Author: Ayorinde Oluokun
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…
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…
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…
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…
Living in gullies
From the bridge linking Nyanya to Gbagbalape community in the Federal Capital Territory through Boundary road, which separates the FCT…
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…
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…
‘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…
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…
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 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…
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.
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…
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, 3 others in Ebonyi
By Christian Ogbonna Catholic Priest of the Abakaliki Diocese in Ebonyi, Rev. Fr. Joseph Azubuike was kidnapped near his parish…
Sexual exploitation: Skit maker ‘Trinity Guy,’ couple remanded
Police charged Abdullahi , alongside the parents of the victim with conspiracy and sexual abuse/exploitation.
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…
“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…
‘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…
Fake Army Corporal Desmond Okeh busted in Rivers
Desmond Okeh was arrested on July 6 at a new generation bank fully dressed in the number six military camouflage…
Lagos man Jeffrey Ehizogie to die by hanging for strangling employer, manager
Ogala found Ehizojie guilty of beating and strangling the Managing Director of Etsahol Hotel and Suites located at Ojodu-Berger, Lagos.
Kogi Govt. reacts to vandalisation of SDP campaign office
The Commissioner assured that Gov Yahaya Bello’s administration would continue to support law enforcement agencies to ensure free, fair and…
Tinubu unveils plans to fight terrorism as ECOWAS leader
Tinubu spoke n Bissau, the capital of Guinea Bissau after he was unanimously elected the chairman of the 16-nation Economic…
Tinubu asks ECOWAS leaders to stop being ‘toothless bulldogs’ against coup plotters
Tinubu spoke after he was unanimously elected as chairman of the 16-nation Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) at…
Tinubu to convene ECOWAS Summit on trade and investment
Tinubu spoke in Bissau, the capital of Guinea Bissau after he was unanimously elected as chair of the 16-nation ECOWAS…
Somali military kills 40 Al-Shabaab fighters
Somali, a country on the Horn of Africa with about 16 million inhabitants has been rocked for years by attacks…
Afuwape leads Nigeria’s D’Tigers in first-ever win at FIBA AfroCan
D’Tigers had lost all their matches after finishing 0-3 in the inaugural edition of the tournament in Mali in 2019.
Police raid camp of notorious Rivers cult kingpin ‘General Worldwide’
According credible source close to the Police, ‘General Worldwide' and other members of his gang on on sighting the heavily…
Rivers: Fubara set to roll out ‘palliative’ buses
Rivers commissioner for transport, Dr. Jacobson Nbina, announced this in a statement on Sunday.
Tinubu lands in Guinea Bissau, visits Nigerian troops
The President visited the troops soon after he arrived Guinea-Bissau for the 63rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads…