Osinbajo, Ambode, others for Nigerian Guild of Editors’ Convention
The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has concluded plans to hold its Biennial Convention in Ikeja, the Lagos State Capital. The convention, scheduled to hold from May 3-5, 2019, will…
Lawyer lands in EFCC net over N7m land scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Ilorin Zonal Office has arrested a legal practitioner, Akeem Jimoh over an alleged scam over plots of land that belong to his client,…
EFCC nabs 14 undergrads, 18 others for Internet fraud in sting operation
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office, on Thursday arrested 32 suspected internet fraudsters, also known as “Yahoo-Yahoo Boys.” The suspects were arrested at Liberty Estate, Laderin…
PTDF receives over 19,000 applications for 2019/2020 MSc, PhD overseas scholarship programme
No fewer than 19,323 candidates have applied for the 2019/2020 overseas MSC and PhD programmes of Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), the agency has said. In a statement in Abuja…
Shiite members besiege United Nations Headquarters to protest El-Zakzaky’s release
The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) has taken its protest to the United Nations office in Abuja. Protesters want the United Nations to urge President Muhammadu Buhari to release their…
Over 20m children in the past eight years miss measles vaccination, causing disease outbreaks- UNICEF
More than 20 million children a year missed out on measles vaccines across the world in the past eight years, laying a path of exposure to a virus that is…
ASC: Kogi to shutdown schools for refusing to participate
Kogi state Gov. Yahaya Bello The Kogi Government has directed the closure of all schools that refused to participate in the 2019 Annual School Census (ASC), the Commissioner for Education,…
Adeleke’s appeal Stalled on account of improper service by Appeal Court
Sen. Ademola Adekele, PDP Candidate for Osun State The hearing of appeal filed by Sen. Ademola Adekele, PDP Candidate for Osun State in the September 2018 governorship election was on…
Osinbajo presides over FEC meeting as handover deadline for cabinet expires
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has presided over the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, as the deadline given to cabinet members for…
Fraud: Police in Abuja arraign man over alleged N2.4m UNDP job scam
The police in Abuja on Thursday arraigned a 66-year-old man, Adamu Tukur, in a Wuse Zone 6 Magistrates’ Court, Abuja over alleged N2.4 million UNDP job scam. Tukur, who resides…