Author: Ayorinde Oluokun
U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner sent to Russian prison camp
Griner was arrested at a Moscow airport in February for allegedly possessing a small amount of marijuana.
Leather: $1bn revenue possible with ban on consumption of ‘ponmo’
The director-general said he would continue to engage key stakeholders in the crusade against the consumption of animal skin across…
Mother, 8 children burnt to death in apartment fire
The Governor of Bursa, Yakup Canbolat, said the 31-year-old mother, her six children and two nieces, were caught in the…
Unijos safe for students, staff, says VC
Ishaya commended the Plateau Government and security agencies over the relative peace currently being enjoyed in the state, and the…
Abuja gardener Sunday Apuye docked for theft of 12 air conditioners
By Hauwa Gold A gardener, Sunday Apuye, was on Wednesday docked in a Grade I Area Court in Karu, Abuja,…
Becca Balint to become Vermont’s first woman in U.S. Congress
Balint defeated Republican nominee Liam Madden and took over from Republican Peter Welch.
Nigeria’s public debt stock increases to N42.84trn in Q2 2022 – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) made the declaration in its Nigerian Domestic and Foreign Debt Report for Q2 2021…
How police busted 5-man Nigerian drug trafficking ring in South Africa
The Nigerians were arrested on Tuesday with drugs worth over half a million Rand found in their possession after their…
Control of U.S. Congress still in the balance in midterm elections
In the elections midway through Biden’s four-year term, all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 35 of the…
Rivers govt to clamp down on substandard water factories
He said the government will set up an enforcement taskforce to enforce the policy.
Onitsha Fire explosion: 80 shops destroyed
Director/Fire Chief of Anambra Fire Services, Mr Martin Agbili in a statement signed by Agbili on Wednesday in Onitsha said…
Lagos launches novel Bail Information Management System
Justice Alogba said the system would also ease bail administration by automating otherwise manual processes for documenting and processing bails.
35th NAFEST: 15 states arrive Lagos, more expected – Runsewe
Runsewe said the states included: Rivers, Bayelsa, Ondo, Ekiti, Lagos, Benue, Abia, Kaduna, Niger, Ogun, Oyo, Nassarawa, Jigawa, Katsina and…
COP27: Egypt, Norway unveil 100mw green hydrogen plant on Red Sea
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi of Egypt and the Norwegian Prime Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre at the launch of the project on…
NSCDC reacts to alleged killing of 3 youths in Bayelsa
NSCDC said its patrol team on pipeline surveillance duties was ambushed by gunmen who opened fire on them.
What the U.S told IGP Tafa Balogun on drug allegation against Tinubu in 2003
Touted as certified true copy, documents purported to be certified true copies of alleged involvement of drug trafficking by Asiwaju…
APC chieftain tasks youth on aggressive mobilisation for Tinubu
By Joan Nwagwu Mr Mark Tersoo, Director, Youth Mobilisation for North-Central, All Progressive Congress (APC), Presidential Campaign Council wants youths…
Floods: 27m children at risk, 840,000 displaced in Nigeria- UNICEF
According to the UN agency, the number of children affected by flooding in Chad, Gambia, Pakistan and northeast Bangladesh is…
Sanwo-Olu commits N200m to fund indigenous research in health
Prof. Akin Abayomi, the Lagos State Commissioner for Health said this on Tuesday.
Tinubu appoints Bagudu chair of committee on agric. development
The committee is to fashion out the blueprint for the agriculture sector
Ebonyi residents, motorists lament sudden hike in petrol price
The situation bites harder in the state as many filling stations continue to hoard the products.
EFCC: Committal order against Bawa so wrong
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has faulted the court order committing its Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa for contempt over…
How we were attacked while pasting posters in Rivers – Atiku supporters
They claimed that they were attacked by a serving Councilor and over 30 PDP supporters who are anti-Atiku Abubakar in…
Flood: NDDC intervenes to give succour on East-West road
Traveling along the flood impacted areas of Ahoada Axis of the link road cutting across the States in Niger Delta…
DSS probes extortion by its operatives at Lagos Airport
Nigeria secret police, the Department of State Services, DSS, said it has launched an investigation into claims by an Abuja…
Nigeria’s national carrier to takeoff soon: Minister
The minister said that President Muhammadu Buhari was also expected to commission one of the two cargoes at the Nnamdi…
Tinubu fulfills promise to Kannywood members
By Martha Agas Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu has fulfilled his promise to ensure that Kannywood members were given the opportunity to…
Judge to PDP: You’ve lost opportunity to field governorship candidate in Zamfara
Justice Aminu Bappa-Aliyu nullified the Governorship Primaries that produced Dr Dauda Lawal-Dare as the PDP candidate in the 2023 general…
30 suspects arrested over Rivers deadly cult clash
The cultists had allegedly engaged themselves in gun battle around Ikoku flyover axis of Ikwerre road over the issues of…
Gov. Abiodun excited as APC supporters stage massive walk for Tinubu (Photos)
Dapo spoke while appreciating the people of the state for showing massive support for Tinubu and his own second term…