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 One person out of the four abducted INEC officials has been reported dead as thugs suspected to be loyal to the two leading political parties, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) engaged in a war of supremacy in Opolo Community of Yenagoa Local Government Area, Bayelsa State. The deceased, identified simply as … Read more

Acting President, Performing Musician Association of Nigeria (PMAN), Dr Hajiya-Amina Dangaji has emphasised the need to chart a new course for the association. Speaking as a special guest on a television programme, Dangaji said that the challenges PMAN is currently facing at the state level are because most of the state chapters do not read … Read more

The Federal Road Safety Corps and the Department of State Services have tracked down the producers of fake number plates in the country. The Corps Public Education Officer, Mr Bisi Kazeem, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the Corps Marshal of FRSC, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, had ordered … Read more

A man has been found hanging on a pole, upside down after he was said to have been electrocuted. The man who is yet to be identified is a suspected vandal who was trying to steal from the pole in the early hours of today before he was electrocuted and found hanging in an upside … Read more

As the harmattan approaches, the rate of fire incident across the nation has risen. In Lagos, about two fire outbreaks were recorded in Tejuosho and Balogun markets. States like Anambra (Ochanja Market) , Ogun( Ota) have also experienced similar incidents. Anambra has again recorded a fire outbreak that occurred in St Peter Claver Catholic Parish, … Read more

About N3 tn would be required to curb and respond to disasters across Nigeria by 2020 , the National Emergency Management Agency announced on Friday. NEMA’ s Director -General , Mustapha Maihaja, disclosed this at a stakeholders ’ meeting in Abuja where he also unveiled the National Disaster Risk Management Policy . He, however, noted … Read more

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Thursday announced that it had concluded arrangements with the United States Trade and Development Agency to sign a $1.16m grant as part funding for the NNPC-Abuja Independent Power Project. It said the plant was modelled to generate 1,350 megawatts of electricity to alleviate the power challenge across the country. … Read more

The police on Thursday arraigned three men in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly stealing $5,000 from an Egyptian. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the police charged Musa Adamu, 39; Nasiru Usman, 24; and Moses Olusoji, 24, with conspiracy and theft. The prosecution counsel, ASP Clifford Ogu, told the court that the defendants … Read more

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, South-East Zone Enugu today, November 15, 2019, secured the conviction of one Alex Chibundu before Justice I.N Buba of the Federal High Court, Enugu State. Read Also: 3 Yahoo Boys Jailed For Fraud Chibundu, who was prosecuted on a one-count charge bordering on Obtaining by False Pretences, was jailed … Read more

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday November 15, 2019 secured the conviction of one Ezirim Onyekachi before Justice Bubba of the Federal High Court Enugu on a one count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence. Similarly, one Ugwuoke Victor Onyekachi who presented himself as Sofia Aurello, a Brazillian National with the email … Read more

The Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday, November 15, 2019, arraigned four suspects on offences that bother on internet fraud and other fraud-related offences. Read Also: EFCC Arrests Siblings For Extorting Yahoo Boys The Suspects were arraigned before Justice Mahmood Abdulgafar of a Kwara State High Court sitting in … Read more

A young graduate from University of Ilorin, Naomi Jibrin, has ventured into a male dominated business to emerge the first female mobile car wash operator in Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State. Naomi, an indigene of Idah, in Kogi State, told Daily Sun why she decided to set up the business and also narrated the … Read more

Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade, has donated N1 million for the treatment of Ayamba Mbeh, a University of Calabar student who has been bedridden for over three years. Confidence Abang, who confirmed this in a statement issued on behalf of the National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS), lauded the governor for the gesture. While … Read more

President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Nigeria after his foreign trip. Buhari returned ahead of time as he was scheduled to be back on 17th November, 2019. Presidential aide, Lauretta Onochie, confirmed Buhari’s arrival Friday night on Twitter. The President had been in London since Nov. 2 on a private visit, after a trip to Saudi … Read more

The management of the National Examinations Council (NECO) said it has dismissed 70 staff from its services for certificate forgery. The Head, Information and Public Relations Division of the council, Azeez Sani, confirmed the development to reportersFriday night. He refused to disclose the names of the dismissed staff. “We cannot disclose it to you,” he … Read more

The Nigerian Government has revealed that it is set to make an Executive Order to punish individuals who indiscriminately defecate in the open. Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, said that the said order would be signed by President Muhammadu Buhari to reduce significantly and if possible completely eradicate cases of open defecation in the … Read more

Anambra State Government has declared Monday, November 18, 2019 a work-free day. This is in Commemoration of the posthumous birthday of the first President of Nigeria, Dr Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe. A release by the Head of Service, Barr Harry Uduh, stated that the day will be work free in the state, and that workers are … Read more

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has confirmed the crash-landing of its helicopter on Thursday at its base in Enugu. A statement on Friday in NAF’s Twitter handle, said the incident occurred after a routine flight and that though the blades of the helicopter broke but there were no casualties. The statement said the cause of … Read more

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has announced the release of 132 Million for the payment of monthly allowances for Corps Members serving in the state. Speaking during a Courtesy Visit by the Governing Council of the National Youth Service Council (NYSC) at the Government House Port Harcourt on Friday, Governor Wike said the payment … Read more