja (FCT), Headlines, State News
Monday, February 20th, 2017
Afeez Hanafi A 200-level undergraduate of the University of Abuja escaped a robbery attack around the main campus on Sunday, only to run into an oncoming vehicle near the school gate. The student of History and Diplomatic Studies, identified simply as Simi Love, was reportedly crushed by the car, and died afterwards at the […]
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Headlines, Kano
Monday, February 20th, 2017
The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, says he is on the verge of proposing a law which will restrict poor men in the emirate from marrying many wives. Sanusi said this in Abuja on Sunday at the 50th anniversary of the death of Ambasador Isa Wali, a former Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana who […]