Six people killed in the attempted to foil the kidnap of two persons in Zonkwa, headquarters of Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The suspected kidnappers, who attacked the community, according to a statement, invaded the residence of one Mr. Calistus Eze and abducted him with another person called Mrs. Amos. The kidnappers…
Stakeholders in Ikorodu Division, Lagos State, have begun mobilisation of residents for the collection of their Permanent Voter Cards to enable them to participate in the forthcoming general election in the state. News reports gathered that the stakeholders, including royal fathers, political leaders, chieftains of the Community Development Committees/Community Development Associations, market leaders, traditional chiefs,…
Justice Abiola Soladoye of an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, on Tuesday, convicted and sentenced a 27-year-old electrician, Olamide Ayodele, to life imprisonment for defiling the eight-year-old daughter of his benefactor. The judge held that the prosecution proved the charge of defilement against the convict. Justice Soladoye held that the court found that…
The Niger Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it will go after peddlers of illicit drugs to sanitise the political process before the general elections in February. Mr Haruna Kwetishe, the NDLEA Commander in the state, made this known on Tuesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
Kogi State government has rejected the reply by the Ohinoyi of Ebira land, Dr. Ado Ibrahim, to the query it issued to him for addressing himself as Attah Ebira instead of Ohinoyi of Ebiraland. In a letter signed by the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Salami Deedat, the government argued that the monarch’s…
The insecurity situation in the nation has been a source of concern to Nigerians, and it seems there is no solution to the bitter events that colour the news media each week. On Sunday morning, terrorist abducted no fewer than 25 worshippers after they attacked a local church known as New Life for All Church,…
The National Salaries Incomes and Wages Commission says it has initiated process for the review of the National Minimum Wage. NSIWC’s Head of Public Affairs, Mr Emmanuel Njoku, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Njoku said as part of the process to review the minimum wage, which would be due in 2024,…
Barely two days after 16 persons died in a road accident in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State, two persons have again been killed while 52 others sustained injuries in a fresh road accident in the Jos North LGA of the state. The Public Enlightenment Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps in the…
