The British High Commission in Nigeria said yesterday that the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office stood ready to provide ‘consular’ assistance on the issue of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s British nationality.

A 30-year-old man, Gabriel Avong, on Thursday appeared in  a Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, for alleged child abandonment. The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) charged Avong with abandonment of a child,  contrary to  the provisions of Section 206 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law. The NSCDC Prosecutor, Mr Marcus Audu, […]

The House of Representatives has recommended a fine of one million naira against any hospital and healthcare giver that fails to report victims of gunshot to security agencies. The house made the recommendation while considering a report on a Bill for an Act to amend the Compulsory Treatment and Care for Victims of Gunshots Act […]

Kano state Commissioner for Environment, Dr Kabiru Getso, said on Wednesday that the state government would introduce measures to check the proliferation of Refuse Dumps sites in major cities of the state. The commissioner, who stated this in Kano at a meeting to review the conducted ‘Keep Kano Clean’ exercise, said his ministry and a […]

National Pension Commission, PenCom, Wednesday, announced President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval for the payment of outstanding pension liabilities of the Federal Government retirees under the Contributory Pension Scheme, especially retirees of Treasury-funded Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs.