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21 Die of Meningitis in Sokoto
A total of 21 people have died as a result of the meningitis epidemic in Sokoto State. The state Commissioner for Health, Balarabe Kakale, confirmed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Sokoto on Sunday. Kakale also provided an update on the state of high…
Read More »Another 155 Nigerians return from Libya
Barely two weeks after 171 Nigerians returned from Libya, another 155 Nigerians have voluntarily returned from the north African country. NAN reported that they were brought into Nigeria on Thursday aboard a chartered Nouvel Air aircraft with registration number TS-1NB. The aircraft landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport,…
Read More »3 arraigned for assaulting IKDC staff
Three men were on Tuesday arraigned before an Ogudu Magistrate Court for assaulting staff of Ikeja Electric Distribution Company (IKDC), while performing their official duties. The accused persons are Godfrey Endurance, 22, Ihonre Samson, 32 and Ayodeji Adeoye, 30, all of Onakoya St, Mende, Maryland, Lagos. Godfrey is a security…
Read More »2019: Nobody should contest against Ambode- Oba Akiolu
The Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, on Thursday said that no politician should contest for 2019 governorship election in Lagos because there is no vacancy for that office. Speaking at the 21st convocation ceremony of Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, the monarch said that any politician who refused to…
Read More »Late Cynthia Osokogu gets justice, killers to die by hanging
Killers of late Cynthia Osokogu have been slammed with death verdict for their role in Osokogu’s death. A Lagos State High Court in Igbosere on Thursday sentenced Okwumo Nwabufo and Olisaeloka Ezike to death by hanging for the 2012 killing of Cynthia Osokogu. Osokogu, 25, was the daughter of a…
Read More »Traditional ruler suspended for raping 15-year old
A traditional ruler, Bishir Bala Kofar-bai has been suspended from his post of ‘Magatakarda’, by the Katsina Emirate Council for allegedly raping a 15-year. The Secretary of the council, Bello Ifo, said in a statement on Thursday that the suspension is with immediate effect. According to the council, he will…
Read More »States to get refund on roads expenditure
The Federal Government has pledged its commitment to refund expenditure on the execution of federal roads to state government. Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, made the pledge on Thursday in Ado-Ekiti during a courtesy visit to Gov. Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state. Fashola said the planned refund…
Read More »FG spends $2.6b on Boko Haram war
The federal government spent more than $2.6 billion in 2016 to address the humanitarian challenges caused by Boko Haram terrorists, Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Olonisakin, has said. Olonisakin stated this at the meeting of the ‘Global Coalition Working to Defeat ISIS’ in Washington, D.C. “After over $2.6 billion …
Read More »Ebonyi to tackle unemployment with mentorship programme
Ebonyi State Government is planning to start a mentorship programme that will tackle graduate unemployment in the state. Governor David Umahi made this known during a service to mark the 10th diocesan anniversary and the foundation stone laying of Basilica of Grace Cathedral Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion, in Afikpo…
Read More »Deputy House leader, Deputy Chief Whip sacked over move to impeach Speaker
The Deputy House Leader, Aniekan Bassey and the Deputy Chief Whip, Nse Essien from Uruan and Onna, respectively, have lost their positions at the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly. The officers were sacked sequel to a letter signed by 17 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the…
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