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  The Federal Ministry of Transportation has disclosed that it is considering the use of bicycles as an alternative means of commuting as it promotes a cleaner environment and a healthy lifestyle. The Director, Road Transport and Mass Transit Administration, ...

  The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested two teenagers for allegedly stealing a baby girl. The suspects, Hajara Usman (19) of Ishehi Hamlet and Ibrahim Usman ‘m’ aged 18 years of Dugurgama Hamlet, were said to have intruded into ...

  President Bola Tinubu has nominated former governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi and his Rivers State counterpart, Nyesom Wike as his ministers. The Senate President, Goodwill Akpabio unveiled the long awaited list of 28 ministerial nominees during plenary on Thursday. Femi Gbajabiamila, former ...

  The Chairman, House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Ejikeme Mmesoma, Soli Sada, has commended the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, for the technological innovations deployed by the board for the conduct of the ...

  Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed seven people in Gara and Gamji villages in Burra District of Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The bandits who came in their numbers were said to have attacked the villagers ...

  Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have allegedly shot dead two persons including one Gafar Yusuf, in the Idioro area of Mushin, Lagos State. The Punch gathered that the NDLEA operatives stormed the community around 10pm on ...

  The General Superintendent of Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi, has said it takes a person with good intentions, backed up with effective action, to deliver the country from the present economic challenges. The Convener of the Global ...

  There was an uproar in Kafur Local Government Area of Katsina state after a tricenarian bride, Tinene Isa, chopped off her husband’s manhood. The Police Public Relations Officer in Katsina, ASP Abubakar Aliyu, confirmed the development yesterday. Aliyu also ...

  The Federal Government has been called up by the Senate to collaborate with Finish Government on ways to extradite Simon Ekpa, a self-styled separatist leader for his alleged roles in the ”sit–at–home- orders and killings in the Southeast. It ...

  Soldiers in Niger claimed to have removed President Mohamed Bazoum from power late on Wednesday, hours after members of the presidential guard detained the politician at his official residence. In a statement broadcast on national television, Colonel-Major Amadou Abdramane ...

  Notorious motorbike sn@tchers given a rare free face-lift in Ogun State The Ogun State Community Social Orientation and Safety Corps code-named So-Safe Corps has arrested notorious motorbikes’ snatchers in Ogun. According to a statement released from the Office of ...

  Tribunal Sacks LP Rep member over Non-membership. (Breach of Section 77(2)(3) The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Asaba, Delta State, has nullified the election of Mr. Ngozi Okolie of the Labour Party as member representing Aniocha/Oshimili Fed. ...

  A pregnant woman, three children and 18 others were on Sunday evening, July 23, reportedly b¥rnt to d£ath after a fuel-laden tanker expl%ded at Ore, in Odigbo council area of Ondo state. It was gathered that the tanker driver ...

  Woman allegedly absconds with her neighbour’s baby in Jos A woman (Chioma) has allegedly absconded with her neighbour’s baby in Angwan Rukuba area of Jos, Plateau State. It was gathered that the suspect identified simply as Chioma, disappeared with ...

  POLICE ARREST GUNMAN AT POPULAR HOTEL IN AWKA Operatives of Anambra State Police Command have arrested a lone gunman at a popular hotel (name withheld) in Awka, the Capital of Anambra State. In a statement by the Public Relations ...

  A 6-month-old baby boy, Chinedu Chukwueke, was stolen from his mother’s shop at Kure Market in Minna, the Niger state capital on Sunday, July 23, 2023. The father of the child said the boy was stolen by a woman who ...

  The Kano State Hisbah Board has arrested two young men for allegedly trying to arrange same-sex marriage in the state.   Hisbah Commandant, Sheikh Aminu Ibrahim Daurawa, who disclosed this while briefing newsmen on Saturday, July 22, 2023, sais ...

  A corps member identified as Bright has reportedly died at the Osun State orientation camp of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). According to his colleagues, Bright reportedly went to bed and didnt wake up the following morning. “He ...

  President Bola Tinubu has appealed to justices of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PREPEC) in Abuja to exclude the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, and his party in the event of any rerun presidential ...

    A video of a convoy alleged to be that of the governor of Edo state, Godwin Obaseki, getting stuck in traffic due to a bad portion of the Benin-Sapele road has gone viral.   According to the man ...

  Two siblings identified as Rakib and Mujib Atolagbe have been confirmed dead after the fence of a neighbouring building collapsed on their house at Alao Street, Isawo, in the Ikorodu Local Government Area of the state on Saturday, July ...

  A 37-year-old man, Chiemela Victor Ekeke, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a Magistrate’s Court in Umuahia, Abia State, for the sexual assault of a 4-year-old girl.   The incident happened at Eze Ogbulafor Street in Umuahia, Abia ...

  RSBC News Director, Anthony-Nwokocha kidnapped Gunmen have reportedly kidnapped the Director of News of the Rivers State Broadcasting Corporation, Priestba Anthony-Nwokocha. She was kidnapped in Port Harcourt. The Director of Administration, RSBC, Pastor Ebi Ogolo, who confirmed the development to ...

  Suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele will on Tuesday, July 25, be arraigned by the Department of State Services before a federal high court sitting in Lagos.   Hearing notices have been sent out by ...

  A warehouse used in storing several bags of maize and locally processed rice, among other items have been stolen from a warehouse in Jalingo, Taraba state capital, by looters.   The looters invaded the warehouse which is not too ...