Tag Archives: local news from Nigeria

Last week, President Muhammadu Buhari directed the implementation of the newly approved minimum wage  of N30,000 to all federal government workers who earn below the amount.  But the announcement, rather than elicit joy, dampened the spirit of workers across the ...

Niger State Police Command has arrested a 40-year-old man, Ahmadu Mohammed for illegal possession of firearms. Mohammed was arrested at Garatu village in the Bosso Local Government Area of the state after he was found with a fabricated AK – ...

A 36 -year -old mother of one , Mrs Joy Kuje, has been electrocuted in the Nasarawa Eggon Local Government Area of Nasarawa State . Northern City News gathered in Lafia on Thursday that the deceased was electrocuted when she ...

The family of a musician , Chinedu Obi, aka Zinquest , has been thrown into mourning after the personnel of the Ogun State Police Command shot him in the Sango area of the state. According to PUNCH Metro learnt that ...

Heavy downpour rainfall that started in the early hours of Thursday has paralysed movement of commercial activities and disrupted vehicular moments in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Reporters observed that several vehicles and automobiles have stucked as a result of ...

The Special Presidential Investigative Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIPR) says it is investigating three permanent secretaries over alleged corruption and abuse of office. Chairman of the panel, Okoi Obono-Obla, said one of the permanent secretaries bought a house ...

Molly Kilete, Abuja The Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of operations in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), police command is dead. DCP Usman Umar, was killed in Abuja during a protest by members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria ...

The House of Representatives at the plenary on Thursday unanimously rejected the prayer of a motion seeking to make the Federal Ministry of Education integrate the Almajiri education system into the Universal Basic Education programme. The motion, which had 10 ...

The Buhari Presidency on Monday cautioned leaders in the country to be mindful of their utterances and its potential consequences following the unfortunate killing of the daughter of Afenifere leader, Reuben Fasoranti. Funke Olakunri was killed on Friday on the Kajola-Ore road ...

Members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria took their protest to Lagos kicking against the continued detention of their leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky. On Thursday, they asked the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to tell President ...