NIGERIAN STUDENT IN UK JAILED OVER ATTEMPTED RAPE, TO BE DEPORTED AFTER SENTENCE
Agency Report A Nigerian student in the United Kingdom, Qudus Ajeyemi, has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years imprisonment after being convicted of attempted rape and...
EKITI DECIDES SATURDAY AS INEC MOVES SENSITIVE MATERIALS, SECURITY AGENCIES DEPLOY FOR GOVERNORSHIP POLL
By Aishat Momoh. O. With two days to the June 20 governorship election in Ekiti State, electoral authorities, security agencies and civil society organisations have...
KATSINA POLICE ARREST 20-YEAR-OLD WOMAN OVER ALLEGED KILLING OF 97-YEAR-OLD GRANDMOTHER
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Katsina State Police Command has arrested a 20-year-old woman, Aisha Muktar Hassan, over the alleged killing of her 97-year-old paternal...
KEBBI POLICE ARREST SECURITY GUARD OVER ALLEGED SEXUAL ASSAULT OF 10-YEAR-OLD GIRL
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Kebbi State Police Command has arrested a 36-year-old security guard attached to an Islamiyya school in Jega Local Government Area...
CP TIJANI FATAI INSPECTS PAN-ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY SECURITY, ORDERS STRENGTHENED SURVEILLANCE MEASURES
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Tijani Fatai, psc, mnips, on Tuesday led a team of operational officers on...
DR CONGO HOLD PORTUGAL 1-1 AS WISSA STRIKE CANCELS NEVES’ OPENER IN WORLD CUP SHOCK
Agency Report The Democratic Republic of Congo secured a historic result on Wednesday after holding Portugal to a 1-1 draw in their Group K World...
CBN ASSIGNS TWO ADDITIONAL CRUDE EXPORT TERMINALS TO SWISS FIRM IN OIL EXPORT MONITORING PUSH
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced the allocation of two additional crude oil export terminals to Swede Control Intertek Limited, a pre-shipment...
FG TO ESTABLISH SAFE SPACES IN ALL 774 LGAs FOR GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE SURVIVORS
Agency Report The Federal Government says it will establish dedicated safe spaces across all 774 Local Government Areas in Nigeria to improve protection, rehabilitation and...
BAYELSA GOVT BEGINS LARGE-SCALE DESILTING OF WATER CHANNELS TO CURB FLOODING
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Bayelsa State Government has commenced a large-scale desilting of canals and waterways across Yenagoa and surrounding communities as part of...
INEC RECOGNISES SADIQ GOMBE AS SDP NATIONAL CHAIRMAN, REPLACES SHEHU GABAM
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Independent National Electoral Commission has officially recognised Prof. Sadiq Gombe as the National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, replacing...