The police command in Adamawa State has arrested a teenage boy over a violent sexual assault on a five-year-old girl. The police told our correspondent on Monday that 16-year-old Adamu Abdullahi of Jambutu, a community in Yola North Local Government Area, took advantage of a heavy rain during the weekend to commit the act and…

A housewife in Bagudo local government area of Kebbi State has reportedly killed her new husband so that she could go back to her former hubby. According to the police, the suspect Auta Dogo Singe conspired with one Garba Hassan and Sahabi Garba at Sabon Gari village, Illo district area of Bagudo to kill her…

Vice President Yemi Oshibanjo has condemned imposition and arbitrary high surcharges by shipping lines in the West and African countries. He also tasked the Union of African Shippers Council to adopt common, political and diplomatic strategies to check the operations of shipping lines servicing the ports in the sub-region. Osinbanjo made the calls on Monday…

Several people are feared missing as a vessel, which left Calabar, the Cross River State capital, for Cameroon with over 100 persons on board, capsized on Sunday evening, The Nation gathered yesterday. A source, who begged not to be named, said the vessel named AUSTRHEIM left the Terminal C of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA)…

Gunmen, on Sunday attacked Ikirike Police Station in Enugu. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Ebere Amaraizu, who confirmed the incident, said they came pretending to be in distress and then launched the attack. gunmen As at the time of filling this report, no casualty has been reported. Breaking: Nnamdi Kanu places N1m bounty on…

The federal government through the Department of Petroleum Resources has dismissed the risk of possible fuel scarcity in the Lagos state over petroleum marketers failure to load at depots for days into the weekend. Operations Controller DPR Lagos, Wole Akinyosoye told journalists in Lagos that government is on top of the situation after meeting with…

The Edo State Government through the Edo State Skills Development Agency also known as EdoJobs has distributed smart solar boxes to 22 youths in rural areas in the state to enable them start new enterprises or support existing businesses. A cross-section of the beneficiaries during the hand-over of smart solar boxes to beneficiaries by Edo…

• Warns: North will not give power back to South in 2023 By Dapo Akinrefon, Deputy Regional Editor, South-West CHIEF Ayo Adebanjo is a staunch Awoist, loyal to the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo. In this interview, Adebanjo narrates the origin of the crisis in the Western Region, the rift between Awolowo and the late…

ENUGU- A Charity organization, Lift Saxum, in partnership with Voice Global, has initiated a programme of giving care to the elderly by training caregivers that would cater for the aged psycho-social rehabilitation and skill acquisition. Executive Director of the group, Mrs. Nwnneka Okolo said that the elderly will be taught various physical exercises, functional and…

Authorities of the Kwara state Polytechnic, (Kwarapoly) Ilorin have declared that they have not opened portal for the institution’s post-UTME screening. They therefore warned admission seekers into the institution to be wary of the activities of online scammers out to defraud them through fake websites. This is in response to some concerned parents and their…