FLYING OFFICER AROTILE : POLICE ARRAIGN DRIVER , OWNER OF KILLER VEHICLE

The police in Kaduna State on Wednesday arraigned  the driver and the owner of the vehicle that killed Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot, Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile, at the…

ASUU SHARES BAGS OF RICE, MONEY TO UNIMAID LECTURERS WHO ARE OWED FIVE MONTHS’ SALARIES

The Academic Staff Union of Universities of the University of Maiduguri has shared bags of rice and money to lecturers of the institution. The UNIMAID ASUU Chairman, Dr Dani Mamman,…

ABUJA ISOLATION CENTRE REMAINS SHUT OVER LACK OF BED SPACES

DESPITE a shortage of bed spaces in the Federal Capital Territory, the Federal Government has failed to inaugurate the only purpose built isolation centre in Abuja, . Statistics obtained from the…

20-YEAR-OLD WOMAN ARRAIGNED FOR ALLEGEDLY TEARING POLICE SERGEANT’S UNIFORM

Police prosecutor, Sergeant Olubu Apata, said the defendant, standing trial on a count of assault, allegedly “committed the offence on August 11 about 7:00 am at Odo Aremu in Ado-Ekiti,…

INT’L YOUTH DAY,OONI WANTS BIG BROTHER 9IJA SHOW REPLACED

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has suggested a replacement for the Big Brother Naija reality show. While playing host to members of the National Youth Council…

NIGERIAN JOURNALIST SHOT DEAD IN NASARAWA

Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers, on Wednesday, invaded the residence of Nasarawa State correspondent of The Nation Newspaper, Mr Linus Oota. Oota, who is a resident of Ombi one Lafia, was…

SEND OLD GENERATION OUT OF POWER, OBASANJO TELLS YOUTHS

A former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has asked African youths to dislodge older generation from leadership positions. Obasanjo enjoined the youths to participate actively in the  activities of political parties…

ALLOW RESPONSIBLE NIGERIANS CARRY AK47, OTHERS, ORTOM TELLS FG

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has urged the Federal Government to grant licences to responsible citizens to carry sophisticated weapons such as AK47 as part of measures to curb the…

KANO SHARIAH COURT ORDERS 60-YEAR-OLD RAPIST STONED TO DEATH

An Upper Shariah Court in Kano on Wednesday sentenced a 60-year-old man, Mati Abdu, to death by stoning for defiling a minor. Abdu, who hails from Farsa village in Tsanyawa…

IG THREATENS N10BN LAWSUIT AGAINST SOWORE

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has described as false a media report accusing him of illegally raising funds to build a police training school in Nasarawa State. Denying the…