India’s air safety watchdog on Monday suspended for three years the license of a senior Air India pilot who failed alcohol tests. “The privileges of his license have been suspended for a period of three years from 11.11.2018 as per…
Suspected burglar raids IBB guesthouse, steals phones, cash (Punch)
A suspected burglar, Joseph Peter, has been arrested for breaking into a room at the IBB Guesthouse, Shango, Minna, Niger State, where he allegedly stole four mobile telephones, one power bank and N10,000 cash. Northern City News gathered that one…
Sexagenarian, accomplice arraigned for raping nine-year-old girl (Punch)
A 65-year old man, Lawal Angala of Safana town, Katsina State, and an accomplice, Isah Lawal, 19, have been charged to court for allegedly raping a nine-year-old girl. The accused persons were said to have sexually assaulted the victim several…
Our struggle is a battle between good and evil – Osinbajo (Punch)
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says the struggle in Nigeria is that between good and evil, and not between the two major religions. According to a statement on Sunday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr Laolu Akande, the…
2019 UMTE: JAMB offers exceptional foreign nationals scholarships (Punch)
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has said the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination will be made available to candidates of other countries in West Africa to gain admission to Nigerian universities. The JAMB Registrar, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, stated this…
Lagos-Ibadan road willl be completed in 2021 – Julius Berger (Punch)
The Sagamu-Lagos end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway project will be completed by 2021, the contractor, Julius Berger has said. The Operations Manager, Julius Berger, Thamm Olaf, told the Senate Committee on Works, led by its Chairman, Kabiru Gaya, on Sunday, …
Nigerian, friend swindle 250 job seekers out of $54,000 in US (Punch)
Osmond Eweka, a so-called Nigerian prince, appeared in Manhattan court on Thursday. He was accused of scamming New York job seekers out of thousands of dollars by promising to find them work. The 31-year-old asked the court for permission to…
Subscribers tackle telcos over poor customer service (Punch)
Millions of Nigerians are experiencing a long period of hold on calls placed to customer call centres of telecommunications companies. This is because the call centres prioritise calls from high-net worth individuals regarded as platinum customers, investigations have revealed. It…
Lagos-Ibadan road’ll be completed in 2021 – Julius Berger (Punch)
The Sagamu-Lagos end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway project will be completed by 2021, the contractor, Julius Berger, has said. The Operations Manager, Julius Berger, Thamm Olaf, told the Senate Committee on Works, led by its Chairman, Kabiru Gaya, on Sunday,…
DSS probe: Oshiomhole denies meeting Tinubu in London (Punch)
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, on Sunday denied meeting with the party’s National Leader, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, over his encounter with the Department of State Services. Oshiomhole, who had reportedly been quizzed by the DSS…
