INEC Disowns Online Voter Registration on Website
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has disassociated itself from an online website urging Nigerians to enrol for the Permanent Voters Card (PVC). INEC said this in a statement by…
Insecurity: Group demands NSA’s sacking1
A group, the Arewa Youth Assembly, on Monday insisted that the National Security Adviser, Major-General Babagana Monguno, be relieved of his position over the intractable insecurity across the country. The…
Insecurity: Edo govt to recruit forest police
The Edo State Government has finalised the documentation and audit of the state’s forests and is embarking on the recruitment of forest police as part of a renewed effort to…
Ogun pensioners tackle Abiodun over N68bn unpaid gratuities
The pensioners in Ogun State have tackled the State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, over non-payment of their gratuities and other entitlements, amounting to about N68 billion. Abiodun had on Sunday blamed…
Again, ASUU extends strike by four weeks
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has again extended the ongoing strike by four weeks. President of the union, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke who disclosed this via a statement on…
2.7m Tramadol bound for London, Dubai seized in Lagos
Over 2.7 million tablets of Tramadol 225mg weighing 1,650kg have been intercepted at Apapa port, Lagos, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said yesterday. The consignment, said to be…
Ogun police nab herbalist for defiling teenager
A herbalist, Samson Ogundele, has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly raping a teenager and attempted to rape one other who are hairdressing apprentices…
CWG: Lawal wins Nigeria second gold in weightlifting
Weightlifter Rafiatu Lawal won Team Nigeria’s second gold medal in the women’s 59kg category of the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Sunday. Lawal clinched gold by lifting a combined…
IGP orders actors’ arrest over use of uniform
The Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, has decried the unauthorised sale and use of police uniform by actors and skit makers. The IGP also ordered the arrest and prosecution…
CWG: Nigeria’s Benson defeats Quartey, reaches boxing quarter-finals
Team Nigeria’s Adeyinka Benson defeated Ghana’s Abubakari Quartey in the over 71kg-75kg of the men’s boxing event at the ongoing 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham to book a place in…