Shi’ites to FG: Tell Nigerians the whereabout of El-Zakzaky
Bothered by his state of health, three weeks after his arrest and subsequent detention, by the Nigerian Army, members of the Islamic sect, Shiite, yesterday, asked the Federal Government to tell Nigerians the whereabout of their leader, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife.
Reward for Eaglets, D’Tigers, U-23 Eagles, others soon
President Mohammadu Buhari will reward world champions, Golden Eaglets, African basketball champions, D’Tigers and the other teams that won laurels for Nigeria in 2015 in the third week of January.
KOGI POLL: Ad-hoc staff tackle INEC over service fees
13,000 ad-hoc staff that participated in the November 21, 2015 Kogi state governorship election and the December 5th supplementary election yesterday staged a protest over the inability of the Independent National Electoral Commission to pay them.
NGO begs Amosun over Abeokuta juvenile home
ABEOKUTA—A Non- Governmental Organisation has appealed to Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State to provide a home for the homeless graduates of the juvenile correctional home in Abeokuta.
Lord’s Chosen Overseer tasks Nigerians on national greatness
The General Overseer of The Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Revival Ministries, Pastor Lazarus Muoka has challenged Nigerians to embrace righteousness and shun every form of extortion and unrighteousness to make Nigeria great.
Edo 2016: The miracles of rice
The annual rice distribution exercise by Mr. Kenneth Imansuagbon, famed as the Rice Man in Edo State, takes another dimension in a faceoff between the PDP and the APC over seeming efforts by political rivals to follow the trend.
Ambode signs 2016 budget, says it’ll be IGR-driven
Lagos—Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State yesterday, said the 2016 Budget will be driven by Internal Generated Revenue. He said this at the Banquet Hall, Lagos House when he signed N662.588 billion into 2016 Appropriation Law, promising that the budget would be faithfully implemented in line with the determination of his administration to make Lagos work for all, irrespective of age, gender, tribe or status.
Brutalisation: Police hand over irate cadets to NAF
The Police in Lagos have handed over cadets Peters Solomon and Abdullahi Fahad, who were intercepted by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, last Wednesday, while manhandling an artisan, Dahiru Lawal in Ketu area of the state, to authorities of the Nigerian Air Force.
Inferno razes 80-year-old Yola market
Yola—An early morning inferno yesterday razed down the 80-year-ago Yola market destroying properties worth billions of Naira with the state commissioner of police announcing arrest of some looters .
Police arrest man, 22, over alleged rape of toddler
LAGOS—Policemen attached to the Alakuko Divisional Police station have arrested a 22- year-old Ganiu Amusa, for allegedly raping a five-year-old boy, (name withheld) in Lagos State.
Fire destroys timber market in Benin
BENIN—An early morning fire outbreak at the ‘Pipeline Timber Market’ in Benin yesterday destroyed timber and machines worth millions of naira.
