BREAKING: Tinubu rages over mass killings in Plateau, Kaduna, orders security forces to strike

Follow Us: Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube
LATEST SCORES:
Loading live scores...

Author: Kazeem Ugbodaga

Gunmen abduct BEDC driver in Ondo, demand N10m

#AnambraDecides, Metro

#AnambraDecides: Gunmen kill six policemen 48 hours to poll (Updated)

Palpable tension and disquiet have gripped security operatives who are on election duty in Anambra State, as six of their…
Super Eagles

Football, Top Stories

Lagos to lockdown Surulere for Super Eagles, Cape Verde World Cup qualifier

The Lagos State Government said some major roads leading to the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere will be shut by Monday…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo

News

Osinbajo to youths: Your talents can build a new Nigeria

The creativity and talents of Nigeria’s youth population is enough reason to believe in the future of this country and…
Damon Galgut

Lifestyle

Why South African writer Damon Galgut won 2021 Booker Prize

By Nehru Odeh South African writer Damon Galgut has won the 2021 Booker Prize with his novel, The Promise, a…
AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq

News

AbdulRazaq introduces KwaraLEARN to revolutionise basic education

Kwara Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday signed an MOU introducing KwaraLEARN.
The collapsed building

Metro, Top Stories

Collapsed building: Lagos races against time as death toll soars to 29

The hope of getting more survivors in Monday's collapse of 21-storey building in Ikoyi, Lagos State is dim as death…
NAF said the air strikes degraded the capacity of bandit networks operating in Zamfara to manufacture and employ improvised explosive devices

Metro

Dozens of bandits dead in military air strikes in Kaduna

The Kaduna State Government, on Wednesday, said that dozens of bandits had been neutralized and their camps destroyed by air…
Liverpool players celebrate one of their goals

Football

Liverpool cruise into Champions league round of 16

Liverpool beat 10-man Atletico Madrid 2-0 to move into Champions League round of 16 on Wednesday at Anfield.
Graduate trainees displaying their certificates at the just concluded skills acquisition programme organized by Cilla Meduna Design Institute in conjunction with the Industrial Training Fund(ITF).

News

Skill acquisition tops our agenda – Design Institute’s MD Cilla

Cilla Meduna Design Institute, a non-governmental and non-profit organization in conjunction with the Industrial Training Fund(ITF) recently graduated ten professional…
ICPC Boss, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye

Metro

ICPC, DSS arrest 48 Lecturers, others over leakage of JUPEB Examinations

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested 48…
The suspect Mojiyagbe Olamilekan

Metro

Shocker: Ogun man Olamilekan stabs wife to death

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested Mojiyagbe Olamilekan, 24, resident of Oke Ola in Ode Remo for allegedly stabbing…
Obiano

Politics

#AnambraDecides: Why I want Soludo to succeed me as Governor – Obiano

Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State has explained why he wants Prof. Charles Soludo to succeed him as governor.
The convicts

Metro

Ex-LG staff Stephen, two others land in jail for cybercrime

Justice Muhammed Sani of the Federal High Court, Ilorin on Wednesday convicted and sentenced Ajewole Ayomide Stephen, who claimed to…
The dollars found in an apartment

Metro

Court reserves ruling on final forfeiture of $899,600 found in Abuja apartment

Justice Zainab Abubakar of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday reserved ruling on the application by the Economic and…
The convict

Metro

Lawyer Ajoku sentenced to 7-year jail term for perjury, fabrication of evidence

Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos has sentenced a lawyer, Kenneth Chukwuemeka Ajoku, to…
Glover Supervisor, Glover Head of Relations, Glover Operations Chief Supervisor

Entertainment

BBNaija: Glover records highest sign-ups, transactions during show

The Glover brand, an affiliate of Patricia, the associate sponsor of Big Brother Naija Season 6 tagged “Shine Ya Eye”…
Glenn Youngkin

World News

Setback for Biden as Republican’s Youngkin wins Virginia governorship election

Glenn Youngkin of the Republican has won the governorship election in Virginia, which represents a major upset for the Democrats.
Sanwo-Olu speaking at the scene of the collapsed building

Metro, Top Stories

Ikoyi building collapse: Sanwo-Olu sets up panel, gives them 30 days deadline

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday issued 30 days deadline to the Independent Panel of Inquiry he set up…
Emergency responders evacuating a dead body from the ruins

Metro, Top Stories

Sanwo-Olu hits scene of building collapse; death toll rises to 22 (Video)

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday night visited the scene of the collapsed 21-storey building on Gerrard Road, Ikoyi.
The suspects and items recovered from them

Metro

20 suspected internet fraudsters smashed in Cross River

The Uyo Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, has arrested 20 suspected internet fraudsters in a…
The suspect

Metro

EFCC arraigns Azeez for alleged N88.1m fraud in Lagos

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned Amusa Abiodun Azeez before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences…
Oliver Anidiobi

Metro

Ex-bank manager Anidiobi to rot in jail 18 years for N219m fraud 

A former manager with Sterling Bank and Account Relationship Officer of OHHA Microfinance Bank. Mr Oliver Anidiobi has been sentenced…
Justice Mary Odili

News, Top Stories

Supreme Court breaks silence: ‘Invasion of Odili’s residence impunity taken too far’

The Supreme Court has described the alleged invasion of Justice Mary Odili’s residence by suspected security operatives as impunity taken…
Buhari at COP 26 in Glasgow

News, Top Stories

Nigeria needs $1.5trn in 10 years to bridge infrastructure gap – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari says 1.5 trillion dollars is the cumulative estimated amount needed by Nigeria over a ten-year period, to…
The collapsed building

Metro

JUST IN: Another building collapses in Lekki

A two-storey building has collapsed in Lekki area of Lagos barely 24 hours after the collapse of a 21-storey building…
One of the bodies evacuated from the building

Metro, Top Stories

Sanwo-Olu suspends LASBCA GM, as death toll in collapsed building hits 14

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday ordered the suspension of the General Manager, Lagos State Building Control Agency, LASBCA,…
Sanwo-Olu

News

EKOEXCEL participates in Global Hour of Code Lessons

EKOEXCEL, a Lagos State e-technology based developmental initiative in basic education took part in the Hour of Code lessons across…
Police react to committal of I-G Usman Baba to prison over alleged refusal to obey court judgment reinstating a police officer, Patrick Okoli

Metro

IGP orders investigation into invasion of Justice Odili’s residence

The Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered detailed investigations into the reported invasion of the Abuja…
One of the bodies evacuated from the building

Metro

Sanwo-Olu orders probe of collapsed 21-storey building

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has ordered probe into the collapse of 21-storey building in Ikoyi area of Lagos, Southwest…
Femi Osibona

Metro, Top Stories

Femi Osibona: Face behind collapsed 21-storey building in Ikoyi

Prominent developer, Femi Osibona is the brain behind the collapsed 21-storey building which collapsed on Gerrard Road, Ikoyi area of…