90-year-old Sheikh Abdulazeez Yusuf, who was reportedly kidnapped, along with his driver, on his way to condole with the late Sultan of Sokoto, Ibrahim Dasuki’s family on Wednesday has regained his freedom.
The United States has faulted the Nigerian police for its approach in combating IMN members and has charged the Federal Government to account for the deaths of 300 Shi’ite members killed last December.
Fayose clocked 56 on Tuesday, November 15 and he celebrated it in style, as he took to the streets of Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, to share cakes to the ever-ready citizens of his state in another ‘noble’ stomach infrastructure gesture.
Two wives of Nasarawa State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Aliyu Tijani, were on Thursday night abducted by unknown gunmen from his residence in Nasarawa town.
A 25-year-old serial hacker, Chidi Onuoha, has been convicted by a Gombe State High Court after he was dragged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for fraud.
The displacement of thousands of residents from Otodo Gbame, an Egun community in the Lekki Phase 1 area of Lagos by some irate Yoruba youths has attracted a probe by the United Nations.
Several prospective grooms and brides, numbering about 80, have registered at the Gwaram Local Government Area in Jigawa in preparation for a mass wedding sponsored by the state government.
The economic recession that has swept over the country in the past months have also hit former Nigerian Presidents, Shehu Shagari, Olusegun Obasanjo, and Goodluck Jonathan, as they are being owed 10-month allowances by the Federal Government.
Several residents in Umuahia, Abia State capital, have expressed concerns at the increasing rate of violent incidents involving street urchins in the area and urged the state government to quickly put a stop to the menace.
Despite frantic attempts to halt his execution, a Nigerian national, Chijioke Obioha who was found in possession of more than 2.6 kilogrammes of cannabis in April 2007, has been killed in Singapore early Friday.
Atiku Abubakar made the revelation that he is the first in his family to reach a milestone of 70years of age at a recent event organised in celebration of his 70th birthday by students of American University of Nigeria, Yola.
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Thursday, November 17, destroyed seventy-five million naira (N75m) worth of expired, fake and substandard products at Kuje, Abuja.
Atiku once again showed how funky he can be, when he displayed his best impression of ‘dabbing’ at an event which recently held at the American University of Nigeria, Yola in honour of his 70th birthday.
Abdulaziz Yusuf, the administrative secretary of the Jama’atu Nasirl Islam, JNI has been reportedly kidnapped in Plateau State, on his way back to Jos on Wednesday evening.
At a hearing on Thursday, a Federal High Court in Abuja led by Justice Binta Nyako fixed December 1 as the next date for the review of bail applications by Biafra agitator, Nnamdi Kanu and three other accused persons.
The alleged rapist, Yisa Aweda was said to have been stabbed by the two-year-old girl’s father upon catching him in the act before the crime was reported at Orile Police Station.
Tributes continue to pour in for late Chief Rasheed Gbadamosi who died late Wednesday, and former associate, Wole Soyinka has expressed his regrets at the loss by penning a glowing tribute to the Lagos industrialist.
The long arm of the law has caught up with a Kano lawyer, Yakubu Mohammed Na’ Allah as he has been sentenced to four years imprisonment without an option of fine for offences of money laundering.
