Author: Ayorinde Oluokun
Odide day: Bishop harps on love, unity among kabba indigenes
At the colourful ceremony, the president general of the Ilajo descendants union, Dr Samuel Alori said the Odide day programme…
Rivers: Asari Dokubo, 3 others get staff of office as traditional rulers
Dokubo, was recognized as His Royal Highness, the Amanyanabo of Torusarama Piri in the Degema Local Government Area of the…
Macron acknowledges error on early elections in New Year’s speech
The speech caps a tumultuous 2024 for Macron, who shocked the nation halfway through the year by calling early elections,…
NATCOMS rejects alleged hike in telecom tariff, urges NCC to nullify it
NCC, when contacted for its reaction, said all issues around the tariff hike should be ignored. The Commission also said…
Wike: Demolition of illegal buildings, shanties in FCT to continue
Speaking after he inspected the ongoing construction Outer Southern Expressway (OSEX), Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal and Saburi…
2025: EFCC will bring towers of corruption down, says Olukoyede
According to Olukoyede, progress and robust development of the commanding heights of the economy and improvement in the quality of…
Ekiti governor Oyebanji appoints new Chief of Staff, others
Adebayo, who is currently Ekiti State Commissioner for Budget, Economic Planning and Performance Management, is to assume the role of…
Katsina: Police kill 40 bandits, rescue 319 kidnapped victims
Mr Aliyu Abubakar-Musa, the State Commissioner of Police (CP), stated this on Tuesday in Katsina at the command’s maiden end-of-year…
Wike vows to reallocate revoked lands after Jan. 3
Wike had on Dec. 20, given owners of the 762 revoked plots of land in Maitama two-week grace to pay…
Jigawa consolidates shareholding in Kano Disco with N1bn
Musa said the gesture was in fulfilment of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Jigawa state government and the…
Nine killed in Anambra gunmen attack – Police
Spokesperson for the Anambra Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said this in a statement on Tuesday. He said the two…
Despite protests, UniAbuja confirms appointment of Maikudi as VC
The university spokesperson said that Maikudi emerged the best among the 10 shortlisted candidates and interviewed by the Joint Council…
Bello Turji will soon join his dead colleagues, Military vows
Indeed, the military described Turji, a notorious terrorist operating in North-western Nigeria, particularly Zamfara, Sokoto and Niger states as a…
Bayelsa govt mourns as Women Affairs Commissioner dies
While extending condolences to the husband of the deceased, Chief Jackson Bidei, and her children, Kokua-Obiyai said Governor Douye Diri…
Benue: Police kill kidnapper, rescue association president
SP Sewuese Anene, the spokesperson for Benue Police Command said this while confirming the rescue of Yaji from kidnappers in…
‘Okpebholo plotting to exterminate democracy in Edo,’ PDP cries out
Edo Chairman of PDP, Dr. Tony Aziegbemi, made the call on Tuesday at a press conference he held over what…
Akpabio: Tinubu determined to fix economy, touch lives of Nigerians
The Senate President said this Akpabio this on Tuesday at Ikot Ekpene during his constituency briefing/empowerment programme. According to him,…
Court grants request to detain Miyetti Allah’s Bodejo, 6 others for 60 days
In the affidavit deposed to by Bonny Ozegbe, an investigating officer with DIA, he said the respondents were arrested by…
Ekiti man Ademilua Oni docked for killing 92-year-old mother
Ademilua had pushed his mother to death after she challenged him for stealing, the police prosecutor, Insp Elijah Adejare, told…
FCT Police recovers ‘alarming array of weapons’ from Obinna Nwigwe
The Police spokesperson revealed that subsequent search at the residence of Nwigwe yielded an alarming array of weapons, including five…
FCT: 4 minors caught stealing iron rods from uncompleted building
The Public Relations Officer for FCT Police Command SP Josephine Adeh announced the arrest of the minors in a statement.…
Climate change: Kogi govt presents N3bn to 80 communities
The governor who assured that the Kogi State government will continue to provide enabling environment for the success and sustenance…
FCMB Group completes public offer, raises ₦147.5bn with 33% oversubscription
Regulatory approvals have also been received to downstream the net proceeds of the public offer from the holding company to…
Alleged terrorism financing: Court grants EFCC’s request to freeze 24 bank accounts
Justice Emeka Nwite, who granted the application after the EFCC’s lawyer, Martha Babatunde, moved an ex-parte motion to the effect,…
Hearing of bail application of woman who rained curses on Seyi Tinubu, I-G stalled
In the charge marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/636/2024 dated and filed on Dec 18 by the police team of lawyers led by A.A.…
Tinubu’s aide cautions Bauchi Governor over ‘inflammatory rhetoric, direct threats’
Rather than issuing threats, his energy might be better directed toward implementing effective poverty alleviation programs and ensuring transparent utilization…
Alleged 52.9m fraud: Court gives EFCC go ahead to freeze 67 bank accounts
Justice Emeka Nwite granted the application after the EFCC’s lawyer, Martha Babatunde, moved an ex-parte motion to the effect. The…
‘He was beacon of service to humanity’, Tinubu mourns Jimmy Carter
“As a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and global statesman, President Carter devoted his post-presidential life to the causes of peace,…
Jimmy Carter: Biden declares January 9 National Mourning Day
Jimmy Carter, aged 100, died after nearly two years in hospice care. In his declaration, Biden called on Americans to…
Tinubu’s economic diplomacy yielding desired results – Ministers
The Minister noted that as a follow up on economic diplomacy, he led a delegation to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, recently,…