The government of Kano State has called on academics and other wealthy men in the state who have only one wife to take more wives.
The Kano State Hisbah Board, KSHB’s Assistant Commander on Special Duties, Mr. Nahabani Usman made the call on Saturday, while announcing the planned destruction of more than a million bottles of beer confiscated from traders within the state capital.
“I am appealing to professors or wealthy individuals , who are interested...
Sunday, 16 December 2018
Monday, 3 December 2018
A middle-aged man was on Monday crushed to death by a train at the Phikwore Area of Kubwa, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the unidentified man left a suicide note before lying down on the rail tracks waiting to be crushed by the fast approaching train.
NAN also reported that the incident happened around 12:45pm, a kilometre away from the Kubwa Railway Station.
In the suicide note...
Saturday, 18 August 2018
Around 1.30 pm in the Jabi area of Abuja on Friday, a four story building collapsed into a massive heap of rubble.
Over 25 persons were reported to be inside the building which was still under construction at the time of the incident.
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo was at the scene to see things for himself. In his were senior government officials like FCTMinister, Mohammed Bello and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha.
So...
Tuesday, 14 August 2018
32 years old Chukwunonso Obi has been sentenced to four months in prison by a Karmo Grade 1 Area Court in Abuja.
The convict was jailed for absconding from a beer parlour after he and his friends had consumed N12,000 worth of drinks which he had ordered for their entertainment.
According to the Prosecutor, Judith Obatomi, Obi of Utako Village, Abuja had on July 20, 2018, bought drinks for himself and his friends worth N12,000 from Natasha...
Tuesday, 7 August 2018
In an apparent twist to the flexing of muscles by security operatives at the National Assembly premises on Tuesday, the Director-General of the Department of State Services, Lawal Daura has been booted out of office.
Operatives of the DSS and Nigeria Police had on Tuesday laid a siege to the National Assembly, thereby locking out lawmakers who had come to attend a scheduled meeting.
Daura's sacking was announced by Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande...
Abujacitynews can confirm that Vice President, Yomi Osinbajo has ordered the sacking of the Director- General of the Department of State Services , Lawal Daura.
Following this development, men of the DSS were seen leaving the premises of the National Assembly around 2.51pm.
Operatives of the DSS and the Nigeria Police had in the early hours of Tuesday begun a siege on the National Assembly, thereby truncating a scheduled meeting of the Senate leadership.
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Sunday, 5 August 2018
Amid speculation that he is on the verge of defecting to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio , on Sunday met President Muhammadu Buhari in London.
The meeting was confirmed by Buhari's Head of Digital Communication, Tolu Ogunlesi, via twitter.
“Chief Godswill Obot Akpabio , Senator representing Akwa Ibom North West District , and Senate Minority Leader, today in London met with PMB,” he said. President...
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