Lagos inaugurates new board for LASUTH (Tribune) The Lagos Government on Tuesday inaugurated a new board for the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja to boost service delivery in the institution. Inaugurating the board, the Commissioner for Health, Dr.…
Nursing mother, baby, three others die in Kontagora flood (ThisDay)
A nursing mother and her baby strapped on her back were among the five people said to have died as a result of last Sunday’s flood which followed hours of rainfall in Kontagora area of Niger State. A 17-year-old boy,…
Buhari sympathises with Kebbi flood victims (Nation)
President Muhammadu Buhari has sympathised with the government and people of Kebbi State on the flood disaster that ravaged 11 local government areas of the state. Abubakar Dakingari, the Chief Press Secretary to Kebbi Governor, made the disclosure in Birnin…
Lecturer, 2 students arrested, as certificate forgery scandal hits Minna CoE (Vanguard)
A syndicate, made up lecturers and students of College of Education, CoE, Minna, Niger State, that specialised in certificate forgery, has been uncovered. Already members of the syndicate, a lecturer and two students, have been arrested and handed over to the…
I stopped Shekau from establishing Boko Haram base in Niger – Aliyu (SUN)
A former governor of Niger State, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, has disclosed how the timely acting on security report can avert insecurity in the country. Aliyu spoke in Abuja during the 12th annual conference and general meeting of the Society…
Politicians are worse criminals, says defiant tricycle thief (Punch)
The police in Niger State have arrested four suspected tricycle thieves along Abuja-Kaduna expressway. Abbas Kabir, 19, and lmrana Abdullahi, 21, both of the Tudun Wada area of Kaduna were apprehended by police detectives attached to the Command Special Anti-robbery…
Tenant allegedly kills landlord, buries him in shallow grave (Punch)
Niger State Police Command has apprehended Maaruf Sarki, 34, for allegedly killing his landlord, Tasiu Shittu, after which he buried him in shallow grave in Kontagora Local Government Area of the state. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Mohammad Abubakar, confirmed…
