Author: Ayorinde Oluokun
Love in time of dementia: How Joke Silva has handled Olu Jacobs’ illness
Silva has handled her husband’s degenerative disease with love laced with stoicism. Even though she has been sorely pained by…
Benue IDPs seek UNICEF, govt help to return home
“We need to return to our farming activities; commodity prices have gone up, yet we are here living at the…
Road crashes claim 159 lives in FCT
Exceeding the speed limit is one of the major challenges confronting road use in the FCT owing to a number…
Uche Dimgba: Movement of Ndigbo to APC crippled Lagos PDP
By Adeyemi Adeleye Mr. Uche Dimgba, State Coordinator, Ndigbo in Lagos chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC has said the…
Lawan: Ninth Senate has recorded great success
The Senate President is in his fourth term as a senator in the upper chamber of National Assembly
Rivers: SSANU threatens strike over 5-year salary arrears of teachers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Rivers State University chapter, has threatened to embark on…
4 students remanded for belonging to Deegbam cult gang in Rivers
The students were remanded in Police custody as Mr. Philipa Dike-Udenna, the Chief Magistrate did not sit.
Shortlist for African Human Rights Playwriting Prize announced
The competition is aimed at elevating public consciousness and understanding of human rights values through plays in order to guarantee…
Insecurity: Adebutu harps on community policing
Adebutu spoke during his Installation as the Seriki of Iperuland
Fintiri to Wike: Why I’m opposed to zoning of presidency
Fintiri who hailed the success of the PDP National Convention acknowledged the role played by Wike as a major financier…
Sex-starved gunmen abduct 22 teenage girls in Niger
The gunmen had given notice about their plan to comb the community for young girls
Police arrest 3 alleged killers of 9 -year- old Destiny Peter in Rivers
Police had recovered the headless body of Peter in the bush the following day he was reported missing
JUST IN: US President Biden transfers power to VP Harris
The transfer of power makes Harry, the first woman to serve as vice president of the United States also the…
$311m Abacha loot: Court dismisses suit against Malami, others
The about $311 million of Abacha loot was repatriated from the United States of America and Bailiwick of Jersey to…
DG – NYSC charges employers on corp members’ security, welfare
Ibrahim gave the charge during the flag off ceremony of 2021 edition of the Corps-employers workshop in Port Harcourt.
Rivers mother, Oluchi arrested for pouring hot water on 9- year- old maid
he suspect, Oluchi Chinedu, was arrested after her neighbours at Paradise Avenue intervened in the matter.
Rape: Court orders remand of two 14-year-old schoolboys in Rivers
Court orders the remand of the two boys after they pleaded not guilty to allegation that they rape an under-aged…
JUST IN: Delta governorship aspirant, Kenneth Okpara, dies at 60
He was Commissioner for Economic Planning and later, Commissioner Finance under former governor Uduaghan.
Buhari hosts Blinken, says he can’t act on #EndSARS panels’ reports
On development of democratic ethos, President Buhari said Nigeria has adopted the American model, “hook, line, and sinker, with its…
NFF: Super Eagles’ head coach Gernot Rohr not sacked
NFF said Rohr has a contract with the NFF which contains a procedure for disengagement.
Lawmaker Offor returns to PDP 2 months after defecting to APC
Offor, the Minority Leader of the House, who had defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Oct.6, announced his…
Wike appoints Prof. Onochukwu acting VC, Ignatius Ajuru varsity
Until his appointment, Professor Onochukwu is a Professor of Economics and Director of Business Studies, in University of Port Harcourt.
Ex-Kogi varsity registrar slumps, dies during installation of Attah Igala
Idu’s corpse was promptly taken to Ankpa, his ancestral home, for Muslim burial rites
Miyetti Allah says NAF jet bombs 1, 200 cows in Taraba
The group alleged that NAF jet from Air Force base in Makurdi, Benue State bombed and killed about 1,200 cows.
LAPO MfB wins Microfinance Bank of the Year
LAPO Microfinance Bank Limited, (LAPO MfB) a premium and frontline financial institution, has been conferred with the award of the…
How Zik weakened agitations for Biafra Republic – Amaechi
The late Odumegwu Ojukwu had on May 30, 1967 declared that the eastern region is breaking away from Nigeria as…
Delta govt tackles ASUU over lecturers’ salaries
Delta State Government says it does not owe its workers salaries and no state or federal university lecturer earns what…
Wike speaks on deposition of top Rivers traditional ruler
The governor said the presentation had to be performed by him because of the importance of the stool to the…
2023: Kogi CAN chair asks church leaders to mobilise members
“Anyone who says votes won’t count should see the example of Anambra election," Ibenu said.
ICYMI: Driver bites off, swallows finger of Ebonyi task force officer
The Commissioner for Capital City Development, Onyekachi Nwebonyi described the incident as “terrible, unexpected and barbaric”.