Author: Ayorinde Oluokun
NPC boss Ezughah mourns death of predecessor
Reacting to the sudden demise of Mr. Nwosu, barely seven months after leaving office, the NPC Executive Secretary expressed deep…
House of Reps speaks on “Draft Bill” for Regional System of Government
But Rotimi, in the statement noted that the so-called memo on the return to regional government authored by one Dr.…
Eid-El-Kabir: Gov Sule calls for prayers, condemns kidnapping in Nasarawa
Governor Sule condemned the security breaches that have recently occurred in parts of Nasarawa State, promising to wield the big…
Eid- El- Kabir: No durbar in Kano as police assure of peaceful celebrations
Even as the durbar is banned, our correspondent reports that residents of Kano are in high spirits preparing for the…
Fake EFCC operatives Chijoke and Adekunle to spend 46 years in jail
Dele Oyewale, spokesperson of EFCC said in a statement on Saturday that Chijoke and Adekunle were arrested sometime in May…
Customs boss Adeniyi denies falsifying age
The Comptroller-General of Customs, Mr Wale Bashir Adeniyi, on Friday described as unfounded, a report that he falsified his age…
Lagos inaugurates cybersecurity advisory board
Sanwo-Olu said that the inauguration marked a significant milestone in the state’s commitment to enhancing digital security and advancing its…
Eid-el-Kabir: DSS urges Nigerians to be cautious, vigilant
The DSS also urged operators and patrons of malls, fun places, markets, parks and railway stations among others to be…
IGP Egbetokun accuses PSC of fraud, corruption in police recruitment
The IGP added that upon scrutiny of the list released on the PSC portal, it was discovered that several names…
NDLEA intercepts 230,600 Tramadol tablets, nabs 106 suspects in Kano
The Commander of NDLEA in Kano Mr Abubakar Idris-Ahmad disclosed this on Saturday in Kano Idris-Ahmad said, “The command between…
Customs intercepts N4bn illicit drugs at Tin Can Island Port
Intelligence indicated that a lot of terminals are involved in the customs’ findings and that there are abuses of procedures…
Tinubu approves new list of appointees into councils, boards of tertiary institutions
Recall that the Federal Government had withdrawn a list of members of the reconstituted governing councils released some weeks ago…
15 injured in Lagos multiple accident – LASEMA
By Henry Oladele About 15 passengers were injured in a multiple collision that involved three vehicles under the Ojota Interchange…
LASEMA rescues commercial bus, driver from Lagos ditch
Further investigations revealed that the accident occurred when the vehicle’s driver swerved recklessly in attempts to avoid a VIS checkpoint,”…
Eid-el-Kabir: Rep Gagdi donates 400 rams, N20m to constituents
Gagdi, who represents Pankshin/Kanke/Kanam Federal Constituency of Plateau, presented the items on Friday in Dengi, Kanam Local Government Area.
Rivers: Confusion as Fubara, Wike supporters ‘claim’ Appeal Court ruling
The state government, in a statement by Joseph Johnson, its Commissioner for Information and Communications also toed this line as…
Edo 2024: APC inaugurates campaign council
The Chairman of the Campaign Council and the Senator representing Edo North, Adams Oshiomhole, while Inaugurating the Council, said all…
EFCC boss Ola Olukoyede opens up on relationship with Tinubu
“Let me state this clearly that all what I do in the course of discharging my duties as a public…
My party’s candidate in Edo gov. election difficult to sell- APC chieftain
Mayaki who was head of the media team of the Tinubu/Shettima campaign organization in Edo, stated this on Friday while…
‘Don’t invest in $Davido Meme Coins,’ SEC warns
According to SEC, meme coins are not intended to serve as a medium of exchange accepted by the public as…
FG announces public holidays for Eid-el-Kabir celebration
Meanwhile, the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar, had declared Sunday, June 16, as Eid-el-Kabir day. Sultan disclosed this in a…
Aruna picks Olympics ticket for Nigeria in Table Tennis
According to the statement, the Men’s Singles draw welcomes African powerhouse, Quadri Aruna from Nigeria, alongside the Americas’ rising talent…
Court strikes out tax evasion charges against Binance executives
Justice Nwite, in a ruling, discharged and struck out Gambaryan and Anjarwalla’s names from the four-count charge after FIRS’ counsel,…
Three dead as police, military foil bank robbery attempt in FCT
Commissioner of Police in charge of the FCT, Mr Benneth Igweh led the operation that foiled the robbery attempt, the…
FRSC blames excessive speed, wrongful overtaking as 19 die in Kwara crash
In a statement on Friday, the spokesperson for Kwara Command of FRSC, Olusegun Ogungbemide, said the crash occurred at about…
Hisbah shuts hotel in Katsina for allegedly lodging underage girls
Dr Aminu Usman (Abu Ammar), Katsina Hisbah Commander General said the hotel was closed because it violated an agreement earlier…
Ibadan man Olumide Yerokun docked for falsely parading himself as lawyer
The Prosecutor, Insp Sikiru Opaleye told the court that the Yerokun allegedly committed the offence on June 5, at about…
Court orders Kano govt to pay Emir Bayero N10m
Delivering judgment, Justice Simon Amobeda, described the order given by Gov. Abba Kabir-Yusuf, directing the police to arrest the 15…
Tinubu departs Abuja to Lagos for Eid-el-Kabir
President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja, the nation’s capital, for Lagos State today, Friday where he will celebrate the Eid-el-Kabir…
Four Ekiti men to die by hanging over murder, armed robbery
The prosecution also informed the court that the convicts attacked one Alhaji Usman Adeleye and inflicted him with machete cuts…