Senate sets up 8-man committee to investigate allegations against IGP
NAN-H-36 Investigation By Cecilia Ijuo Abuja, Oct. 4, 2017(NAN) The Senate has set up an eight-man ad hoc committee to investigate allegations of corruption…
Month: October 2017
3 from Africa on brink of World Cup qualification
NAN-S-9 Qualification Cape Town, Oct. 4,2017 (Reuters/NAN) Nigeria, Egypt and Tunisia could all book their spots at next year’s World Cup in the penultimate…
N1.5bn money laundering: Sen. Nwaoboshi loses bid to stop EFCC’s forfeiture order
NAN-H-30 Forfeiture By Sandra Umeh Lagos Oct. 4, 2017 (NAN) A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday refused the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)…
Youth council demands active participation in politics
NAN-H-37 Youth By Emmanuel Oloniruha Abuja, Oct. 4, 2017 (NAN) The National Youth Council of Nigeria says it has constituted a directorate to facilitate…
Civil servant, 41, arraigned for defiling 14-year-old girl
NAN-H-31 Defilement By Moji Eniola Ikeja, Oct. 4, 2017 (NAN) A civil servant, Nathaniel Onwuegbulam, who allegedly defiled a 14-year-old student under his spouse's…
Septuagenarian farmer, prophet, others remanded in prison over alleged raping of minor
NAN-H-29 Rape Omu-Aran (Kwara), Oct. 4, 2017 (NAN) A septuagenarian farmer, James Olatoye, a prophet and two others, who allegedly raped a 12-year-old girl,…
Coach pleads with Kickboxing federation for refresher courses
NAN-S-8 Kickboxing By Millicent Ifeanyichukwu Lagos, Oct. 4, 2017 (NAN) Gabriel Kingsley, the Head Coach, Oyo State Kickboxing Association (OSKA), on Wednesday urged the…
5 years after stealing laptop at gunpoint, hairdresser, 25, to die by hanging
NAN-H-24 Death-by-hanging By Moji Eniola Ikeja, Oct. 4, 2017 (NAN) Five years after stealing a laptop and a mobile phone at gunpoint,…
Police to investigate Nasarawa Poly student’s suicide bid
NAN-H-25 Student By Sunday John Lafia, Oct. 4, 2017 (NAN) The Nasarawa State Police Command is to investigate an attempt by a student of…
3 men to receive 6 lashes for loitering in Abuja
NAN-H-22 Cane By Nana Musa Abuja, Oct. 4, 2017 (NAN) A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Wednesday ordered that three men should…