Author: Ayorinde Oluokun
FCT council poll: Police relax movement restriction
By Monday Ijeh The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has relaxed its earlier announced movement restriction during…
Why I’m determined to end illegal oil refining, bunkering in Rivers – Wike
Okafor Ofiebor /Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has said the war against illegal refining and bunkering is not about…
Passenger bus bursts into flames in Lokoja
The bus which is believed to be heading to the Northern part of the country suddenly burst into flames around…
Nigeria to earn $200bn in FX repatriation from non-oil exports – CBN
Emefiele said that the programme was a first step meant to ensure that the CBN was better able to carry…
Kaduna Rep Gabriel Zock remanded for N185m land fraud
The EFCC, charged Zock, representing Kachia/Kagarko federal constituency of Kaduna state with two counts bordering on fraud.
D’Tigress lose to China in FIBA World Cup Qualifiers
D’Tigress will face France on Feb. 11 before meeting Mali on Feb. 13 to see if they could be among…
NESREA seizes lion cub, arrests 2 illegal wildlife traders in Abuja
Lion is one of the endangered species prohibited from trading both locally and internationally, as stated in the Endangered Species…
18 Zamfara lawmakers vote to impeach Deputy Governor Aliyu-Gusau
Zamfara House of Assembly consequently passed a resolution requesting the state Chief Judge to immediately constitute a panel to investigate…
Why Buhari has not assented to Electoral Bill – Presidential aide
The National Assembly had on Monday, Jan. 31, 2022 transmitted the reworked Electoral Act Amendment Bill to the President for…
MTN Nigeria denies strike notice by workers
The Private Telecommunications and Communications Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PTECSSAN) had on Feb. 8 threatened to disrupt MTN Nigeria…
Ojukwu Varsity lecturers at war over ASUU strike
By Chimezie Anaso The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU) Branch, is divided over the…
Kano gold souk will be world – class when completed – Minister
The establishment of Kano gold souk is part of the current efforts to establish strategic Artisanal & Small-Scale Mining Clusters…
How we uncovered human parts in uncompleted building – Ilora residents
Another resident, who spoke on condition of anonymity said human bones and school uniform of a child were also found…
ISIL terrorists expanding in Nigeria – UN
The UN counter-terrorism chief told the Security Council on Wednesday that the epicentre of ISIL terrorist group – officially known…
Lagos-Badagry Expressway: LASG announces traffic diversion
Lagos Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, said the diversion was necessary to continue the ongoing construction of Lagos-Badagry Expressway
Umahi sacks management of Ebonyi College of Education
Some members of management of Ebonyi College of Education, Ikwo had before Wednesday been on suspension over alleged illegal employment…
OAU student Ayomikun Ajibola falls into soakaway, dies
“Accordingly, Ayomikun Ajibola was immediately taken to the OAU Teaching Hospital, where she was certified dead.”
UN projects 1.1bn dollars to assist over 8.4m Nigerians in northeast
By Bukola Adewumi The United Nations has said 1.1 billion dollars will be needed to provide humanitarian assistance to 8.4…
Ganduje cheers as Kano Hisbah Board destroys 3.8m bottles of beer
“Hisbah personnel should maintain the tempo as miscreants had devised new tactics of smuggling beer and hard drugs into the…
N5.2bn fraud trial: Personal lawyer testifies against ex-JAMB registrar
By Taiye Agbaje A legal practitioner, Peter Oyewole, on Wednesday, testified against the former Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board…
Nigerian stock market rebounds by N54bn
Transactions in the shares of Access Bank topped the activity chart with 48.08 million shares valued at N498.70 million.
Edo PDP won’t tolerate opposition within its fold, Obaseki warns
Obaseki said this while speaking at the swearing-in of eight new Commissioners and a Special Adviser at the Government House…
Census 2022: NPC inaugurates Technical Working Group
By Ikenna Osuoha The Executive Chairman, National Population Commission (NPC), Alhaji Isa Kwarra, on Wednesday in Abuja said the commission…
AAU: Obaseki replaces Osadolor with Adagbonyi as Acting VC
Obaseki in Nov. 5, 2021, dissolved the Governing Council of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma and appointed Prof. Osadolor, as Acting…
Driver murders mother, 2 daughters
A man simply identified as Ramin has been arrested for murdering a woman and two of her daughters in Kabul,…
Yobe man Mai Goni batters father to death with pestle
Mai Goni battered his father on the head with a pestle on Tuesday at about 7: 30 p.m.,the Police Command…
Ejike IPOB/ESN gunman, 3 others killed in shootout with army
Troops confronted Ejike and and his IPOB/ESN colleagues following distress call that they were enforcing a sit-at-home order and firing…
Union threatens to disrupt MTN Nigeria service
Union leaders said that the issues bordering them include non-existence of mutually negotiated exit benefits; discriminatory remuneration or benefits; inhumane…
Oromoni: Over 100 graphic autopsy photos shown at coroner’s inquest
Giving his findings, the pathologist said Sylvester Oromoni “death was ascribed to a generalised infection known as septicemia.
#Endsars: Over N11bn paid as claims by insurers so far
Nigeria Insurance Association had put the number of insured businesses that were affected as a result of the #Endsars protest…