Troops kill 2 armed bandits, recover 1, 271 animals
Troops of 1 Division, Nigerian Army, have killed two armed bandits in Kaduna and Zamfara axis and arrested four suspects in connection with cattle rustling and impersonation.
2 men docked for allegedly threatening to kidnap 4 children
Two men were arraigned in Lagos on Monday for sending threat messages to a mother alleging that they would kidnap her four children.
Ohaneze Ndigbo to Buhari: Approve more international flights to Enugu airport
The founder of Ohaneze Ndigbo in South Africa, Chief Jonas Udeji, has called on the Buhari-led Federal Government to approve more international flights for the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu.
Child Right Law: el-Rufai proposes life imprisonment for rapists
The Kaduna State Government led by Governor el-Rufai has proposed life sentence for rapists in the new Child Right Bill forwarded to the State House of Assembly for passage into law.
Criminal justice reform : Lawyers glee as FG bars Police from prosecuting cases
Federal Government’s reform of the criminal justice system barring the police from prosecuting criminal cases in the country, Lawyers in Lagos have given a groundswell of support and delight with the development.
2, 000 women lose their lives to maternal mortality annually in Sokoto – Tambuwal
According to him, the effort would enhance access to health care services at the grassroots thereby reducing the high rate of maternal and child mortality in the state. “The state would partner with the Plan International, Nigeria, the organizers of the workshop in terms of accountability and transparency of healthcare delivery.”
Racism: S.African school tells black students not to wear ‘afro’ hairstyles
A South African school was Monday accused of racism for allegedly telling black girls to straighten their hair and not wear ‘afro’ hairstyles.
Budget Padding: CSOs ask EFCC to probe Dogara, Jibrin
No fewer than 30 Civil Societies Group, CSOs led by the Conscience Nigeria, CN and Centre for Public Accountability, CPA, Monday, called on the Economic and Financial Crimes, EFCC, to as a matter of urgency, commence immediate investigation into the allegations of padding of the 2016 Budget by the leadership of the House of Representatives.
Ambode nominates Subair as new LIRS Chairman
Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Monday nominated Mr Ayodele Subair for confirmation by the state House of Assembly as the new Chairman of the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS).
Court declines bail application by El-Zakzaky
A Federal High Court, Abuja, has declined the application of Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, seeking his immediate release from detention by the Department of State Service (DSS).
Unilorin, 6 other universities develop anti-plagiarism software
The University of Ilorin in collaboration with six other Nigerian universities have developed home-grown anti-plagiarism software, designed to check academic fraud.
