Category: News Update
DSS arrests suspected IPOB leader
The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested a suspected leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Okechukwu Ama-Nlemedim. DSS Director...
Reps’ bill prescribes four years imprisonment, N200,000 fine for female circumcision
A Bill for an Act to amend the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act, 2015 and increase the penalty for the offence of female genital mutilation, on...
Violence reigns as transport union members clash in Ogun
Barely two weeks after the registration of new transport union in Ogun state, struggle for leadership among the transport union has led to a clash in Itori area...
Tragedy in Kaduna as electric pole falls, kills 11, injures others
Tragedy struck in Zaria, Kaduna State when an electric power accident killed no fewer than 11 people, while many were injured on Wednesday. The Kaduna Electric...
Primate Ayodele warns: Stop twisting my prophecies for your gains
The Leader Of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele has asked politicians to desist from twisting his prophecies for their gains. This was...
Update :Gambia failed coup -four arrested
The Gambia government have announced the arrest of four soldiers among those behind the failed coup plot on Wednesday. Full statement below: The Gambia Government...
Makinde appoints education secretaries for 33 Oyo LGs
Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has approved the appointment of 33 Local Government Education Secretaries for all the local councils in the state. The...
FG to Polytechnics: Stop awarding degress
The Federal Government has directed polytechnics, monotechnics and other allied institutions to stop awarding degrees. This order was conveyed in a circular,...
Coup attempt foiled in Gambia
The Gambia’s government says it has thwarted an attempt to stage a coup. Four soldiers had been arrested and three alleged accomplices were on the run, a statement...
Again, ex-AGF to forfeit $899,900, N.3bn, 15 properties to EFCC
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the interim forfeiture of $899,900 and N304, 490,160.95 recovered from a former Accountant General of the...
