Author: Ayorinde Oluokun
GMO crops not needed to guarantee food security in Nigeria – Agroecology expert
The Director of the Programme of Health of Mother Health Foundation (HOMEF), Mrs Joyce Brown, stated this at a one-day…
Ganduje’s suspension: Court fixes date for hearing of 3 applications
The applications are preliminary objection, joinder application, and challenge of the jurisdiction of the court to entertain and hear the…
Shettima meets U.S. Deputy Secretary Kurt Campbelll in Abuja
Deputy Secretary Campbell has been in Nigeria where he was the co-chair of the sixth U.S.-Nigeria Binational Commission (BNC) with…
Gaza war: UN rights chief ‘troubled’ by police reaction to protests on U.S campuses
In recent days, demonstrations unfolding through tented encampments on school grounds – sparked by students at New York’s prestigious Columbia…
Widow of slain Police Inspector Sunday Baba cries for justice, assistance
Mrs Sunday Baba, made the requests in tears when members of Police Community Relations Committee(PCRC) in Rivers State led by…
FG inaugurates Port Harcourt-Aba rail project, train service begins
By Desmond Ejibas The Federal Government has inaugurated the 6.2 kilometre (KM) Port Harcourt – Aba railway project, marking the…
FG approves salary increase for civil servants
FG also approved increases in pension of between 20% and 28% for pensioners on the Defined Benefits Scheme in respect…
Regarding the Maersk proposed investment in Nigeria
The FG statement cites direct quotes from the Maersk chairman during the meeting attended by senior officials from both sides,…
IPMAN threatens to cripple fuel supply nationwide over N200bn bridging claims
The IPMAN forum said it was distressed and depressed by the laidback attitude of the NMDPRA towards the survival of…
Two brothers arrested for impersonating NSCDC Commandant on Facebook
The suspects who were based in Asaba, Delta State from where they are operating the fraudulent scheme were paraded before…
Internet fraud: EFCC grabs 13 suspects in Abuja
The suspects were arrested by operatives of the Zonal Command of EFCC in Kubwa area of the Federal Capital Territory,…
Workers’ Day: FG declares May 1 public holiday
She stated that the Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government. Tunji-Ojo…
At least 23 dead in violent clashes over cattle theft in South Sudan
Heavily armed cattle thieves attacked a village in the state of Eastern Equatoria, a local administration spokesman said. Hundreds of…
Edo housewife hacked to death by father, son, while separating fight
Patience explained that her mother was separating a fight between her nephew and their neighbours (the suspects) after a heated…
Ogun Govt issues urgent warning on looming flood disaster
The Commissioner for Environment, Mr Ola Oresanya, who gave the warning at a news conference on Tuesday in Abeokuta, said…
Reps to NERC: Suspend hike in electricity tariff
The House also resolved to set up a special committee made up of the Committees on Power, Commerce, and National…
Two AAU students shot dead in cult-reprisal attack
The students were reportedly shot dead last Friday by yet-to-be-identified gunmen. It was reliably gathered that the students' union official,…
Ex-Kwara finance commissioner Ademola Banu docked for N1.22bn fraud
The anti-graft agency alleged that among others, Ademola Banu conspired to divert the funds during the administration of Governor Abdulfatah…
Kaduna man arrested for abducting girl, hiding her inside fridge
According to the police spokesperson, on Saturday, at about 1400hrs, the mother of the abducted girl, Uwaila Idris of Unguwar…
Lagos Cleric Adewoye docked for raping 22-year-old lady
Adeosun said that Adewoye had sexual intercourse with the 22-year-old lady without her consent, in contravention of Sections 260 and…
Edo 2024: Court dismisses suits seeking disqualification of PDP’s Ighodalo
The plaintiffs had sued the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC), PDP, Umar Damagu (acting national chairman), Setonji Koshoedo, PDP’s National Working…
How I collected $600,000 ‘bribes’ for Emefiele: Ex-CBN director
Ayoh, spoke while being led in evidence by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), counsel, Mr Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN)…
Rivers PDP Rep. Awaji-inomek Abiante suspended over anti-party activities
The Caretaker Committee Chairman of his Ward 1, Ngo town, Andoni, Mr Dike Bara, and the Secretary, Mr Dokubo Jackson…
EFCC gets court order to freeze 1146 suspicious bank accounts
While granting the order on Wednesday, 24 April, Justice Emeka Nwite granted ordered that the accounts be frozen “pending conclusion…
34 people gunned down by cultists in Awka, Anambra lawmaker laments
Mbachu, representing Awka South I in the Anambra House of Assembly, said the killings were carried out from Easter Sunday…
Libel: Court orders Linda Ikeji to pay N30m as damages
The Court gave the order while delivering its ruling in a N1 billion suit filed by NBM and three others…
Oba of Benin sacks palace officials who pledged allegiance to Ooni
The functionaries were accused of engaging in a “sacrilegious" show of shame and falsehood against the Benin custom.” The functionaries…
Resident Doctors in DELSUTH embark on one-week warning strike
A statement signed by Harrison Adja, President, Maurice Oghenekaro, General Secretary, and Erhire Clinton Umukoro, Public Relations Officer, said the…
16 suspects arrested over murder of female police inspector in Rivers
Iringe-Koko said, "According to preliminary investigations, the incident occurred when a group of individuals traveling in a Lexus salon car…
Six Boko Haram terrorists surrender to MNJTF troops
According to him, the ex-Boko Haram fighters who surrendered to troops of 403 Amphibious Brigade, Sector 3 in Monguno between…