Category: News Update

NAF aircraft crashes in Niger

  A aircraft belonging to the Nigerian Air Force,NAF, has crashed in Minna, the capital of Niger State, according to a report available to available sources....

Lagos assembly screens 20 Sanwo-Olu’s cabinet nominees

    Twenty out of the 39 nominees whose names were recently sent by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to the Lagos State House of Assembly have so far been screened...

Task force back in Fagba to enforce demolition

  The Special Task Force on environment has returned to Fagba area of Iju to enforce the demolition of the shanties effected on Saturday. Newdawnngr.com caught a...

Fidelity Bank distributes food packs to Benue IDPs

Leading financial institution, Fidelity Plc, has distributed over 1,200 food packs to the internally Displaced Persons in Makurdi, Benue State in its ongoing commitment...

Jihadists ambush, kill six Nigerien soldiers

    Six Niger soldiers have been killed after suspected jihadists on motorbikes ambushed the troops near the western town of Sanam on Sunday, according to a...

ICPC grills agric ministry officials over massive fraud

  About five senior officials in the Department of Farm Inputs Supports Services of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development were arrested by...

Why I bathed with human head — suspect

  A 26-year-old suspected ritualist and fraudster, Franklin Akinyosuyi, arrested with human head and other parts, said untold hardship and low patronage caused his...

Operators of illegal car lots in Lagos risks prosecution

The Lagos State Taskforce is set to prosecute operators of illegal car lots in the state in contranvention of the state laws. Chairman of the agency,CSP,Sola Jejeloye...

EU selects OAU, four other universities for postrgradute programme on artificial intelligence

  The European Union (EU) has selected five Nigerian universities, namely Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) Bauchi, University of Port Harcourt, University...

MRA accuses police of becoming  Tool for shielding public officials from media exposure and scrutiny

Media Rights Agenda (MRA) Monday called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Kayode Egbetokun, to put an end to the growing trend of public officials and other...