Taxi driver in court for allegedly swindling passenger of N63,000

  Nationnewslead reports that A 50-year-old taxi driver, Francis Nwaoha, on Wednesday appeared in a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly swindling...

Inspector seeks colleague’s prosecution over assault

  Nationnewslead reports that A policeman attached to the Special Investigation Bureau, Federal Capital Territory, Inspector Ajayi Oludare, has petitioned the FCT...

Two ex-convicts arrested for robbery in Ogun

  Nationnewslead reports that Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested two ex-convicts, Abiodun Oshoba and Mustapha Sakiru, for allegedly robbing one...

Children detain septuagenarian father for 12 months over Lagos property

  Nationnewslead reports that A landlord, Surajudeen Jaji, has been rescued by the police after his children allegedly detained him in a room for more than 12...

Akeredolu sworn in for second term

  Nationnewslead reports that The Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu has been sworn in for a second term in office. Akeredolu was sworn in alongside his...

COVID-19: NCDC reports 571 new Infections, 12 death

  Nationnewslead reports that The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 571 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the...

Union invites EFCC to probe alleged fraud in CAC Housing Scheme

  Nationnewslead reports that Abuja—Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporations and Government Owned Companies, SSASCGOC, an affiliate of the Trade Union...

JUST IN: Court sentences Colonel for 4½ years over crime against humanity

  Nationnewslead reports that A German Court on Wednesday sentenced Col. Eyad Al-Gharib, 44, to four and a half years in prison for his role in the Syrian state...

UPDATED: Ahead of Nigeria, Ghana receives 600,000 doses of AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccines from COVAX

  Nationnewslead reports that In an unprecedented development, Ghana has received a historic first shipment of 600,000 doses of AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccines...

Appreciating the International Worship Centre

  Nationnewslead reports that Developmental projects anywhere in the world are not executed at the express approval of citizens; they are often condemned, delayed...

Defunct PHCN retirees cry over unpaid benefits

  Nationnewslead reports that Defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, pensioners, under the aegis of Concerned Pensioners, CPP, have appealed to the Federal...

Eight years after, man accused of killing pregnant fiancée freed

  Nationnewslead reports that An Ebonyi State High Court, Abakaliki Division has discharged and acquitted one Chukwudi Omeh who has been standing trial for 8 years...

Ijaws reject adoption of Odua anthem in Ondo

  Nationnewslead reports that Residents of Ondo State of the Ijaw extraction have kicked against the state government adoption of the Odua anthem The Ijaws urged...

Senators clash over comment on Ikpeazu

  Nationnewslead reports that There was an altercation on Tuesday in the Senate between Kogi West Senator Smart Adeyemi and his Abia South counterpart, Enyinnaya...

MDCN registrar urges govt to tackle brain drain

  Nationnewslead reports that The Registrar of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, Dr Tajudeen Sanusi, has urged the federal and state governments to do all...

Surety remanded for failure to produce suspect

  Nationnewslead reports that A surety, Gajah Lovely, has been arraigned before Justice G. O. Imadegbelo of the Edo State High Court for failing to produce a...

WAEC withholds Kano’s 70,000 WASSCE results over debt

  Nationnewslead reports that No fewer than 70,000 candidates who sat the Secondary School Certificate Examination October/November 2020 in Kano have yet to receive...

Man stabs neighbour to death with broken bottle

  Nationnewslead reports that A man, Sunday Amaefula, has been arrested by men of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly stabbing one Chibuike Nwanne to death...

13 killed as rocket hits Maiduguri, NAF defends city

  Nationnewslead reports that Thirteen persons were killed and over 40 injured in rocket attack on Maiduguri by suspected Boko Haram members. As at the time of...

Mother of three jailed 28 years for child theft

  Nationnewslead reports that The Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has sentenced one Mary Effiong, a mother of three, to 28 years’ imprisonment for...