GOV. ZULUM’s CHIEF OF STAFF, BABAGANA WAKIL DIES
Dr Babagana Wakil, the chief of staff to Governor Babagana Zulum, has died. According to a statement, Wakil died today after a brief illness. The cause of death was not…
NIGERIAN MAN DOCKED FOR SCAMMING EGYPTIAN OF $8.5M
A Nigerian Kingsley Ikenna Onwuzuruike has been charged before Justice A.T. Mohammed of the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State with an eight counts of fraud to the…
CAN PRESIDENT, SULTAN DECLARE FASTING, PRAYER AGAINST COVID-19
President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Rev. Samson Ayokunle in conjunction with the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar Mohammadu III have called for a three-day fasting and prayer…
POLICE HELD MAN FOR ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO RAPE SCHOOL TEACHER IN OSUN
The Osun State Police Command on Wednesday dragged a 50-year-old man, Aina Taiwo before a Magistrates’ Court sitting in Osogbo for alleged attempt to rape a school teacher. The defendant…
BREAKING… FG INCREASES PETROL PUMP PRICE TO N143.80
Information reaching Citizen NewsNG News Room revealed that the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency has announced a new Price band of N140.80 to N143.80 per litre for Premium Motor Spirit,…
WE’RE DETERMINED TO DO MORE TO PROTECT POOR, VULNERABLE NIGERIANS -Pres. Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari says the recently developed Economic Sustainability Plan, aimed at stimulating the economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic, will extend protection to very poor Nigerians and other vulnerable groups…
COURT JAILS UNDERGRADUATE FOR DEFRAUDING TENANTS
Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of Kwara State High Court, Ilorin, on Tuesday, June 30, 2020 convicted and sentenced 19-year-old chemistry undergraduate of University of Ilorin, Ajayi Joshua Oluwatobi to nine months…
LAWMAKER THROWS MICROPHONE AT KEYAMO DURING ROWDY COMMITTEE MEETING
A yet-to-be-identified lawmaker threw a microphone at the Minister of state for labour, Festus Keyamo on Tuesday during a senate committee meeting in Abuja on Tuesday. Keyamo, a Senior Advocate…
POLICE ARRESTS SHOEMAKER WHO KIDNAP, KILL AND BURY HIS CUSTOMERS IN SOAKAWAY IN RIVERS
The Rivers State Police Command has paraded a man suspected to be a serial killer who has confessed that he specializes in abducting and killing his victims in Igbo-Etche, Etche…
TROOPS ELIMINATE BANDITS, ARREST KIDNAP KINGPINS IN TARABA, BENUE
Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke have eliminated four armed militia men at Rafin Kada in Wukari Local Government Area and Yojaa in Donga Local Government Area of Taraba. In statement…