Author: Ayorinde Oluokun
2023: Councillors pledge total victory for PDP in Enugu
The Councillors unanimously declared their support for the governor, the PDP governorship candidate, Mr Peter Mbah, and all the other…
How Gen. Dambazzau resisted pressure to take over during Yar’Adua’s illness
Dambazau also served as the Minister of Interior in the first tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari's administration.
Salman Rushdie: Mother of attacker makes strange revelations about son
Rushdie's life has been under threat since 1989 when the late Ayatollah Khomeini - leader of Iran's Islamic revolution –…
How 4 students died celebrating WASSCE results in Lagos
While also confirming the incident, the management of Elegushi Beach, in a statement signed by Ayuba Elegushi said the students…
2023 presidency: Court asked to kick out Kola Abiola as PRP’s candidate
Mr Kola is the son of late MKO Abiola, the acclaimed winner of the June 1993 presidential election.
LAUTECH denies asking students to resume
Fadeyi said that the purported resumption announcement allegedly signed by the institution’s Registrar, Dr Kayode Ogunleye, did not emanate from…
INEC redeploys 2 RECs, 8 directors
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has redeployed two Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) and eight directorate level members of staff.…
How Doyin Okupe enticed me to support Peter Obi – Sowore
Okupe and I had a back and forth on the perfidy of the political elite, reminding him of his role…
I’m still getting threat messages over my Biafra book – Uwem Akpan
Akpan gave graphic details of how Biafran soldiers oppressed the minorities whom they accused of being saboteurs and subject them…
Sheikh Ibrahim Khalil: Why I want to be Kano governor
Khalil, also the state Chairman of the Council of Islamic Scholars, said that good governance has four pillars.
DisCos takeover: BEDC MD Osibodu arrested, alleges threat to life
Funke Osibodu insisted that a valid court order dated 8 July, 2022, restrained Fidelity Bank, one Henry Ajagbawa, NERC ,…
EFCC recovers N1.4bn NHIS funds from banks
EFCC had also on February 10, 2022 released a sum of N1.5bn recovered from banks to the NHIS.
Rivers bans use of public schools’ facilities by individuals, groups
The Commissioner warned Principals and Head Teachers that the directive must strictly be adhered to, and those who flaunt the…
Rivers man Chima attacks wife with cutlass over lover
Wakaego, now in coma, had challenged her husband for bringing his lover into their matrimonial home at Omerelu community, Ikwerre…
Again, Lalong begs Catholic Bishops over Pope comment
Lalong had recently said that the Pope endorsed his appointment as the Director General of the presidential campaign of the…
Kenya braces for legal battle after Ruto declared president-elect
Kenya on Tuesday braced for a protracted legal battle after William Ruto was declared the winner of presidential election. Ruto…
My husband is too lazy, Mother of 3 tells court
Sanusi, a businesswoman, said she is further frustrated by her husband’s alleged ineptitude when he barred her from having access…
Archbishop Abba emerges Prelate Methodist Church of Nigeria
Until his election, Abba was the Archbishop of Benue and had been in the service of the church for over…
Wike: Some Rivers PDP elders plotting against me in Abuja
By Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers governor, Nyesom Wike has said some elders in the state are ganging up against him…
Ayu to Wike: I have no plan to resign as PDP Chairman
Sen. Iyorchia Ayu, National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday said he has no plan to resign…
97 die in night accidents in 8 months in Lagos — FRSC
FRSC had already enunciated the policy of discouraging night travel through public sensitisation programmes
Phillips Consulting, bank under probe over violation of data regulations
The complaint against Phillips Consulting is in connection with the activities of online lending platforms who willfully breached the privacy…
Sen. Sani reacts to reports on bill renaming Kaduna State to Zazzau
By Kingsley Okoye The Senator, representing Kaduna Central, Sen.Uba Sani, has described the media report on purported sponsorship of bill…
BudgIT lied, Gov. Sule not owing us salaries – Nasarawa workers
By Mohammed Baba Busu The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Nasarawa chapter has dismissed report that the administration of Governor Abdullahi…
PHOTOS: EFCC returns recovered equipment, accoutrements to military
The items were recovered from a contractor who supplies military equipment,
Spare part dealers shut down Benin/Lagos expressway
The traders who also shut their shops in the market, barricaded the ever-busy highway in protest of the Uwelu Road,…
Jitters over continuous rainfall in Lokoja
Some of the people who live in houses built on the flood plains of the Rivers in Lokoja have started…
Tanker explosion: 7 dead, many battling for survival in Rivers
According eyewitnesses, an Anti- Bunkering Team of the Police in Rivers had intercepted the trucks loaded with illegally refined products…
Police kill 5 kidnappers in Edo, rescue victim
Items recovered at the scene include two locally-made pistols, charms and cartridges
Debts: Osun govt exposes Aregbesola’s commissioner
The government while insisting that Osun under the Oyetola administration is not a spendrift, further challenged the ex-Commissioner to be…