Judiciary
Court remands 3 brothers over alleged conspiracy, trespass in Sokoto
A Sokoto Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday remanded three brothers, Murtala Bello, 28, Dauda Bello, 27 and Maccido Bello, 20 in prison for conspiring…
Month: October 2023
General News
2019: INEC, EU agencies to evolve instrument to tackle vote buying during elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday opened a two-day training for its legal officers on emerging electoral offences ahead of the 2019…
General News
NIWA completes Baro port, others
Mr Danladi Ibrahim, the Acting Managing Director of National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), said the Baro port had been completed and was ready to…
General News
Presidential aspirant, Moghalu announces campaign team
Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, the Presidential aspirant for the Young Progressive Party (YPP), has appointed Mr Abdullahi Abubakar, a political consultant, as the Chief Operating…
General News
Salary arrears: Disengaged staff members paralyse C/River Water Board activities
By George Odok The 281 disengaged contract staff of the Cross River Water Board Ltd. on Monday paralysed activities at the office headquarters in…
Foreign
Gunman dead after shooting 14, killing one, in Toronto: Canadian police
MONTREAL: Fourteen people, including a young girl, were shot near downtown Toronto, police in Canada’s biggest city said on Sunday, with one person killed…
General News
Oshiomhole to ministers: Swear in board members or be expelled from party
By Ismaila Chafe The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiohmole, says Ministers who fail to inaugurate members of board…
Metro and Aviation
Dog opens Russian airliner’s luggage hold, forcing emergency landing
Moscow, July 23, 2018 (dpa/NAN)A dog managed to open an airliner’s luggage hold during a flight from St Petersburg to Moscow, forcing the crew to…
Foreign
Migrants stranded without aid as Tunisia refuses to let ship dock
TUNIS (Reuters) - A Tunisian boat carrying around 40 African migrants has been stranded off the country’s coast without aid for more than a…