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  Mrs Ibironke Oluremi Adefila (nee Jobi), a senior staff member of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), was brutally murdered in Lagos by assailants thought to be assassins. Adefila was reportedly on her way to work in the early hours of Friday, January 28, 2022, when she was confronted ...

  The Nigerian Senate has passed a bill seeking to regulate rent payments in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for second reading. The proposed legislation, sponsored by Senator Smart Adeyemi (All Progressives Congress, APC, Kogi State), specifically seeks to stop yearly advance payment of rents and compel house owners to ...

  Sammie Okposo’s wife, Ozioma Okposo has reacted after her husband returned to Instagram. Recall that Naija News earlier reported that Sammie re-activated his Instagram account after taking a break from social media. He had written: “I am the righteousness of God in Christ. I am born of God the ...

At least 29 people have been killed, with many houses burnt in fresh attacks at Galadima-Kogo and Galkogo Communities of Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. Naija News gathered that the bandits invaded and launched attacks on the two communities after overpowering security operatives on Sunday morning. In a ...

  Four Chibok girls have been released from the captivity of the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters. Recall that the girls were part of the victims kidnapped during an invasion of Kautikari village of Chibok Local Government Area in Borno State on Friday, January 14. It was learned ...

Marwa Arrests Drug Traffickers In Adamawa, Lagos, Plateau States Three trans-border drug traffickers have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, while trying to smuggle 48,000 tablets of 225mg Tramadol through Mubi, Adamawa state to Cameroon Republic, just as over 1,500 kilograms of imported Loud ...

Ekiti 2022: Coalition Warns APC, PDP Against Unethical Standards A coalition of Civil Society Organizations based in Ekiti State, Ekiti Democratic Movement (EDM), has warned political gladiators in the State not to be reckless as they jostle for the governorship of the State owing to the violence that erupted before ...

  The Lagos State Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court sitting in Ikeja on Thursday convicted and sentenced a 42-year-old man Ekpo Lawrence to life imprisonment for defiling and impregnating his 15-year-old daughter. Justice Abiola Soladoye sentenced Lawrence after she held that the prosecution proved the ingredients of the charge ...

  A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Yaba, Lagos State, has ordered an executive of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Azeez Adekunle Lawal, popularly known as Kunle Poly, and two others to be remanded in the facility of the Nigeria Police Zonal Monitoring Unit, Zone 2 Headquarters, Onikan-Lagos, ...

Helen Paul Inducted As Public Administration Fellow, Ambassador One of Nigeria’s most resourceful entertainers, Dr Helen Paul has been inducted as a Fellow of the prestigious Chartered Institute of Local Government and Public Administration of Nigeria. The special investiture of Dr Helen Paul took place on Wednesday, 26 January, 2022 ...