ENVIRONMENT: FG WARNS 30 STATES, FCT OF HEAVY RAINS, FLOODS
The Federal Government has predicted heavy rains and floods in 30 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The high-flood risk states are: Abia,...
KADUNA COURT DISSOLVES SIX-YEAR-OLD MARRIAGE OVER BATTERY
On the basis of violence and threat to life, a Customary Court in Kaduna on Thursday dissolved the marriage of 37-year-old businesswoman Hannah and her...
JUST IN: NLC SHUTS DOWN MINES MINISTRY OVER UNLAWFUL SACK OF WORKER
On Thursday, members of the Nigeria Labour Congress picketed the Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development's Abuja office building. The ministry was shut down...
TRAGIC: ONE KILLED, NINE HOUSES RAZED IN OYO COMMUNITY LAND DISPUTE
Nine people have been taken into custody by the Oyo State Police Command in relation to a violent land dispute in the state's Aagba village,...
PRES TINUBU MOURNS FORMER LAGOS CJ, SOTUMINU
President Bola Tinubu has expressed deep sorrow over the death of a former Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Ibitola Adebisi Sotuminu. Sotuminu passed away...
ENVIRONMENT: RAINSTORM DESTROYS 240 HOUSES IN KEBBI
Torrential rainfall on Tuesday destroyed at least two hundred and forty houses in Garin Kestu Atuwo ward under the Shanga local government area of Kebbi...
CRIME: COURT JAILS SEVEN FRAUDSTERS IN KADUNA
The Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has secured the conviction and sentence of seven internet fraudsters before Justice R.M. Aikawa...
FG ANNOUNCES COMMENCEMENT OF PORTS MODERNISATION PROGRAM IN APAPA, TINCAN
The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, has announced that the ministry, in collaboration with the Nigerian Ports Authority, has commenced a port...
CRIME: THREE HEADLESS BODIES FOUND IN ONDO RIVER
The Ondo State Police Command has confirmed that the three headless bodies discovered in a river in Odigbo Local Government Area did not originate from...
EDUCATION: ONDO STUDENTS PROTEST COLLEAGUES’ IMPRISONMENT, BLOCK ROADS
Hundreds of students in Ondo State protested in Akure on Wednesday against the imprisonment of some of their colleagues. The protest followed a magistrate court’s...