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The Nigerian Prisons Service, NPS said it has curtailed a minor fire incident detected at the Kuje Medium Security Prison hospital on Friday evening. ‎ Humphrey‎ Chukwuedo, NPS, FCT Command Public Relations Officer, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. He said that the fire was, however, immediately …

Nigerians have been urged to support the anti corruption crusade of President Muhammad Buhari and as being championed by the National Assembly. In a release signed by the Special Adviser on ‘Media and Illicit Financial Flows’ to the Chairman House Committee on Financial Crimes, Rev. Bunmi Olupona,Nigerians are told to …

The Social and online media are awash with the story that the move by Senate to probe Tertiary Education Trust Fund is responsible for the halt in the Recall process of the Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial Zone, Senator Dino Melaye. Investigations exclusively revealed that INEC did not stop the …

There was a mild drama at the Federal high court in Ede yesterday as workers and students of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) force the judge,Oladimeji David to reverse his earlier order that OAU’s ex acting vice chancellor,Prof. Anthony Elujoba should be kept in Ilesha prison. This reversal came after …

Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Thursday assured residents that his administration would curtail the activities of the notorious group known as ‘Badoo’ in the Ikorodu axis of the state. Ambode, who gave the assurance while commissioning a rehabilitated fire service station in Epe also promised to ensure the …

The Lagos State government has warned all residents in the State of the consequences of the continuous heavy rainfall being experienced in most parts of Lagos on lives and properties. A release today by the State Commissioner for the Environment, Dr. Samuel Adejare, noted that the rainfall is bound to …

The woman accused of aiding suspected kidnap king  George Onwuamadike (alias Evans) to escape justice in 2006 is still in the police, The Nation learned yesterday. It was gathered that the woman, simply identified as Tina, is now a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP). She was unmasked by a Special Investigation Panel …

Edo residents, under the Amalgamation of Concerned Edo Professionals, Students and Civil Society, have staged a protest against the proposal by the state House of Assembly to establish a nomadic cattle grazing law. The protesters, who carried placards and chanted, “Kill this bill,” as they marched through the streets of …

Titi Atiku, wife of former Vice-President Abubakar Atiku, told an Ikeja High Court that Akpan-Jacobs, the pastor who allegedly defrauded her of N918 million, was her “errand boy”. Mrs. Atiku made this claim while being cross-examined on Wednesday by Amos Ibe, the defence counsel to Akpan-Jacobs. “I paid N49 million for the …

The acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday signed the 2017 Appropriation Bill into law. Osinbajo appended his signature on the document at about 4:41pm inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The brief event was witnessed by principal officers of the National Assembly, presidential aides and other top government officials.