Ogun panel questions police sergeant for allegedly threatening members
A police Sergeant, Adeleke Olalekan, was on Monday questioned by the Ogun State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing police brutality after he allegedly threatened...
Chairman-elect dies two days after victory in Kano local council election
The newly-elected Chairman of Bebeji local council area of Kano State, Ali Namadi, is dead.
He died at about 1:00 a.m. on Tuesday.
Namadi was elected...
PDP demands probe into police conduct in death of 22-year-old Ntekim-Rex
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called for an inquest into the role played by the police in the killing of Master David Ntekim-Rex...
Trump plans to offer last minute pardon to over 100 people —Report
Reports say outgoing President of the United States, Donald Trump, is expected to offer pardon to more than 100 Americans as his tenure winds...
NAF says one personnel dead, 30 bandits killed during gun battle in Zamfara
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has revealed that it lost one of its Special Forces (SF) personnel during a fierce gun battle with heavily...
COVID-19 vaccines, plot to introduce disease that’ll kill Nigerians —Gov Yahaya Bello
The Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has claimed that COVID-19 vaccine is meant to bring about a disease that would kill people.
Following the...
10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers, Tuesday morning, January 19, 2021
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you
1. 1,617 new COVID-19 cases take Nigeria’s total to 112,004. Deaths, recoveries updated
Nigeria on Monday...
HURIWA urges Nigerians to boycott NIN enrollment
The Human Rights Writers Association Nigeria, (HURIWA) on Monday urged Nigerians to massively boycott the National Identification Number (NIN) enrollment exercise.
HURIWA made the call...
Bandits kill four, abduct one in Kaduna fresh attack
Armed bandits on Monday attacked Igabi and Zaria local government areas of Kaduna State and killed four persons.
The state’s Commissioner for Internal Security and...
1,617 new COVID-19 cases take Nigeria’s total to 112,004. Deaths, recoveries updated
Nigeria on Monday recorded 1,617 fresh COVID-19 cases.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the new...
