Alleged death of suspect: Court orders CMD to appear before it
A Federal High Court sitting in Jos has ordered the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of Barau Dikko Specialist Hospital, Kaduna, to appear before it on Jan. 29, 2020 to explain…
Senate mourns as Senator Ben Uwajumogu dies at 51
Late Sen. Ben Uwajumogu The Senator representing Imo North Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Ben Uwajumogu is dead. Uwajumogu died on Wednesday morning in Abuja, the nation’s…
Angry youths in Ondo set church ablaze over alleged exhumed body of 12 months old
Sotitobire Praising Chapel Photo: Courtesy twitter Angry youths have burnt down a church in Akure, the Ondo State capital after the corpse of a 12 months old boy was…
Supreme Court affirms Sanwo-Olu’s election as Lagos governor
The Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State. The unanimous judgment was delivered on Wednesday by Justice Paul Galinje. A seven-man panel of the…
Buhari swears in Ngige’s wife, 8 others as Permanent Secretaries
FEC meeting and swearing in of new permanent secretaries President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday swore-in nine new permanent secretaries to their ministries and also presided over the Federal Executive Council…
FIRS to begin nationwide tax enforcement exercise Dec. 18
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says it will commence a nationwide tax enforcement exercise from Dec. 18, 2019 with a view to prosecuting defaulters and recovering all outstanding…
FIRS gives 7 days notice to tax defaulters, may freeze corporate accounts
In a new push to shore up tax collection, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has served a seven-day notice to tax defaulters across the country. Measures to be taken…
Mobile phones top list of tech speeding up aid operations in 2019 – poll
Mobile technology had the biggest benefit of all technology on aid operations in 2019, according to an exclusive poll by the Thomson Reuters Foundation on Wednesday, with drones and satellites…
Correctional Centre official bags 4-year jail term for job scam
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Gwagwalada, has sentenced an officer with the Kuje Correctional Centre, Ahmed Abdu, to a four-year jail term for engaging in employment…
Without cottage industries, Jigawa to build 95 mosques, opens tender
Without noticeable presence of cottage industries and industrialisation, the Jigawa State Government has opened tender for the construction of 90 Friday congregational and five daily prayer mosques, across the 30…