NIGERIAN ARMY DECORATES FIRST FEMALE INFANTRY CORPS WARRANT OFFICER
The Nigerian Army Women Command celebrated the promotion of Army Warrant Officer Hajara Egbunu on Friday. The Nigerian Army disclosed this in a statement on...
POLICE ARREST MOTHER FOR ABANDONING ONE-DAY-OLD BABY IN FCT
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command says it has recovered an abandoned one-day-old baby and arrested one Khadija Ali who is the mother. In a...
NIGERIA’S NATHANIEL BASSEY TO MINISTER AT TRUMP’S INAUGURAL PRAYER BREAKFAST
Renowned Nigerian gospel artist and pastor, Nathaniel Bassey, has been invited to minister at the Presidential Inaugural Prayer Breakfast for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on...
DELTA CP SUMMONS DPO, CSP, OTHERS OVER ESCAPE OF NOTORIOUS CRIMINALS FROM CELL
The Delta State Commissioner of Police, Surajudeen Olufemi Abaniwonda, has summoned the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Ovwian/Aladja Division, CSP Bulus Musa, and his team...
FORMER GREEK PRIME MINISTER, COSTAS SIMITIS DIES AT 88
Former Greek prime minister Costas Simitis, deemed the “moderniser” in the country’s political arena, died Sunday at the age of 88. The government announced four...
ACCOUNT FOR MISSING N825BN, $2.5BN FOR REFINERY REPAIRS, SERAP URGES NNPCL
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has called on the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, to explain...
MULTIPLE-VEHICLE CRASH ON LAGOS-IBADAN EXPRESSWAY
A major accident occurred this Sunday morning along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, just after the interchange. The incident, which involves several vehicles, including large trailer trucks,...
AKWA IBOM REFINERY NOT 90% COMPLETE, BUA MANAGEMENT REFUTES CLAIMS
The management of BUA Refinery and Petrochemicals has debunked claims that its Akwa Ibom refinery project, with a 200,000-barrels-per-day capacity, is 90% complete. In an...
HEAVY SNOW HALTS FLIGHTS IN UK, FORCES RUNWAY CLOSURES
Heavy snow across parts of England was on Sunday set to cause disruption for air travellers with runways closed at airports in Bristol and Liverpool....
NDLEA NABS DRUG KINGPIN, NOLLYWOOD FILMMAKER OVER ILLICIT SHIPMENTS
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives have arrested a wanted drug kingpin and Lagos socialite, 61-year-old Alhaja Aishat Feyisara Ajoke Elediye...