PIND, CNL partner IRDC to electrify Ondo riverine communities
In a bid to provide sustainable energy to some riverine communities in Ondo State, oil giants, NNPC/Chevron Nigeria Ltd. Joint Venture, CNL, in partnership with Ilaje Rural Development Committee, IRDC, and Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta, PIND, have inaugurated a solar power electricity project.
Court sends LASU student to 21 years in prison for raping fellow students
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday sentenced a student of Lagos State University (LASU), Afeez Ogunbowale, to 21 years’ imprisonment for involvement in armed robbery and rape of two fellow LASU students. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo sentenced Ogunbowale after finding him guilty of five counts bordering on […]
Man 24, to die by hanging for armed robbery in Ekiti
A 24-year-old man, Sola Jegede, was on Tuesday sentenced to death by An Ado Ekiti High Court for armed robbery
How best parents can train children in print
The high level of crime, banditry, kidnapping and other related crimes among the youths have been blamed on the failure of the parents to do their job.
Okowa felicitates with Dein of Agbor at 44
Governor of Delta State Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has congratulated the Dein of Agbor, Benjamin Ikenchukwu, Keagborekuzi 1, on his 44th birthday. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Olisa Ifeajika, on Tuesday, in Asaba, Okowa extolled the sterling qualities of the revered traditional ruler, describing him as one of the most exposed and influential […]
Johns Hopkins, YNAG partner on grassroot voter education campaign
In an attempt to sensitise Nigerians more on the need for grassroot participation in choosing the right leaders, Johns Hopkins University has partnered Nigeria’s foremost civic education platform, Young Nigerians And Governance, YNAG, on Grassroot Voter Education Campaign. According to YNAG’s founder, Adetunji Adeniran, the campaign is the organisation’s initiative to support the efforts of […]
Nnamdi Kanu arrest: Tread with caution, Igbo council urges FG
By Chinonso Alozie – Owerri The Igbo National Council, INC, on Tuesday said that the Federal Government should tread with caution on the arrest and extradition to Nigeria of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. The INC, President Chilos Godsent, made this statement in Owerri, hours after the reports of […]
Don’t manhandle our son, Kanu’s family tells FG
The family of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has asked the Federal Government not to manhandle their son and the Leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, who is currently in the custody of the Department of State Services, DSS.
Woman drags 5 friends to court for calling her witch
A housewife Maryam Musa on Tuesday dragged five of her friends before a Shari’a court sitting in Rigasa, Kaduna for allegedly calling her a witch. They are Saratu Ayuba,Bilkisu Musa, Jummai Abdullahi, Firdausi Ayuba and Adama Musa. The prosecution counsel, Insp Sambo Maigari, said Musa, reported the matter at the Rigasa police division on June […]
2023: PDP’ll be back in Aso Rock- Secondus
By Dirisu Yakubu – Abuja Despite the loss of yet another governor to the All Progressives Congress, APC, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, remains upbeat of its chances of returning to power at the centre in 2023. Zamfara state governor, Bello Matawalle, Tuesday, crossed over to the ruling party, a development that did not go […]
REDAN: LASG’s mobile app’ll shorten time of obtaining permits
By Prince Osuagwu Real Estate Developers association of Nigeria, REDAN, lagos state chapter has commended the Lagos state government for developing an app MPP&UD which it said will help members easily obtain different building permits in the state. Chairman of the association, Mr. Bamidele Onalaja said currently, members were going through excruciating time to obtain […]
