Author: Ayorinde Oluokun
Edo releases timetable for LG elections
By Jethro Ibileke The Edo State Independent Electoral Commission (EDSIEC), has released the timetable for the local government elections. The…
Oba of Benin tasks surgeons on reduction of distorted medical procedures
Earlier, the National President of NAPRAS and NBIS, Dr. Folake Abikoye, while highlighting the roles of Surgeons, said the two…
Rivers 2023: APC asks court to disqualify PDP governorship candidate, 31 others
The party asked the court to disqualify all the candidates of the PDP over alleged delay by the party to…
Wike to Atiku: Rivers will not play ‘Father Christmas’ with 3.2m votes
Okafor Ofiebor/ Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike on Thursday warned that Rivers State will not play Father Christmas with it…
Why I attacked Salman Rushdie – Hadi Matar
By Nehru Odeh Hadi Matar, the 24-year-old man who attacked famous novelist Salman Rushdie, has said the biggest reason for…
13,000 flood victims to get N33,000 monthly in Yobe
Save the Children will provide the cash stimulus support of N33,000 monthly, for a period of five months to 1300…
Lagos man Moses Joseph jailed 37 years for defiling minor
The prosecution had alleged that the defendant, on Sept. 17, 2021, about 11:00 p.m. indecently treated the minor by inserting…
4-member sex blackmail syndicate busted in Anambra
The suspects used social media to lure their unsuspecting male victims into fake love/friendship affairs and thereafter take them to…
Germany’s constitutional court confirms mandatory measles vaccination
Germany’s constitutional court has confirmed a measles vaccine mandate for some parts of the population. This means that the measles…
Ogun 2023: PDP disowns Segun Sowunmi
The party noted that Sowunmi in a suit with suit number AB/267/2022 instituted at the State High Court of OGUN…
‘I’m surprised he survived’ – Hadi Matar reveals why he stabbed Rushdie
Matar, 24, said Salman Rushdie, 75, was “someone who attacked Islam” but did not confirm that his actions were driven…
Soludo begins probe of LG chairman’s wife death
Mrs Iloka was said to have collapsed and died on Aug 7 but people alleged that she was a victim…
Agric Ministry opens up on N18.9bn ‘bush clearing contract’
He explained that the various projects were part of a stimulus package under the Agriculture for Food and Jobs Programme…
Kaduna woman Hajiya Bilikisu lynched for housing bandits
Aruwan listed arrested bandits as: Musa Adamu, Abdullahi Usman, Suleiman Hasidu, Usman Jibril, Saidu Isah, Hassan Abdulhamid and Idris Sani
Kogi: 2 kidnappers shot dead
According to reports, the kidnappers had been perpetuating havoc within the area and security operatives had been on their trail
JUST IN: Police recover 20 mummified bodies from Benin building
The corpse were discovered in a building along Asoro slope off Ekenhua road, Uzebu quarters, Benin city,
Buhari approves orthopedic hospital for Jos, Benin, Jalingo
Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, disclosed this on Wednesday at the official inauguration of the Primary Health Care(PHC) Leadership Challenge…
JUST IN: Electricity workers suspend strike for 2 weeks
Earlier, the Transmission Company of Nigeria had confirmed that the national grid has been shutdown following the industrial dispute by…
Troops dislodge bandits, rescue 6 hostages in Kaduna
The Kaduna state government conveys its deep appreciation to the Chief of Defence Staff, the Chief of Army Staff, the…
Total blackout in Lagos as electricity workers begin strike
The DisCos said the picketing of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) by the union members had plunged customers under…
Gunmen abduct 6 travelers in Kwara
The gunmen succeeded in abducting 6 passengers, but four of them later escaped as confirmed by the spokesperson for Kwara…
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…