Author: Ayorinde Oluokun
Buhari to address 77th UN General Assembly today
The Nigerian President were among world leaders that attended the opening of the General Debate of the 77th UN General…
Lagos man Sunday Zabadi docked for stealing necklaces worth N8.9m
Zabadi allegedly stole and converted to his personal use, the parcel belonging to one Mr Temitope Badiru.
Lagos banker Blessing Bassey jailed 7 years for theft
Bassey, an employee of one of the old generation banks, stole the sum from her employer from April 15 to…
Floods wash away 500 corpses from cemetery in Niger
The community was in total confusion as it had to relocate about 100 other corpses from the cemetery to another…
Sokoto APC: How we will defeat PDP, others in 2023
By Muhammad Nasir The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said it will make its campaigns issue based campaign to defeat…
2023: INEC clears Umahi, 79 others for NASS elections
INEC also wwcleared 32 presidential and vice presidential candidates from the 18 registered political parties for the 2023 poll.
Rivers: Again, gunmen abduct passengers on Emohua-Kalabari road
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Yet to be identified gunmen on Tuesday night attacked a vehicle along the now notorious Emohua/Kalabari road…
4 passengers abducted in Rivers regain freedom
DCP Muhammed Shehu assured that the Police were on the trail of the kidnappers, while efforts were on to secure…
2023: Nigerians may shock political class, parties, Obaseki warns
The Edo Governor noted that Nigerians are fed up with the inefficiencies and failures of government officials and others representatives…
Umuchukwu or Nkerehi? Anambra community at war over name of their area
Some members of the community who preferred the name 'Umuchukwu' recently staged a protest in Anambra Government House, Awka, during…
Türkiye detains 10 Islamic State suspects
The Turkish government designated the IS a terrorist organisation in 2013, blaming it for a spate of deadly attacks in…
Sen. Braimoh slams N5bn libel suit on 3 Edo PDP members
Sen. Braimoh, in the suit marked: FCT/HC/CV/1025/2022, is suing Omobumhe Bobmanuel Umaru (aka Jesus Army), Osilame Okuofu and Boniface Pascal…
3 tenants fighting over ‘turn to fetch water’ land in court
The police charged Chidinma Orebiyi, 37; Favour Ikenna , 21 and Robert Ikenna, 24, who all reside in Oshodi, Lagos…
Myanmar military threatens jail for online ‘likes’ for opponents
Since the Myanmar coup, opponents of the military have used social media platforms to try to communicate their message more…
NAPTIP intercepts 19 Libya bound Nigerians in Kano
The victims were being taken to Libya, for commercial sex and labour exploitation,
French court convicts 3 policemen over 2015 death of black man
Amadou Koume, 33, died after he was pinned to the ground by officers in a bar and put in a…
UN General Assembly highlights ‘world’s to-do list’ to rescue SDGs
The 2022 SDG Moment, which places an annual spotlight on the 17 Global Goals agreed by countries in December 2015,…
Ebola virus breaks out in central Uganda
Uganda has had over five Ebola outbreaks in the last two decades, mostly along its western regions close to the…
Buhari to launch Nigeria’s Integrated National Financing Framework in New York
Nigeria's INFF was proposed within the broader Addis Ababa Action Agenda as a planning and delivery tool to finance sustainable…
FG to adjust workers salaries to current realities – Ngige
Ngige said that the Federal Government was very much aware that the N30,000 National Minimum Wage had depreciated.
Wike under fire over kidnappings on failed Emohua-Kalabari road
The latest of such kidnappings was on Saturday, September 17, along the road in Rivers State when gunmen hijacked a…
Lagos teacher bags 7-year jail term for sexually assaulting student
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo held that the prosecution failed to establish the charge of defilement against the defendant, as the survivor…
2 men docked for giving false information to police in Edo
By Jethro Ibileke A 68-year-old man, Gabriel Ekhaigba, has been charged to court by the Edo State Police Command, for…
Rivers man ‘arrests’ teenager for refusing to sleep with him after monetary gifts
The man, said to be in his 40s, allegedly got policemen from Rumupeirikom(Kala) Police Division to arrest the girl for…
Leaders, monarchs gather for final farewell to Queen Elizabeth
Elizabeth died on Sept. 8 at her Scottish summer home, Balmoral Castle.
How Calabar woman died in ‘car race’ with husband over side chick
Some reports had indicated that woman sighted her husband leaving SPAR shopping Mall in the company of another female and…
Nasarawa man Usman Danladi cuts off rival’s wrist in fight over girlfriend
Danladi told the police that he accosted Abdullahi for assaulting his girlfriend and a brawl ensued during which he dealt…
2023: Again, Oshiomhole tackles Peter Obi
According to the former Edo governor, Obi's record as governor of Anambra State between 2006 to 2014 does not suggest…
Olojo festival: Ooni reveals what he will do in 7 days’ seclusion
Ooni, who appeared in his usual white traditional attire lace with colorful ancient beads, made this known to newsmen on…
Why S.East, N.Central can’t get presidency now – Iwuanyanwu
Iwuanyanwu said if the zoning principle must be observed, it should be across the country’s six geo-political zones to give…