Business & Economy
FG releases 19 high yield crop varieties, 1 chicken breed
By Chidinma Ewunonu-Aluko The Federal Ministry of Science and Technology has released 19 new high yield crop varieties to enhance agricultural production. The National…
Month: October 2023
Judiciary
Housemaid remands in prison for theft of jelwery worth N10 million
A 24-year-old housekeeper, Abosede Owofolabi, was on Tuesday remanded in Kirikiri Prisons, Lagos, after she pleaded guilty to stealing her employer’s gold worth N10…
Judiciary
Man, under codeine influence, allegedly assaults 2 Policemen
The Police in Lagos on Tuesday, arraigned a 31-year-old applicant, Joshua Oshame, at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly assaulting two policemen while under…
Foreign
Dentist elected as Pakistan’s new president
(dpa/NAN)Pakistan on Tuesday elected Arif Alvi, backed by the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) party of Prime Minister Imran Khan, as its 13th president for…
General News
No president can succeed without ingenuity of Ndigbo — Bafarawa
Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential aspirant, has said that nobody can rule Nigeria without tapping the education and business ingenuity of Ndi…
General News
PDP chieftain, 20, 000 supporters defect to APC in Kwara
By Abiodun Esan Mr Sunday Babalola, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Kwara, on Tuesday defected to the All Progressives Congress…
General News
Customs generates N140.4bn in August – Official
By Racheal Ishaya The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it recorded its highest ever monthly revenue of N140.4 billion in August 2018. The Customs…
General News
For ‘attempting lesbian sex’, 2 Malaysians women caned
(Reuters/NAN) Two Malaysian women convicted of attempting lesbian sex in a car were caned in court watched by dozens of people on Monday, media…
General News
PDP drags Masari to Supreme Court
By Zubairu Idris The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Katsina State, said on Tuesday it had approached the Supreme Court seeking to quash recent…