Three Bauchi youths jailed 17 years for stealing N60,000

A Bauchi State High Court has sentenced three youths to 17 years’ imprisonment for armed robbery. The prosecuting counsel, M.M. Adamu, explained that the convicts, Muazu Ya’u, Adamu Abdullahi, and…

Three Ogun teachers beaten by hired thugs, parents arrested

A secondary school student, Joshua Joseph, and his parents, on Tuesday, allegedly hired thugs who invaded the Toyon High School, Ere, Ado-Odo, in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun…

AFCON: Buhari lauds Super Eagles’ winning streak

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has commended the Super Eagles of Nigeria for keeping hope alive in the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon by winning all…

Ibadan Indigenes to organise free shopping to celebrate cultural festival

The Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes has said this year’s Ibadan Cultural Festival Week 2022 has been taken from a local event to a global one. The President-General of CCII,…

Police begin probe as gunmen storm APC meeting, kill two in Enugu

Obeagu Awkunanaw community, in the Enugu South Local Government Area of Enugu State, has been thrown into mourning after gunmen on Tuesday killed two chieftains of the All Progressives Congress,…

Humanitarian worker lures Borno 14-year-old IDP, rapes girl, victims stabs self, dies

A member of an international non-governmental organisation, Hussarf Abdurauf, 35, has been accused of raping and killing a 14-year-old Internally Displaced Person, Aishatu Adamu, in the Kaleri area of Maiduguri,…

Fans anxious as Eagles await last 16 foes

Super Eagles could face defending champions Algeria, Tunisia or Malawi in their round of 16 tie at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon on January 23 at the…

2023 ELECTIONS: OYC COMMENDS IGBO PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANTS

The Youth wing of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has commended some Igbo politicians for stepping out to declare interest for the 2023 Presidential race. It has been…

[BREAKING] Electoral Bill: Senate recommends direct, indirect or consensus for party primaries

The Senate on Wednesday re-amended the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2021, passed by the National Assembly on November 18, 2021. Special Assistant to the Senate President, Ezrel Tabiowo, disclosed this…

Breaking: Reps approve direct and indirect primary clauses in electoral bill

House of Representatives, Wednesday approved direct and indirect primary clauses as a mode of electing candidates by political parties for general elections.This was originally the provision in the extant law,…