The death of a director in the Kogi Civil Service, who committed suicide, has drawn the attention of the House of Representatives to the non-utilisation…
View More Suicide: Director’s death forces Reps to probe salary non-paymentCategory: Metro/Crime
Government reviews new petrol pricing model
The Federal Government is considering a review of pricing policy for Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol, to save the Nigerian National Petroleum…
View More Government reviews new petrol pricing modelPDP call for arrest, prosecution of Maina
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called for immediate arrest and prosecution of Abdulrasheed Maina, a former Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension…
View More PDP call for arrest, prosecution of Maina14 killed after triple bomb attack in northeast Nigeria
A triple bomb attack in northeastern Nigeria has left 14 people dead and more than a dozen others injured, authorities say. The casualties occurred on…
View More 14 killed after triple bomb attack in northeast NigeriaJonathan may be called as witness in Olisah Metuh’s trial
Nigeria’s former president Goodluck Jonathan has been asked to testify at the corruption trial of his party’s former spokesman Olisah Metuh, a court was told…
View More Jonathan may be called as witness in Olisah Metuh’s trialBuhari sacks Maina
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the immediate disengagement from service of Mr Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms. Mr…
View More Buhari sacks MainaIncredible : Rocha keeps $17m under mattress
Cleber Rene Rizerio Rocha, a Brazilian whose arrest led U.S. authorities to discover $17 million hidden under a mattress in an apartment in Westborough, Massachusetts…
View More Incredible : Rocha keeps $17m under mattressKogi:Civil service director ‘owed 11 months salary’ commits suicide
Edward Soje, a director with the Kogi state civil service, has committed suicide by hanging himself on a tree, in the capital, Lokoja. According to…
View More Kogi:Civil service director ‘owed 11 months salary’ commits suicideMalta journalist :1m euro reward for info on killers
Authorities in Malta on Saturday offered an “unprecedented” 1 million euro ($1.18 million) reward and full protection for anyone with information on who killed an…
View More Malta journalist :1m euro reward for info on killersBVN: FG moves to seize less accounts
Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court in Abuja has granted a request by Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, for a temporary…
View More BVN: FG moves to seize less accounts1,272 fail Nigerian Law School exam
The Nigerian Law School on Saturday released the summary of the final examination results conducted in August. Mr Chinedu Ukekwe, Head of Information and Protocol…
View More 1,272 fail Nigerian Law School examPablo Neruda didn’t die of cancer: Probe revealed
International experts announced Friday that Chilean Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda did not die of cancer, but could not conclusively determine if he was assassinated by…
View More Pablo Neruda didn’t die of cancer: Probe revealed2nd Niger bridge: FG releases mobilisation fees
The Federal government has paid N2 billion mobilization fees to contractors for the commencement of work on the second Niger bridge in Onitsha. Work on…
View More 2nd Niger bridge: FG releases mobilisation feesPresident Zuma in trouble after Imo visit
(Reuters/NAN) South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said it had given President Jacob Zuma till Nov. 30 to make submissions before it. According to the…
View More President Zuma in trouble after Imo visitSuicide : Man jump into Lagos Lagoon at Lekki
NAN Multiple reports said a yet to be identified man, in apparent suicide move, jumped into the Lagos Lagoon on Friday afternoon. The incident…
View More Suicide : Man jump into Lagos Lagoon at LekkiOFFICIAL: Lagos is most populated prison in Nigeria
With a population of 7,396 out of the total of 68,686 in all states of the federation, Lagos has the highest number of prisoners. According to data…
View More OFFICIAL: Lagos is most populated prison in NigeriaOzuitem Community decries low quality by NDDC
The people of Ozuitem in Bende council area of Abia state have decried the poor quality work being done by the Niger Delta Development Commission…
View More Ozuitem Community decries low quality by NDDCMisau arraigns over alleged false claims against IGP, others
Senator Hamma Misau has been arraigned by the Federal Government before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Maitama, Abuja, on a five-count…
View More Misau arraigns over alleged false claims against IGP, othersCIA fired bomb-sniffing dog, Lulu
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has fired Lulu, an adorable black Labrador, from a training programme after refusing to become a bomb-sniffing dog. In a…
View More CIA fired bomb-sniffing dog, LuluConnect rail to 36 state capitals, Transport ministry urged
President Muhammadu Buhari has given the directive that all the 36 state capitals should be connected with President Muhammadu Buhari has given the directive that…
View More Connect rail to 36 state capitals, Transport ministry urgedpandemonium in A/Ibom Schools over rumour of killer vaccines
Lovina Emole, Uyo There was pandemonium in some schools in Akwa Ibom State on Wednesday over the rumour of killer vaccines which some army…
View More pandemonium in A/Ibom Schools over rumour of killer vaccinesPolice arrest husband for butchering wife
Lovina Emole, Uyo Akwa Ibom Police Command have arrested one Mr. Sunday Uko Akpan (M) for allegedly murdering his wife and mother of three-…
View More Police arrest husband for butchering wifeFG scoop N140 billion from revenue leakages-Senate
The Senate yesterday said that through its probe of revenue leakages, the collection banks had remitted N140 billion to the Federal Government through the Central…
View More FG scoop N140 billion from revenue leakages-SenateScores feared burnt as fuel tanker explodes
Many were yesterday evening feared charred in a horrifying inferno following an explosion from a fuel tanker. The tanker driver, who was reportedly driving recklessly,…
View More Scores feared burnt as fuel tanker explodes