Court convicts couple of involuntary manslaughter of maid
An Ikeja High Court on Thursday sentenced a couple Fortune and Stephen Nwankwo to 14 and two years imprisonment respectively...
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BEDC tackles FG, Fidelity Bank over takeover move
The Management of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) says Fidelity Bank lacks legal authority to take over the company....
Nigerian movie ‘Citation’ wins best international film award
Nigerian filmmaker Kunle Afolayan’s movie ‘Citation’, has won the ‘Best International Film’ award at the 2022 National Film Festival( NFF)...
NYSC: 96 youth corps members get service extension, 19 abscond in Enugu
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has extended the service year of 96 youthcorps members in the 2021 Batch ‘B’...
Privatisation: 16 firms pre-qualify for national power projects – BPE
Mr Alex Okoh, the Director-General, Bureau of Public Enterprises(BPE), says 16 firms have pre-qualified for the privatisation of five National...
Gov. Sule appoints 2 Igbo traders as Special Assistants
Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has appointed two Igbo traders in the state as Special Assistants (SAs). Sule announced...
Woman drags neighbour to court for refusing to allow demarcation fence
A woman, Hajiya Lubabatu Danladi, on Thursday dragged her neighbour, Ahmad Danasabe, before a Sharia Court in Kaduna State for...
Ukraine: Donetsk authorities urge civilians to flee
Civilians in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region were urged to flee on Wednesday as Russian forces bombarded the region. “Russia has...
Major German airports request 2,000 temporary foreign workers
Some of Germany’s larger airports have registered requests to temporarily employ foreign workers to solve staff shortages under a government...
No corp member was raped in Akwa Ibom-NYSC
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has described as untrue the story that some corps members were raped in their...
NERC set to resolve metering issues in S’East – Official
The National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has assured electricity consumers in the South-East that it will soon resolve metering issues...
Anambra Assembly expresses displeasure over poor salaries of civil servants
The Anambra State House of Assembly has expressed displeasure over poor salaries of civil servants. They said that the development...
Kuje Attack: Buhari expresses disappointment with intelligence system
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday visited the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kuje attacked by terrorists, where he expressed disappointment with...
After serving 21-year jail term, man, 60, bags NOUN degree
A 60-year-old former inmate of Onitsha Correctional Centre in Anambra, Mr Livinus Ugwu, has bagged a bachelor’s degree from National...
2023: APGA has no faction says Publicity Secretary
The National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Mr Tex Okechukwu, has said that the party has...
Prison break: Defence Minister confirms 64 Boko Haram suspects escaped
The Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi says 64 Boko Haram suspects escaped from the Kuje custodial after the attack on the...
FCCPC to sanction DisCos over failure to comply with rules in electricity industry
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) will henceforth sanction Distribution Companies (DisCos) and other offenders who fail to...
Man, 65, gets life imprisonment for raping 85-year-old step mother
An Ado- Ekiti High Court in Ekiti has sentenced one Durodola Ogundele, 65, to life imprisonment for raping his 85...
4 inmates die, 16 injured as 879 escape in Kuje custodial centres
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has said that four inmates of the Kuje Custodial Centre died and 879 escaped during...
Abia awaits DMO’s nod to commence work on Dry Port – Commissioner
The Commissioner for Transport in Abia, Chief Godswill Nwanoruo, says the state is awaiting the Debt Management Office’s (DMO) nod...
