Senate sets up Constitution Review Committee
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Thursday, inaugurated a 56-member Constitution Review Committee. The committee is headed by the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege…
Google Maps launches new design as it turns 15
Alphabet Inc’s Google Maps on Thursday launched a redesign that prominently solicits users’ reviews and photos of places they visit, seeking to grow its data in a field led by…
Court sentences businessman to death by hanging for robbing, killing Uber driver
Justice Peter Kekemeke of an FCT High Court in Nyanya, on Friday sentenced a 42-year-old businessman, Obinna Echianu, to death by hanging for armed robbery and culpable homicide. The…
Buhari launches 3 Fighter Helicopters in Abuja
Photos: President Buhari Inducts 2X Agusta 109P Helicopter Gunship and 1 MI-171 Medium Lift Helicopter in Abuja on 6th Feb 2020 President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday launched two Agusta…
Nigerians in diaspora to partake in TRCN online PQE in UK, USA, others
The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) says nine Nigerians will take part in its Professional Qualifying Examinations (PQE) in UK, USA, Canada and South Africa. Mr Gbolahan Emilolobo, Head,…
WHO puts global spending on treatment of FGM at $1.4 bn
Female genital mutilation (FGM) exacts a crippling economic as well as human cost, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. WHO made the announcement as part of activities organised…
Bank employee arraigned for allegedly stealing customers’ N2.4m
A 30-year-old employee of Wema Bank Plc, Tojah Dimike, on Thursday appeared before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court, Ekiti, charged with stealing N2.4 million, property of the bank. The defendant,…
Lagos CP orders Probe into suicide by Police inspector
The Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State, Bala Elkana, says the Commissioner of Police Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu has ordered an in-depth investigation into the case of a police…
Lagos Police refutes news of proposed raid
The Lagos State Police Command says that it is not planning any raid for Thursday and Friday throughout the state from 8p.m. It advised Lagosians to disregard the message circulating…
Lead by example, Green Groups urge Britain ahead of UN climate summit
Britain, as host of November’s U.N. climate talks in Glasgow, should set an example to other countries by outlining a detailed plan for how it will cut its planet-heating emissions…