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Dutse LG loses N30m annually to ghost workers

By Salim Yunusa The Chairman house committee on education in Jigawa state house of Assembly, Honourable Suraja Kantoga said Dutse local government council alone is...

Free Business Registration: We have registered 245,000 companies – CAC

  By Salim Yunusa The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) revealed that it has registered 245,000 businesses under its free business name registration scheme so far this...

Outrage as NYSC tells corp members families to prepare for ransom payment

By Salim Yunusa   There has been widespread condemnation of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) after its updated handbook on security asked corps members to...

Police arrest 39-year-old man for defiling five-year-old stepdaughter in Ogun

    By Salim Yunusa Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 39-year-old man, Oladapo Akinola, for allegedly defiling his five-year-old stepdaughter.   The suspect was...

Fire guts NPA headquarters in Lagos

By Salim Yunusa   A section of the headquarters of the Nigerian Ports Authority was gutted by fire on Wednesday.   This is coming 11 months after property...

We’re tackling online supply of narcotics – NDLEA

By Salim Yunusa   The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has called on its counterparts in Africa to consider targetting assets of drug cartels as a...

BREAKING: Emir of Gaya, Alhaji Abdulkadir Ibrahim, dies at 91

By Salim Yunusa   A first class Emir in Kano state, Alhaji Abdulkadir Ibrahim, the Emir of Gaya, is dead. His death was confirmed by Alhaji...

UK hires over 300 Nigerian Doctors in 100 days

By Salim Yunusa As a nationwide strike by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) enters its seventh week, data from the official register of...

Police arrest man for ironing 8-year-old daughter’s breasts in Lagos

By Salim Yunusa Lagos State Police have arrested a man for allegedly removing his eight-year-old daughter's breast using a hot iron Records say the father committed...

Sit-at-home order: ESN leader beaten to death

By Salim Yunusa An angry mob lynched an alleged leader of the proscribed Eastern Security Network (ESN) on Monday while trying to enforce a sit-at-home...

JUST IN: Coup foiled in Sudan

  By Salim Yunusa Sudanese authorities said they had foiled an attempted coup on Tuesday, accusing loyalists of ousted president Omar al-Bashir of trying to reverse...

Obasanjo hits at Buhari, says rising debt from borrowing is ‘criminal’

By Salim Yunusa Former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has berated President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration over its continued accumulation of debt through borrowing, noting that piling...

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