ANOTHER PDP CANDIDATE STEPS DOWN FROM FCT COUNCIL POLLS, ENDORSES APC
By: Sefiu Ajape The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) chairmanship election, Zadna Dantani, has formally withdrawn from the...
PLATEAU BAR OWNER, WOMAN ARRESTED FOR TRAFFICKING THREE GIRLS TO GHANA
By: Sefiu Ajape The Plateau State Government has arrested a bar owner and another woman for allegedly trafficking three girls to Ghana. The pregnant woman,...
NSC CHAIR MEETS TINUBU AT ASO ROCK, DISCUSSES AFCON VERDICT
By: Sefiu Ajape Chairman of the National Sports Commission, Shehu Dikko, on Thursday met with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, to brief...
LAGOS ARRAIGNS 17 FOR URINATING, DEFECATING IN PUBLIC
By: Sefiu Ajape The Lagos State Government has arraigned 17 individuals for environmental offences, specifically urinating and defecating in public places. The development was disclosed...
RAMADAN, LENT: OSUN WORKERS TO CLOSE EARLY AS ADELEKE REDUCES WORK HOURS
By: Sefiu Ajape Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State, on Thursday, approved a reduction in official working hours for public servants in observance of the...
AFCON: SENEGALESE SUPPORTERS HELD IN MOROCCO RISK UP TO TWO-YEAR JAIL TERMS
By: Sefiu Ajape Moroccan prosecutors on Thursday requested prison sentences of up to two years for 18 Senegalese football fans detained in Rabat following last...
COURT ADMITS DIGITAL FORENSIC EVIDENCE AS DSS CLOSES CASE IN OWO CHURCH ATTACK TRIAL
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday formally admitted key digital forensic evidence and the statement of the fifth defendant...
KUNLE AFOLAYAN SIGNS LANDMARK PARTNERSHIP WITH SOPA TO CO-PRODUCE ORISHA/VODUN-THEMED SERIES
By Aishat Momoh. O. Award-winning Nigerian filmmaker Kunle Afolayan has signed a major international Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Société de Productions Audiovisuelles (SOPA)...
SENATE MOURNS AS RIVERS SOUTH-EAST LAWMAKER, SENATOR BARINADA MPIGI, DIES AT 64
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Senate was thrown into mourning on Thursday following the death of Senator Barinada Mpigi, the lawmaker representing Rivers South-East Senatorial...
OKPEBHOLO APPOINTS MERCY JOHNSON-OKOJIE AS SPECIAL ADVISER ON PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
By Aishat Momoh. O. Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has appointed renowned Nollywood actress Mercy Johnson-Okojie as Special Adviser on Public Engagement and Advocacy. The...