OGUN STATE GOVT TAKES CUSTODY OF ABANDONED INFANT
BY JEN NOMAMIUKOR The Ogun State Commissioner for Women’s Affairs and Social Development, Adijat Adeleye, asserts that the state has assumed guardianship of a two-day-old...
BAUCHI TEACHERS’ COMMISSION SACKS SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, DEMOTES SENIOR MASTER OVER SALE OF SCHOOL PROPERTY
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Bauchi State Teachers’ Service Commission has ordered the immediate removal of the Principal of Government Day Secondary School, Kirfi,...
DELTA POLICE BUST NOTORIOUS KIDNAP SYNDICATE, RECOVER 247 ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION; 184 SUSPECTED INTERNET FRAUDSTERS ARRESTED
By Aishat Momoh. O. Operatives of the CP-Special Assignment Team (CP-SAT) of the Delta State Police Command have dismantled a notorious kidnap syndicate led by...
SUSPECTED HERDSMEN BEHEAD FARMER IN BENUE, SPARK FEARS AMONG IDPs IN UIKPAM COMMUNITY
By Aishat Momoh. O. Tension has gripped Uikpam community in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State following the gruesome murder and beheading of...
WANTED CORRECTIONAL OFFICER IN PHOTOJOURNALIST’S MURDER CASE COMMITS SUICIDE IN KOGI HOTEL
By Aishat Momoh. O. A correctional officer, Adebayo Pelumi, declared wanted over the brutal murder of photojournalist Ayo Aiyepekun, has reportedly committed suicide in a...
EFCC INVESTIGATES INDIVIDUAL POSSESSING UNDECLARED $14,567, OTHER FOREIGN CURRENCIES AT LAGOS AIRPORT
BY JEN NOMAMIUKOR The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos, reports that it is probing one Phil-Olumba Ifunaya...
EU DONATES €1.5M To YELEWATA VICTIM, IDPS IN BENUE
The European Union has designated €1.5 million to deliver humanitarian aid to internally displaced individuals in Benue State, including survivors of the Yelewata killings. According...
GUMMI-LED ZAMFARA ASSEMBLY FAULTS GOV LAWAL OVER INCREASE IN INSECURITY
BY JEN NOMAMIUKOR The Speaker of the Zamfara State House of Assembly, led by Bashir Aliyu Gummi, has charged Governor Dauda Lawal with disregarding the...
LAGOS MAGISTRATE COURT SENTENCE CABLE THIEF TO 10 MONTHS IN PRISON
The Lagos State Electrification Agency (LSEA) has announced the arrest and conviction of Mr. Inya Bethel, a native of Plateau State, for the theft of...
NAFDAC SHUTS DOWN WAREHOUSE IN KANO STOCKED WITH CHEMICALS USED FOR EXPLOSIVES
HOTJIST NEWS The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has discovered and secured a storage facility containing 88,560 litres of regulated...