Author: Ayorinde Oluokun
Just In: Wike sacks Rivers Hospital Management Board boss
Dr Kenneth Okagwa was directed to immediately hand over to the next most senior civil servant on the board.
Innocent Udoh docked for stealing 70 phones in Ibadan
The prosecutor, ASP Sikiru Ibrahim, told the court that Udoh and others at large committed the theft on March 30…
2 Abuja men to die by hanging for robbing, killing tricycle rider
The convicts, according to the prosecution killed the tricycle rider while armed with dangerous weapons robbed the deceased and carted…
The Nigerian elections that I witnessed
The most recent election that produced Bola Ahmed Tinubu as President-Elect is on sound footing and one of Nigeria’s freest…
Pirates abduct crew members of Danish vessel off West Africa
The Monjasa Reformer was located by the French Navy in the Gulf of Guinea on Thursday, the company said in…
We’ll resist plot to stop Tinubu’s inauguration – NANS
NANS said candidates who are not satisfied with the outcome of the presidential election to seek redress in the court…
Court declares Kogi Transport Mgt. Agency illegal
There have been complaints that KOTRAMA operatives operate with impunity and have constituted themselves into terror for motorists in the…
Datti Baba-Ahmed: APC PCC asks NBC to sanction Channels TV
APC PCC stated this in a petition to the NBC on Thursday in which it accused Channels Television of allowing…
Ogun: Abiodun, lawmakers get Certificates of Return
Abiodun who is rounding up his first term of four years had in a keenly contested March 18 governorship election…
Mr Eazi wins Latin Grammy Award
Eazi was a featured artiste on the song Arcoíris off ‘Colores – J Balvin’, which won the Best Urban Album…
Ekiti woman found guilty of killing husband claims insanity
However, just before the court pronounced judgment on Jegede, her laywer, Emmanuel Adedeji, had pleaded that was mentally unbalanced at…
Nine members of robbery gang docked for killing Police Inspector Ilonye
Upon sighting Ilonye, they shot him on his stomach and carted away his service AK-47 rifle with breech number NH347439…
Lagos teacher Peter Jacob bags life jail for defiling 9-year-old pupil
The victim was a pupil in the primary school section of the school which also houses the secondary school where…
INEC presents Certificates of Return to Governor-Elect Fubara, others in Rivers
The National Commissioner for INEC, for Rivers and Bayelsa, Mrs. May Agbamuche-Mbu presented the certificate of returns to the Governor…
Zelenskiy invites Xi to visit Ukraine
Xi has not talked to Zelenskiy since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February last year but China published a 12-point…
‘Tinubu will build a new Nigeria’
He noted that Tinubu revolutionised governance, leadership, politics, and revenue generation in the most complex state in Nigeria, Lagos when…
Britain’s King Charles visits Germany on first trip abroad
Charles’ trip, which comes just weeks before his coronation on May 6, is seen as marking a new beginning in…
Osinbajo prays for good health, wisdom for Tinubu
Osinbajo, in the message he personally signed, prayed that God will grant Tinubu more wisdom and strength in the years…
WHO certifies Azerbaijan, Tajikistan malaria-free
According to WHO, Azerbaijan detected its last case of locally transmitted Plasmodium vivax (P. vivax) malaria in 2012 while Tajikistan…
PDP wins majority of seats in Bauchi Assembly
The PDP, according to details of the results of the March 18 governorship election and state houses of Assembly released…
Ex- Boko Haram members open up on right abuses by military
The ex-Boko Haram members reacted to claims by Reuters in the series of reports that troops of “Operation Hadin Kai’’…
Eliminating NTDs will boost Nigeria’s economy by $19bn – Study
Neglected tropical diseases are a group of parasitic and bacterial diseases that are widespread among economically disadvantaged groups.
Police rescue 10-year-old girl from kidnappers
The 10-year-old girl was rescued at Enugu-Ezike community on Monday after he abductors abandoned her, Enugu Police spokesman, DSP Daniel…
Gunmen attack Edo community, kill one, abduct others
The rate of killing by the Fulani herdsmen in Sobe community in Owan West Local Government has become too many,”…
SWAGA’s Adeyeye blows hot over calls for interim government
Adeyeye said all lovers of democracy in the country will oppose constitution of any interim government ahead of the May…
Labour Party reduces cost of governorship from N25m to N15m
Mr Julius Abure, National Chairman of LP, made this known while addressing newsmen after a meeting with its elected Senators…
Police in gun duel with kidnappers in Kogi: 13 victims rescued
The rescued victims made up of 11 males and two females were reportedly kidnapped at a Hotel in Eleite Area…
Atiku, Obi suits can’t stop transfer of power to Tinubu- SGF
The Federal Government on April 14 inaugurated a 22-man Presidential Transition Council ahead of the 2023 handover to the incoming…
Naira scarcity: NLC, TUC suspend proposed actions against CBN
The NLC had last Wednesday issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN to find solutions to…
Senate extends implementation of 2022 budget
By Kingsley Okoye The Senate on Tuesday at plenary passed two bills seeking to extend the implementation of capital components…