The House of Representatives Majority Leader, Hon. Alhassan Ado Doguwa has been remanded in prison after a five-count charge including culpable homicide, criminal conspiracy, causing grievous hurt, mischief by fire, and inciting public disturbance. Senior Magistrate Ibrahim Mansur Yola remanded him on Wednesday after a court sitting at the Kano Magistrate Court, following his arrest by the Kano State Police …

The Federal Government has requested India to grant visa on arrival to Nigerians as a reciprocal gesture. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, made the request at the G-20 meeting in India. According to a statement by his Special Adviser, Sarah Sanda, the Minister also requested India to fast-track the issuance of business visa to Nigerians. Onyeama emphasised …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said it has dismissed two of its staff for gross misconduct. In a statement on Wednesday, the board gave the names of the dismissed staff as Mr Bilyaminu Ishaku and Mr Andrew Anebi Candidus, both from JAMB office in Makurdi, Benue State. It explained that the action was the fallouts of the …

Mrs Blessing Adeniran, the mother of a 12-year-old Chrisland pupil, Whitney, who recently died during the school’s inter-house sports, has disclosed that an autopsy carried out on her daughter showed that she died of electrocution. In an Instagram live video on Wednesday, she said: “I want to thank everyone for your support, your calls and messages have helped us go …

A leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Ali Madaki is in the custody of the Kano police command over illegal possession of firearms. According to TheCable, Madaki was invited for questioning by the police on Wednesday. Haruna Abdullahi, the police spokesperson in Kano, confirm the development on Thursday morning. Abdullahi said Madaki is still in police custody and …

The Lagos State Government and Lagos Metropolitan Authority (LAMATA) have assured residents of the state that the Blue line infrastructure is safe despite the fire that was ignited by a petrol-powered generator deployed to pump diesel into the barge. LAMATA’s Corporate Communication consultant, Mr Kolawole Ojelabi explained that the fire incident involved an oil tanker transloading diesel into a barge …

The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu said the nation’s democracy has recorded another major victory, following the emergence of his predecessor and leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as President-elect in the just concluded presidential election. Reacting to Tinubu’s declaration as the winner of last Saturday’s presidential election, Sanwo-Olu said that the former Lagos State governor contested and won a fiercely-fought …

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated his successor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu for emerging winner of the presidential election concluded early Wednesday. Tinubu, who is of the same All Progressives Congress (APC) as President Buhari, won the election by polling 8,794,726 votes as against 6,984,520 by his closest rival, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). President Buhari described President-elect …

President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu has express gratitude to Nigerians for what he described as “their abiding belief in our democracy”. He promised to be a “fair leader to all Nigerians”. In his acceptance speech at the headquarters of the presidential campaign council of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja, Tinubu, who won the election by polling 8,794,726 votes as …

A 37-year-old Mrs Faniyi has delivered a set of quadruplets after eleven years of waiting, the General Hospital, Ikorodu, Lagos State disclosed this in a Facebook post. “We are proud to announce the birth of a set of quadruplets at our Mother and Child Centre”, the post read. “The delivery which was through a caesarean section conducted by a team …