Author: Ayorinde Oluokun
IWD: Orelope Adefulire calls for concerted effort to tackle poverty among women
She added that while COVID-19 has made many women poorer, it has been established that SDGs cannot be achieved without…
Why we arrested OPC members over Iskilu Wakili – Police
Police says the OPC members were arrested and detained for their involvement in arson and murder during the arrest of…
Police bust Oweniwe Okpara led family kidnap gang in Ogun
According to the Police, the suspects were all arrested in Ajaka area of Sagamu for their roles in the kidnap…
S/Court judgment: Aguma quits APC, other Sen. Abe’s loyalists may follow
Speculations are rife in Rivers that other key members of Senator Abe’s faction may follow Aguma’s example.
Rivers APC: Amaechi loyalists celebrate S/Court victory, mock Abe, supporters
With the judgment, the Supreme Court has ended controversies about the authentic leadership of All Progressives Congress in Rivers State.
The last Wailing Wailer dies
By Femi Adesina It was the end of an era Tuesday when Bunny Wailer, the last of the original Wailing…
Anambra man, Kingsley Igwe, stabs wife to death with kitchen knife
The suspect allegedly ran amok and attacked his wife, one Oyinye Obi, 31, with a kitchen knife and inflicted multiple…
Seven impersonators of Rivers Task force members arrested
The suspects were caught while trying to extort N20,000 from a victim in the guise of being members of the…
Salary disparity: Lawyers working Rivers LGs drag state govt to court
The lawyers want to the court to compel Rivers to pay them the same salary with their colleagues on the…
Fears of epidemic in Ogun secretariat over collapse of sewage system
The sewage system started collapsing about two years ago without any attention from the Ministry of Environment.
Boko Haram: Troops move 26 humanitarian workers rescued from Dikwa to Maiduguri
The insurgents storms Dikwa, riding on many gun trucks in their determination to takeover the town and declare it one…
Police bust counterfeit currency gang, recover fake N5.7m notes in Abuja
The four men were among 11 suspects arrested for crimes ranging from 'one chance robbery', fraud and armed robbery along…
Gov. Obaseki directs Council Chairpersons to handover to administrators
The council officials were inaugurated on March 5, 2018, following their victory in the local government elections of March 3,…
Why I’m neither a Christian nor a Muslim – Ajai Lycett
“Everybody else is going to mars and the moon and everything, we are crying ‘Jesus Jesus.’ It’s bankrupt. Rubbish. That’s…
Electricity workers injured by Boko Haram landmine in Borno
Terrorists have disrupted power supply to Maiduguri and other parts of the Borno State in recent times with incessant attacks…
NDLEA seizes Tramadol capsules worth N50m in Adamawa
The NDLEA says it had also seized 82 blocks of compressed substance believed to be Indian hemp, in Lafiya-Lamurde in…
2023 presidency: TINA entices Tinubu with N10million
A youth group, Tinubulate Nigeria Agenda, says it has raised N10 million to entice former Gov. Bola Tinubu to join…
Wike: ‘One guy carrying Ak- 47’ blocked my convoy
Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike alleges that a police officer in mufti who was armed with AK 47 blocked his convoy in…
Rivers: 11 abducted boat passengers still missing 3 days after
Eleven passengers abducted three days ago by sea pirates from a passenger boat on Bonny waterways still missing three days…
We’ll rescue kidnapped 317 schoolgirls unhurt, Zamfara CP assures
Zamfara Commissioner of Police, Abutu Yaro, assures that students abducted from Govt Girls Science Secondary School, Jangebe will be rescued…
Police rescue 3 kidnapped children, arrest 2 suspects in Ebonyi
Ebonyi Police Command rescue two children kidnapped Ikwo LGA of the state, and one other in Enugu, arrest two suspects
Zamfara: Journalists attacked as angry residents protest abduction of schoolgirls
Angry residents of Jangebe, the Zamfara community where 317 schoolgirls were abducted early Friday attack journalists, others
Rivers Police Commissioner disbands notorious Eagle Crack Squad
Rivers Commissioner of Police, Eboka Friday, dissolves the controversial and dreaded Eagle Crack Squad of the state’s Command.
WHO certifies El Salvador malaria-free
Globally, a total of 38 countries and territories have been certified malaria free by the World Health Organisation.
Police in grief after gunmen killed 4 officers in Calabar
The Nigeria Police has begun a manhunt for assailants responsible for the killing of four of its men in Cross…
Policemen forget phone in student’s car after extorting him of N150K in Rivers
Policemen forget phone in the car of a student of UNIPORT they forcefully extorted of N150,000 in Port Harcourt, Rivers…
Oyo COVID-19 deaths now 110
Oyo records four COVID-19 related deaths, bringing to 110, the total number of deaths linked to the pandemic in the…
Indonesia starts mass vaccination for journalists
Indonesia begins mass COVID-19 vaccination for journalists on Thursday with President Joko Widodo observing the activity in Jakarta.
Imo Group threatens Okorocha with recall
A political group in Imo advises Sen. Rochas Okorocha to apologise to Imo Government over his action on government’s sealed…
Gunmen kill 2 policemen on patrol, steal rifles in Anambra
Gunmen shot dead 2 policemen on patrol, cart their rifles away in two separate incidents Anambra State on Wednesday