Author: Isa Isawade
Ngige intervenes, stops picketing of General Electric
Members of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG), on Tuesday suspended its one-day picketing of the headquarters…
The dangers of using wetlands as refuse dumps
Minister of State for the Environment, Mrs Sharon Ikeazo, has called for stakeholders’ action on the preservation of Nigeria’s wetlands.
MOSOP disowns KAGOTE’s Interim Committee
The Kingdom Coordinators Forum of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People, MOSOP, has alleged that the Interim…
STEP-UP beneficiaries protest in Kogi
Some Kogi State Government officials on Friday afternoon had hectic time controlling angry Participants protesting alleged poor handling at a…
FG plans stakeholders meeting on social media regulation
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said his ministry will this month convene a stakeholders' meeting…
Oko Oloyun’s family sends message to Option C investors
The family of Fatai Yusuf, otherwise known as Oko Oloyun, who was killed by yet unknown gunmen along Eruwa-Igbo-Ora Road…
Why I want justice – Oko Oloyun’s father
Alhaji Adigun Yusuf, father of the popular Lagos-based trado-medical expert, Fatai Yusuf, otherwise known as Oko Oloyun, who was recently…
4 missing as car plunges into canal
Four persons are feared drowned after their car plunged into a canal in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh…
115 archaeological sites discovered
Chinese archeologists have unearthed 115 archaeological sites in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality.
Makinde accused of suspending teachers to cover up
A group in the southwestern Nigeria, the Grand Council of Yoruba Youths, has accused Oyo government of suspending two teachers…
Buhari urged to address religious discrimination
The Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria (MSSN), Lagos State Area Unit, has called on both THE Federal and state governments…
Vishva Hindu Mahasabha leader shot dead
Vishva Hindu Mahasabha leader Ranjit Bachchan was shot dead early morning on Sunday while he was taking a stroll in…
Bayelsa Deputy Governor raises alarm over looting
Less than 13 days to handover to new governor in Bayelsa State, the Deputy Governor, Retired Rear Admiral Gboribiogha John…
Rivers’ proactive step against Coronavirus, Lassa fever
Rivers government is not leaving anything to chance regarding the novel coronavirus that has continued to spread across the world…
Lagos congratulates new NAHCON boss
The Lagos State Government has joined other stakeholders both home and abroad to congratulate Barr. Zikrullah Hassan on his recent…
Police arrest 2 for robbery, recover arms
The Enugu State Police Command has arrested two robbery suspects operating within Igbo-Etiti and Udi council areas axis of the…
250 Indonesian evacuees from China to be quarantined
Indonesian officials on Saturday said around 250 of its nationals evacuated from China’s Hubei province, the centre of the coronavirus…
2 arrested for defrauding JAMB candidates
The Taraba Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested two suspects for allegedly defrauding students…
Oil thief bags 12 years in prison, forfeits vessel
Justice J. K. Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Friday, January 31, 2020 convicted and…
How we airlifted N1.2b in 3 helicopters for Fayose’s aide – witness
The fifth prosecution witness (PW5), Damola Otuyalo, in the on-going trial of Abiodun Agbele, an aide of former governor of…
Court convicts company director for N53.6m oil fraud
The Enugu Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of Placid Ogbuehi Udodiri…
Man jailed for ATM transfer fraud
Justice Bello Duwale of the Sokoto State High Court, Sokoto, has sentenced a fraudster, Bashar Umar Abdullahi (a.k.a Abdu Abdullahi…
CACOL, Police collaborate on new method to fight corruption
The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL, in its continuation of shifting the paradigm in the fight against corruption…
Buhari averts strike, pays lecturers
Federal Government has made a U-turn on its determination not to pay January salary of the staff of the federal…
Flash floods kill 13, render 15,000 homeless
Flash floods have swept 16 villages in Tanzania's southern district of Kilwa in Lindi region, leading to the death of…
Aisha Buhari unveils clothing line
Wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, has unveiled clothing line for the 2020 para powerlifting world cup holding in Abuja.
4 killed, 5 injured in road accident
Four pilgrims have reportedly lost their lives with five seriously injured when the vehicle in which they were travelling hit…
Lawal’s gifts that excite Ikoyi-Obalende residents
Barely a year after he commissioned N150m health care centre; community hall; mosque and two public toilets, the Chairman of…
What beneficiaries are getting from Ogun poultry project
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has revealed that beneficiaries of the state's agricultural initiatives, especially in poultry business are…
Late Chima’s unborn child gets scholarship up to university
As the clamour for justice for late Chima Ikwunado, the auto-mechanic allegedly tortured to death in cell of the notorious…