Author: Ayorinde Oluokun
Lai Mohammed’s loyalists dump APC for SDP in Kwara
Alabi described Gov AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq as a poor manager of victory despite the fact that he was imposed on the…
Liverpool win to leapfrog Manchester City at Premier League summit
Liverpool have now won 10 league games in a row ahead of next weekend’s huge showdown with Manchester City, who…
Ezekwesili wins Notre Dame award
Bestowed by the Kellogg Institute’s Ford Program in Human Development Studies and Solidarity, the award recognises individuals or organisations that…
Chimamanda to release new book
Chimamanda wrote Mama’s Sleeping Scarf for her daughter, who was three years old at the time. The story, energetic and…
Kaduna train attack: I’ll not pay ransom to free abductees, says El-Rufai
No less than 8 persons, including two officials of the Trade Union Congress, TUC were killed in the attack, while…
Trade Union Congress demands Buhari’s resignation
Olaleye made the call on Friday in Okene, Kogi State at the burial of the late General Secretary of TUC,…
Globacom speaks on N300m tax controversy with Kogi govt
KGSIRS had on March 22 sealed the Lokoja Office of Glo Mobile and that of Airtel over alleged Tax Liabilities…
Clement Asuk nabbed with 126 anti-aircraft ammunition, others in Borno
Asuk told newsmen that he was given N30,000 as transportation fare from Makurdi to receive the arms from one Lance…
4 shot dead in Rivers’ community gang clash
Okafor Ofiebor/ Port Harcourt Residents of Ibaa community, Emohua Local Government Area, Rivers State were thrown into pandemonium in the…
Edo LG election: PDP denies selling forms to aspirants
PDP advised all stakeholders to adhere to the Notice of Election as released by the State Organizing Secretary, Mr. Tony…
Police in gun-battle with IPOB/ESN gunmen in Imo
CP Giwa said the attack resulted in a minimal damage to police facility, while no casualty was recorded as the…
‘Kogi philanthropist David Onoja arrested, not abducted’
Olaluwoye urged members of the public to disregard reports that Onoja was abducted arrest, adding that “he is on his…
Group lauds Wike’s declaration to back winner of PDP presidential ticket
According to the group, Wike's declaration of his intent to let go of his presidential ambition if the PDP zones…
Group: Why we bought N40m presidential nomination form for Peter Obi
The group leader said they believed Obi could steer Nigeria forward because they believe in him haven seen what he…
Lagos lady narrates how father impregnated her, aborted pregnancy
The survivor said her father defiled her at age 17 during the COVID 19 lockdown in year 2020 at their…
President Bazoum thanks Nigeria over $1.96bn Kano-Katsina-Maradi railway project
Buhari had in February 2021 performed the ground-breaking ceremony of the Kano–Dutse–Jibia (Katsina State}–Maradi 284km rail project connecting Kano in…
Police smash kidnap gangs in Rivers, rescue Pastor, Bolt driver
Also, Rives police command announced rescue of Karibo Awantaye, a Bolt driver who was kidnapped along Rumubiakani in Eneka road…
Another train derails in Kaduna, one killed
The narrow gauge train travelling from Lagos to Kano derailed at Farin Ruwa, near Jaji in Igabi Local Government Area…
Court strikes out suits by aggrieved members of Rivers APC
The aggrieved party members had asked the court for an interlocutory injunction against against the conduct of Congresses by the…
Soludo visits burnt Nnewi LG Secretariat, talks tough
'Quite frankly, ndị Anambra cannot be repressed by a few criminal elements. Our resolve to entrench law and order is…
APC reverses self on Edo LG election
Edo APC said the decision to participate in the election followed a directive from the national leadership of the party,…
Popular Kogi philanthropist David Onoja abducted
According to family source, Onoja was picked from his house around 10:30 am today Thursday by six gunmen dressed in…
‘Why Kano teenager Isah Hassan gouged out eye of 12-year-old boy’
“The suspect told police that he lured the boy to a place, tightened his hands and used sharp object to…
HIV/AIDS: 25,000 patients on USAids’ treatment in Edo
Edo First Lady, Mrs. Betsy Obaseki, lauded USAid for its various intervention programmes in the state.
Rivers: Journalists urge police to recover stolen NUJ bus
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Journalists in Rivers have appealed to the Police to intensify efforts to recover a Toyota bus belonging…
PDP to Edo APC: Tell your people in Abuja Nigerians are suffering
It urged the State chapter of the APC to tell Edo people if the APC-led Federal Government is living in…
Hospitals shut down over high cost of diesel
The price of diesel has risen from N250 to about N650 per litre. There has also been rise in the…
Controversy trails demotion of principal by Edo Education commissioner
But, in her reaction to enquiry via a text message, the Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Joan Oviawe, challenged the demoted…
Edo Assembly passes Anti Open Grazing bill
Section 5 (8) of the Edo Anti Open Grazing Bill was also amended to read that the committee shall control…
6 docked for stealing cable from Dangote Refinery
The prosecutor, ASP Rita Momah, told the court that the defendants committed the offences on Feb. 23 at Dangote Refinery…