NATIONAL NEWS

The Ministry of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy has announced the commencement of applications for teaching positions under its Build-A-Thon initiative programme. This was announced on the Ministry’s “X” handle on Thursday. The programme which was launched earlier in December, according to the Minister of Communication, Innovation and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, will promote early-technology […]

The Federal Government is set to close the Iyana Oworonshoki- Adeniji Adele section of the Third Mainland Bridge for repairs beginning from 11 am on Tuesday, January 9th, 2024. “The Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Works wishes to inform the motoring public that the emergency repairs of the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos […]

The Police Service Commission (NPC) has bemoaned what it termed unprofessional conduct by the Special Police Constabulary, a quasi -Police formation created to assist in community policing. It called for a different uniform and disbandment of outfits in states where the constabularies are not paid and taken care of. According to the Commission, it was […]

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has arrived at Yakubu Gowon Airport in Jos for an assessment of the situation in the aftermath of the Christmas Eve attacks in Plateau State. The attacks happened in Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi as well as parts of Mangu where over 190 people were killed and several others […]

Days after the deadly Christmas Day attacks on Bokkos, yet another community came under attack in the same Local Government on Thursday night. The Yuletide incident has been regarded as the worst outbreak of violence in Plateau since May and has left more than 190 people dead and hundreds injured. Reacting to the event, Transition […]

The governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, says President Bola Tinubu has asked him to take charge and pull everybody together to spur the development of the state. Aiyedatiwa disclosed this while speaking with journalists after a visit to the President in Lagos on Thursday, a day after he was sworn in as governor following […]

President Bola Tinubu has said delivering an all-inclusive and progressive democracy to Nigerians is his topmost objective.  He made this declaration while receiving members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives’ Congress (APC), on Thursday, in Lagos, where he expressed support for the establishment of the National Institute of Progressive Studies by […]

The Lagos State Police Command said it has arrested three armed robbery suspects for allegedly robbing a woman of N3.2 million and a vehicle. The spokesperson for the Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to on Thursday. He said the Rapid Response Squad tracked and arrested the suspects. He said the gang leader, Sheriff […]

The 7 Division of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri, has confirmed the arrest of a soldier for allegedly killing a truck driver at a checkpoint along Maiduguri – Dikwa- Gamboru road. The incident occured following a misunderstanding between the soldier and the truck driver at the checkpoint. It was reported that the incident, which occurred […]

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command, on Thursday, disclosed that it arrested no fewer than 82 suspected vandals and 22 illegal miners in the last four months. Mr. Olusola Odumosu, the NSCDC Commandant in FCT, disclosed these figures during an interview in Abuja on Thursday. Odumosu said that […]