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Police parade dismissed corporal Bright Okay Wamadi among recently arrested deadly gang of robbery suspects in Port Harcourt, Rivers State

Metro

Police Corporal paraded among armed robbery suspects in Rivers

Police Cpl. Bright Okey has been tried and dismissed upon conclusion of the investigation in line with police internal procedures.
Dele Alli says he was sexually abused as a child and dealt drugs before he was adopted by a family who helped him to turn his life around.

Sports

Dele Alli opens up about pill addiction, sexual abuse as child

Dele Alli was part of the England team which reached the 2018 FIFA World Cup semi-final in Russia.
SDP's Murtala Ajaka, heads to Supreme Court after Appeal Court affirms victory of Usman Ododo in Kogi November 2023 governorship election

News

Kogi election: Court orders maximum security for SDP candidate, Ajaka

The court ordered the Chief of Defence Staff, Chief of Army Staff, Chief of Naval Staff, Department of State Services…
Tinubu says he is not happy seeing people suffer

News

Senate approves $800m World Bank loan for Tinubu

Tinubu, in a letter read by Senate President Godswill Akpabio earlier during plenary asked the 10th Senate to approve the…
INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu

News

‘Illogical, ridiculous’ -INEC slams LP over call for chairman Yakubu’s sack

He said that election observers, both local and international, were accredited by INEC to observe elections under specific rules and…
How Emmanuel Okonkwo allegedly stole N212.7m from Stanbic IBTC

Business

Failed transaction: Tribunal imposes N120m fine on Stanbic- IBTC

The tribunal said 10 minutes or at most one hour was the mandatory timeline for failed transfers to be reversed…
NAHCON says suspension of Max Air domestic operations by NCAA will not affect ongoing airlift of Nigerian hajj pilgrims from Saudi Arabia.

News

NAHCON: Max Air will continue Hajj airlift despite suspension

NAHCON said the aircraft being used for airlift of Nigerian Pilgrims by MAX aIR is not the same as the…
File Photo: Pregnant woman

Headlines, Metro

Rivers Pastor pleads guilty to rape, impregnating 15- year- old girl

The Pastor sexually abused 15-year- old girl in Mgbuola village in Ndele between December 2022 and January 2023 thereby committing…
Osun

Politics

Kogi election: Police vow to protect voters, avert ballot snatching

The AIG charged political parties to base their campaigns on issues that would promote their images before the electorate and…
Edo groups indigenous groups at war over vacant seat of Chief Medical Director (CMD) of FG- owned Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua.

Health, News

Edo groups at war over Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital CMD’s seat

Irrua, the host of the specialist hospital, is the administrative headquarter of the Esan central local government area of Edo…
Governor Siminialayi Fubara's administration in Rivers has signed a contract with Julius Berger (JB) for a N195.3 billion Port Harcourt Ring Road project that would six Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state.

News

Rivers: Fubara, Julius Berger sign N195.3bn Port Harcourt Ring Road Contract

By Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Siminialayi Fubara’s administration in Rivers has signed a contract with Julius Berger (JB) for a…
Milan Kundera, the Czech writer and one of the most influential novelists of the 20th century dies died in Paris on Tuesday. He was 94.

Art, Headlines

Milan Kundera, famous writer haunted by his own people, dies in exile at 94

Kundera famously left his homeland in 1975 after earlier being expelled from the Communist party for "anti-communist activities" and spent…
Wife of Ehinoma Solomon, the Edo man killed by cultists last Sunday, narrates how her husband was killed in her presence and their 3 children

News

Edo woman narrates how husband was shot dead by cult gang after church service

The daredevil hoodlums said to be about 10 in number, apparently laid ambush for Ehinoma Solomon while the church service…
Adebutu

Politics

Ogun: PDP’s Adebutu reacts to arraignment for vote buying

Adebutu was arraigned in absentia alongside nine others over alleged vote buying during the March 18 governorship election following his…
Professor Oluyemi Oluleke Osinbajo has distinguished himself as a symbol of virtue and creative innovation in Nigeria’s public office.

News

GEAPP appoints Osinbajo Global Advisor

Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP), an international agency funded by the Rockefeller, IKEA Foundation and the Bezos…
Residents of communities in Karu LGA of Nasarawa State erect residential homes in erosion gullies even as flooding is becoming commonplace

News, Top Stories

Living in gullies

From the bridge linking Nyanya to Gbagbalape community in the Federal Capital Territory through Boundary road, which separates the FCT…
Ogun state government unveils star- studded Local Organising Committee, LOC, for hosting of 2024 National Sports Festival (NSF)

Sports

National Sports Festival: Ogun unveils 16-member LOC

The LOC has been mandated to set up subcommittees, made up of various stakeholders to ensure a hitch-free exercise as…
Forum of Nasarawa House of Legislative Aides appeal to the Speaker of the House of Assembly House, Dr Danladi Jatau to increase their salary

Headlines, News

Court threatens to jail Nasarawa Assembly factional Speaker

The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has been embroiled in crisis of leadership since two factions emerged after the June…
Ondo governor, Rotimi Akeredolu sacks media aides of deputy, Lucky Ayedatiwa, in confirmation of the downturn in relationship between them

News

‘He’s recuperating well’ – Aiyedatiwa gives update on Akeredolu

Aiyedatiwa who said he is constant touch with Akeredolu assured that the Governor is expected back in office to continue…
Rivers governor Siminalayi Fubara, flags off free transport scheme to cushion the challenges of removal of fuel subsidy for in the state

Metro

Fuel subsidy removal: Fubara flags off free transport scheme

Rivers State Commissioner for Transport, Dr. Jacobson Nbina said 17 Luxury Buses deployed for the scheme are designated to ply…
SDP's Murtala Ajaka, heads to Supreme Court after Appeal Court affirms victory of Usman Ododo in Kogi November 2023 governorship election

Politics

Kogi election: Yahaya Bello plotting to arrest Ajaka, SDP cries out

By Richard Elesho The Kogi chapter of Social Democratic Party, SDP, has accused Governor Yahaya Bello of plotting with some…
Kidnappers free Rev. Fr. Joseph Azubuike, a priest of Catholic Church in Onicha LG of Ebonyi State and three persons abducted with him

News

Kidnappers free Catholic Priest, 3 others in Ebonyi

Ebonyi State Police Command and Abakaliki Diocese of Catholic Church confirmed the release of the priest and the three other…
INEC staff testifies in petition of Chijioke Edeoga of LP against victory of PDP's Peter Mbah at Enugu Governorship Election Tribunal

Politics

Tribunal: INEC tenders Gov Mbah’s certificates, Edeoga’s name missing in LP register

Edeoga is praying the tribunal to disqualify Mbah over allegation of forgery of National Youth Service Corps, NYSC discharge certificate.
The Lagos chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said on Wednesday evening that it will soon issued appropriate directive to its lawyers on the judgment of Court of Appeal which affirmed Babajide Sanwo-Olu as the winner of the March 18 Governorship Election in the state.

Politics, Top Stories

Lagos Tribunal: Ex- Borno deputy gov. Dibal testifies for Sanwo-Olu

Adamu Dibal witness told the tribunal that it was APC’s National Working Committee (NWC) that set up state committees which…
Police Kill 4 bandits in shootout in Benue

News

Gunman enforcing sit-at-home shot dead in Ebonyi

“The hoodlums engaged them in a gun duel, which resulted in one of them being neutralised, while the others escaped…
Gunmen abduct Catholic Priest of the Abakaliki Diocese in Ebonyi, Rev. Fr. Joseph Azubuike, three others near his parish.

News

Gunmen abduct catholic priest, 3 others in Ebonyi

By Christian Ogbonna Catholic Priest of the Abakaliki Diocese in Ebonyi, Rev. Fr. Joseph Azubuike was kidnapped near his parish…
A Family Court in Iyaganku, Ibadan, on Tuesday ordered that a skit maker Maruf Abdullahi, aka ” Trinity” be remanded in Agodi correction centre for allegedly sexually exploiting a 10-year old girl.

News

Sexual exploitation: Skit maker ‘Trinity Guy,’ couple remanded

Police charged Abdullahi , alongside the parents of the victim with conspiracy and sexual abuse/exploitation.
The mother of the girl uncovered the act after she discovered a whitish slimy substance on her daughter’s underwear while doing laundry, Osun Police Command spokesperson, DSP Abiodun Ojelabi said

Metro

Oyo teenager commits suicide after rape boss’s husband

The 16-year-old girl committed suicide after she was raped by Ajibode, according to charges filed by the police at Family…
Enugu

News

“We can’t cope anymore,” Enugu residents cry out over sit-at-home order

By Benson Ezugwu Residents of Enugu, the capital of Enugu State have lamented the negative impact of the frequent sit-at-home…
FG alleged that ex-minister Stella Oduah conspired with one Gloria Odita in January 2014 to obtain N2.4 billion under fraudulent claims.

Judiciary, News

‘How lawyer who filed forgery suit against Stella Oduah landed in trouble’

By Taiye Agbaje Bid to arraign former Senator Stella Oduah on allegations bordering on perjury and falsification of document ended…
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