Illicit Drugs: Senegalese Woman Jailed 4yrs
A Lagos Federal High Court, on Monday, sentenced a 43 year old Senegalese woman, Sall Fatou the act four years-jail term over drug trafficking. The convict, who is from the Senegal capital, Dakar, according to the anti-drugs agency, the National…
New Date For Verification Exercise Of Directorate Level Officers In The Federal Public Service Announced
The Federal Government has announced a new date for the commencement of the verification exercise of the Directorate Level Officers in the Federal Public Service which was earlier suspended in view of the scope of the exercise and the thoroughness…
Nigerian Troops Engage Terrorists in Borno, Discover Boko Haram Sentries, Underground Food Storage
Boko Haram terrorists attack troops of 113 Battalion at Kareto Northern Borno State. The troops have been battling the insurgents since early hours of today. Details to follow shortly. Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman Acting Director Army Public Relations PRNigeria encourages…
Alleged N47.7bn NIMASA Fraud: EFCC Arraigns Tompolo, 8 Others in Absentia
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, arraigned the former Niger/Delta warlord, Mr. Government Oweize Ekemupolo, popularly called Tompolo, was arraigned in absentia before a Lagos Federal High Court on a 22 count-charge bordering on fraud, conversation of…
Remembering African Butcheries Of The Past, A Case Of Rwandan Genocide: In Honour Of Late Agathe Uwilingiyamana and Victims Of Regime Atrocities In Africa
Witten By Emeka Umeagbalasi “The killings have stopped, not because of changing of heart, but because there are few people left to be killed” (Brig General Paul Kagame (as he then was), leader of the Rwandese Patriotic Front (RPF), responding to…
Abu Health Workers Strike: Group Seeks FG, Emir’s Intervention
The ongoing strike by three health unions of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria has drawn public attention as it takes toll on innocent patients. Joining the public concern, the Northern Emancipation Network yesterday said it has become necessary at this…
Insurgency: Teenage Boko Haram Bride Recounts Ordeal In Capativity
A 17-year-old escapee from Boko Haram captivity, who was simply identified as Zara, has shared her painful experience in the hands of her abductors before her rescue. According to Vanguard reports, Zara, who also had a child for her terrorist…
Fayose Demands Buhari’s Probe Over US Government, UK Telegraph Reports
The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has urged the British Government to investigate an allegation of the use of British foreign aid given to Nigeria to help combat Boko Haram terrorists to fund a witch-hunt against opposition politicians with a view…
Delta Deputy Speaker Hails Otuaro At 48
Deputy Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Friday Ossai Osanebi has congratulated the Deputy Governor of Delta State, Barrister Kingsley Otuaro, on the occasion of his 48th birthday anniversary. In a message of felicitation, the Deputy Speaker thanked…
Saving Nigerians From Activities of Electricity Distribution Companies, Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission By Chima Ugwuanyi
After grappling over the decades. with the reform of the power sector by successive governments, committing trillions of Naira into it, with the genuine intention of making electricity available in abundance to Nigerians for both industrial and domestic uses, efficient…
NUJ Seeks Better Pay for Nigerian Journalists
The Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, on Friday called on the Federal Government to take urgent steps to enhance salaries of journalists and other media workers in the country. Deji Elumoye, Chairman of the Lagos branch of the union, made…
