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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Friday, June 17th, 2016
Lagos: Kingpin of Babington Macaulay schoolgirls’ abduction arrested Sylva advertisement TOP HEADLINES CBN finally frees naira, value to be determined by market forces • To appoint primary, secondary dealers Lagos: Kingpin (PICTURED) of Babington Macaulay schoolgirls’ abduction arrested Flexible exchange rate: What experts are saying Dogara orders investigation of three Reps over […]
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Abuja (FCT), Headlines, State News
Tuesday, June 14th, 2016
Friday Olokor, Abuja The police have arrested a suspected quack doctor, Victor Akpan, in the Gwarinpa area of Abuja. PUNCH Metro learnt that Akpan, who had been running a private hospital for 10 years, allegedly operated with forged and stolen certificates. As a quack doctor, he was said to have performed caesarean sections, removed fibroids and […]
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Edo, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, June 14th, 2016
Amodu Shuaibu Alexander Okere, Benin Late ex-Super Eagles coach, Amodu Shaibu, as well as staff of the Edo State Football Academy, were owed N25m by the state government, before he died last Saturday, our correspondent has learnt. Amodu died in his sleep at his residence in Benin, the state capital, and was later buried at […]
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Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Headlines, Osun, State News
Tuesday, June 14th, 2016
Femi Makinde, Osogbo The Osun State branch of Christian Association of Nigeria carried out its threat to instruct Christian pupils to appear in their schools in choir robes and other church garments as some students of the Baptist High School, Iwo, appeared in the school in church apparel on Tuesday. The students in such religious […]
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Headlines, Nasarawa, State News
Monday, June 13th, 2016
UMAR MUHAMMED A 50-year-old district head of Dagachi Bukan-Sidi, Lafia, Mohammed Agabi, has been arrested by the Nasarawa State Police Command for his alleged involvement in a robbery activity in the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Lawal Shehu, speaking during a parade of the suspect in Lafia, said the district head was arrested […]
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Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Friday, June 10th, 2016
Five charged over Nigeria blasphemy murder Posted at11:24 Five Muslim men have been charged with the murder of an elderly Christian woman over an alleged blasphemy in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, police said, AFP news agency reports. The suspects are accused of killing a woman last week after she allegedly insulted the Prophet Muhammad. The 74-year-old was […]
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Anambra, Biafra, Governors, Headlines, State News
Friday, June 10th, 2016
ANAMBRA State Governor, Willie Obiano has pledged to offset hospital bills of some Biafra agitators who were injured during the celebration of the 49th anniversary of the declaration of Biafra. The governor also called for calm over the crisis rocking Nkpor community. Obiano made the pledge at Nkpor town hall when he came to sympathise […]
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Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Friday, June 10th, 2016
Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna There was confusion in some parts of Kakuri, in Kaduna South Local Government Area, when a 41-year-old carpenter, Mr. Francis Emmanuel Francis, almost lost his right eye on Tuesday following an attack on him by Muslim youths for not observing the Ramadan fast. This is coming barely a week after a 74-year-old, […]
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Benue, General Politics, Governors, Headlines, Raw Politics, State News
Monday, June 6th, 2016
Justice Ahmed Mohammed of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday withdrew from the trial of a former Governor of Benue State, Mr. Gabriel Suswam, and the Commissioner of Finance in the immediate past administration, Mr. Omodachi Okolobia. The judge said his decision to withdraw from the case followed a publication on an online […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Friday, June 3rd, 2016
Rivers lawmakers okay N12bn loan for Wike Chukwudi Akasike The Rivers State House of Assembly on Friday approved two requests from the State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, to take N12bn loan from the Central Bank of Nigeria. The House approved the executive requests through a voice vote after an extensive debate on them (requests). Wike […]
