Author: Ayorinde Oluokun
Kidnappers free 4 victims after receiving N1m ransom in Ekiti
Residents of the town said the negotiation went between N15 million and N8 million before it settled at N1 million.
ASUU disagrees with VC over plan to reopen Kaduna varsity
Chairman of ASUU in the university, Dr Peter Adamu, said he was not aware of the plan to reopen the…
Diri pledges implementation of SDGs, seeks Niger Delta clean up
Diri gave the assurance when he visited the UN Deputy Secretary-General, Ms. Amina Mohammed at the UN headquarters in New…
Three Abuja labourers in trouble for threatening to kill Ayuba Hamza
Tanko said that the defendants in company of one Mohammed, now at large, conspired and threatened to kill the complainant…
APC to set up Situation Room to monitor voters’ registration in Northwest
By Moses Kolo The Northwest Zonal office of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has concluded arrangements to establish a situation…
Rivers: FG flags off training for stream 2 Monitors of NSIPs
The NSIP Independent Monitors are responsible for monitoring the NSIP Programmes in their communities, schools, households and market clusters with…
Amaechi’s strong man Dawari George quits APC in Rivers
Dawari George, until his shocking resignation, was the Chairman Peace and Reconciliation Committee of Rivers APC and a diehard ally…
Nigerian artiste TerryTheVoice joins Grammy Award Voting Class 2022
By Nehru Odeh Terrence Ugochukwu Odenigbo, Nigerian voice- over artiste and musician better known as TerryTheVoice, has been invited to…
Ebonyi PDP battle: Okorie demands N2B as damages for libel from Onu
Okorie is also asking Onu to retract the alleged defamatory statement he published on 4, July which was subsequently shared…
30 suspects arrested over Edo cult clashes
By Jethro Ibileke Thirty suspects, including seven females, were on Thursday paraded by the Edo state police command, over alleged…
Kuje prison attack: DSS speaks on ‘escape’ of its operative
DSS, in a statement on Thursday evening, said no operative of the Service was an inmate at Kuje prison or…
Abia Central Senatorial District: Onuigbo drags APC, INEC to court
Onuigbo sought court order mandating the APC and INEC to immediately include his name as candidate of the party, having…
7 journalists killed in Ukraine – UN report
After condemning Russia’s alleged use of “propaganda for war” against Ukraine, the rights experts maintained that disinformation is also being…
Ex-Rep Akinwande appointed Oyo Water Corporation Chairman
Governor Seyi Makinde, has appointed a former Member representing Atiba/Oyo East/Oyo West/Afijio Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Moroof…
Anambra workers on levels 8, 9 earning below 40k monthly – Lawmaker
Responding, Mrs Theodora Igwegbe, Head of Service of the state, said Gov. Charles Soludo had set up a committee on…
Nigeria loses $10m daily to crude oil theft – TotalEnergies MD
Sangster said TotalEnergies had declared a force majeure on its OML 58 and had stopped production since Feb. 24 due…
COAS Yahaya: Troops undergoing rigorous training for 2023 election
By Victor Nwachukwu The Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lt. Gen. Faruk Yahaya has said that troops are already undergoing…
Osun election: Yiaga Africa exposes ‘antics’ of political parties
Yiaga Africa also raised concern over he escalation activities of political thugs and cultists in Osunn State, noting that it…
Kaduna man Hamisu Umar bags 10 years over failure to pay for recharge cards
According to the charge filed by EFCC, Umar had obtained the recharge cards on credit in 2019 from Abba.
2023: Outgoing Rivers REC leaves warnings for politicians, INEC staff
Effanga resumed as Rivers REC on the 24th of April 2018 when he took over from Gesila Khan.
Rivers APC chieftain AkpoBari quits party, politics
Akpbari said his hunger to further his studies in pursue his chosen field suffered intolerable hiccups that he could no…
NGOs ask NBC to regulate smoking on Big Brother Naija 7
in 2021, the sixth edition of BBN sparked public outrage when its participants flagrantly smoked on live television.
Oyo Chief Judge asked to set off impeachment of deputy governor Olaniyan
A correspondence/petition titled: “Notice of Allegations of Gross Misconduct against the Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Mr Rauf Olaniyan” was…
‘He fought bravely’- NSCDC speaks on officer killed in Kuje prison
Odumosu said that the circumstances surrounding the death of the officer was unfortunate.
Why I collapsed on stage – Grammy Award winner, Carlos Santana
Photos and video posted on social media showed Santana being treated onstage by medics at the amphitheater, then waving to…
‘Nigerian students in Northern Cyprus suffering intense depression’
The group noted that Nigerian students are being racially profiled and deported on arrival at the airport for establishing contact…
‘We poisoned him’ – Alfa reveals how Ibadan man was butchered for ritual
Alfa was among 42 suspects paraded for offences ranging from murder, armed robbery, cultism, diversion of goods and recovered fresh…
Nigerians in U.S raise alarm over scarcity of passport booklets
The Nigerian consulate in U.S had a backlog of 7,000 passports to clear
Breaking: OPEC Secretary-General Mohammed Barkindo in sudden death, hours after meeting Buhari
Barkindo, the Secretary-General, Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), had earlier on Tuesday visited President Muhammadu Buhari in the…
‘7/7′ Day: Police issue strong warning to cult gangs in Osun
7/7 is a day set aside by some cult groups to celebrate what they call ‘cultism day’, when they initiate…