Category: Update
Court strikes out DSS’ motion seeking reversal of bail to Igboho’s associates
A Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out a motion by the Department of State Services (DSS) in which it prayed the court to reverse the bail earlier...
Nigeria records 655 cases of COVID-19
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says the nation’s total COVID-19 infections had Jumped to 188,243, across the 36 states of the Federation and the...
No more exclusive petrol importation rights for Dangote, BUA, says FG
The Federal Government appears to have reversed the exclusive petrol importation rights for holders of local refining licence to import petroleum products,...
Police Forum, Govt partner to train 5,758 youths in crime prevention
The Police Public Enlightenment Campaign Forum is to partner Kaduna State Government in training five thousand seven hundred and fifty eight youths on...
BREAKING: Major abducted by bandits at NDA is dead
A major, abducted in the early hours of Tuesday by armed bandits at the Nigerian Defence Academy, NDA, Kaduna has been found dead. The major was kidnapped...
Hoodlums kidnap Kwara varsity female student, demand N50m ransom
Suspected kidnappers have abducted a 300-level Mass Communication student of the Kwara State University, Malete. Nationnewslead learnt that the incident...
Truck kills final-year student on motorcycle, rider unhurt
A final-year student of the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Blessing Kalu, has been killed by a truck in Umudike Oboro in the Ikwuano...
Gunmen invade community, kill Okada rider, five others
Six persons, including a commercial motorcycle rider, were on Monday killed by gunmen suspected to be cultists in Gwara and Kono-Boue communities, in the...
PDP splits as two chairmen emerge, Wike, Secondus divide NWC
Nigeria’s leading opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, was on Tuesday factionalised with the emergence of two acting national chairmen. The...
LG chairmen protest over CVR
THE 23 local government chairman in Rivers State have staged a protest at the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, alleging that the ...
COVID-19: Osun govt flags off second phase of vaccination
…..To vaccinate 47,900 people Governor, State of Osun, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola, on Tuesday flagged off the second phase of vaccination against...
Why eight States are yet to get vaccines – by FG
The Federal Government said that it had delivered Moderna vaccines to 29 States. It however said eight States are yet to receive the vaccines...
Confusion in PDP as two factions lay claim to Secondus’ seat
There was confusion on Tuesday as the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) split into two factions. Deputy National Chairman (South),...
APC crisis: Oyetola orders discontinuation of Aregbesola’s men trial
Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, has ordered the state caretaker chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Gboyega Famoodun to discontinue the...
2023: I’ve not declared interest in presidential race — Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday, said he has not joined the 2023 presidential race. This is coming in the wake of the release of campaign style...
NBA threatens legal action against police over detained suspected IPOB informant
The Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public and Developmental Law, NBA-SPIDEL, has threatened to drag the Inspector-General of Police before the court...
Court strikes out fresh motion by DSS to further detain Igboho’s 4 associates
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, struck out a fresh motion the Department of State Services, DSS, filed for permission to further...
Court remands tailor, 24, for alleged possession of gun
A 24-year-old tailor, Lukman Mohammed, was on Tuesday remanded at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for alleged possession of a gun. The police charged...
Labourer gets 12 strokes for stealing electrical materials
A Zuba Upper Area Court, Abuja, on Tuesday ordered that a 21-year-old labourer, Marvellous Faruna be given 12 strokes of the cane for stealing electrical...
Not all surrendered terrorists are criminals, says Zulum
The Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum, has disclosed that over 2,600 surrendered insurgents are now in custody, adding that not all of them are...
