Politicians back pupils detained by Turkish police for singing in Kurdish
NAN-F-52 Pupils Istanbul, Feb. 21, 2017 (dpa/NAN) Six students in Turkey who were detained by police for singing in Kurdish, their mother tongue, on Tuesday…
Month: February 2017
Lagos court remands alleged kidnapper of 3-day-old baby
NAN-H-23 Abduction By Teniola Ibitola Lagos, Feb. 21, 2017 (NAN) A 30-year-old woman, Helen Ugah, who allegedly abducted a three-day-old baby, was on Tuesday…
Stop enrolling U-6 children in school, educationist urges parents
NAN-H-73 Education By Usman Aliyu Ilorin, Feb 21, 2017 (NAN) An Educationist and Management Consultant, Alhaji Aliyu Badmus on Tuesday called on parents to…
NDLEA seizes 568.91 kg of drugs within 2 weeks in Adamawa
NAN-H-61 Hemp Yola, Feb. 21, 2017 ( NAN) The Adamawa Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA ) said it had…
COREN wants FG to cede roads maintenance to state govts
NAN-H-22 Roads By Monday Ijeh Abuja, Feb. 21, 2017 (NAN) The Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) on Tuesday urged the…
Police arraign 2 men for allegedly parading as cultists
NAN-H-21 Cultists By Elusogbon Dorcas Ile-Ife (Osun), Feb. 21, 2017 (NAN) The Police in Osun on Tuesday arraigned two men, Akinbobola Akinola, 20, and…
Man, 29, arraigned for alleged physical assault on pregnant woman
NAN-H-20 Pregnant-woman By Elusogbon Dorcas Ile-Ife (Osun), Feb. 21, 2017 (NAN) A 29-year-old man, Dayo Adebayo, who allegedly assaulted a pregnant woman by giving…
Residents of Shagari estate in Lagos urge IKEDC to fix collapsed 33kv pole
NAN-H-68 Pole By Rukayat Adeyemi Lagos, Feb. 21, 2017 (NAN) Residents of Shagari Estate in Mosan-Okunola Local Council Development Area, Lagos, have urged the Ikeja…
Mugabe dismisses corruption allegations as he turns 93
Mugabe dismisses corruption allegations as he turns 93 NAN-F-50 Mugabe Harare, Feb. 21, 2017 (Reuters/NAN) Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe brushed aside persistent allegations of…
Shopkeeper steals employer’s N243,000, gets N100,000 bail
NAN-H-69 Shopkeeper By Deborah Akpede Lagos, Feb. 21. 2017 (NAN) An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State on Tuesday granted N100,000 bail to a …