Author: Ayorinde Oluokun
Eddie Aderinokun, journalist, cultural icon dies at 80
By Nehru Odeh Otunba Eddie Aderinokun, writer, journalist and culture patron is dead. Aderinokun, former Vice President Association of Nigerian…
Amnesty International, ICC now ‘fighting forces’ against Nigeria – Lai Mohammed
Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed on Monday accused Amnesty International and the International Criminal Court of…
Demolition: Residents of Oyigbo community send SOS to Wike
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Tension is building up in Umueye community of Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State over alleged…
Just in: Female drummer, Ara, hit by internet fraudsters
By Nehru Odeh Foremost female drummer in Africa, Aralola Olumuyiwa, better known as Ara, has fallen victim to internet fraud.…
Fake kidnapping: Police arrest Ekiti man Adeweye, 3 friends
Officers of Ekiti Police Command have arrested one Adelusi Adeweye for colluding with his three friends to stage his own…
US – Africa relations will likely improve by virtue of Trump’s exit, by Jude Kearney
By Jude Kearney 2021 could be the beginning of a much needed reset for US relations with Africa and its…
Bus driver, mechanic killed as hoodlums continue rampage in Edo
By Jethro Ibileke End of the year and New Year celebrations turned sour for some families in Benin City, the…
Vigilance group nabs member of 3- man robbery gang in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/ Port Harcourt Members of a vigilance group at Okporo Community, Rumuodara in Obio/Akpor local Government area of Rivers…
Boy goes missing in Opobo regatta boat mishap
By Jethro Ibileke The annual Opobo boat regatta turned tragic on Thursday, as a yet-to-be-identified boy went missing after the…
Rivers APC: Appeal Court’s judgment in our favour – Sen. Abe’s faction
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A former Rivers State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Wogu Boms, has disputed the claims that…
Wike bows to pressure, unseals Shell’s Port Harcourt property
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike on Thursday directed that the Kidney Island property occupied by Shell Petroleum Development…
Insecurity: Edo people fed up with PDP, Obaseki’s excuses – APC
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has asked Governor Godwin Obaseki to be more proactive in…
Ghana’s governing party welcomes opposition’s challenge of election results in court
Ghana’s ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) said, on Thursday, that the decision by the opposition leader and former President John…
N534m judgment debt: 147 ex-militants drag Amnesty boss, Miland Dikio, to court
By Nathan Nwakamma A group of former Niger Delta ex-militants on Thursday filed contempt suit against the Coordinator of the…
Nigerian troops kill 2, 403 criminals, rescue 864 kidnapped victims in 10 months – DHQ
By Johnson Eyiangho Nigeria’s Defence headquarters on Thursday gave a comprehensive update on achievements of troops participating in the various…
Man kills mother, inflicts grievous injury on father for sending wife away
An Indian man, Tammu Raghavaiah, attacked his parents, killing his mother instantly while inflicting grievous injury on his father in…
Kano agency arrests Ekennah Okechuku with 60 cartons of Indian hemp
By Bosede Olufunmi The Kano Road and Traffic Agency (KAROTA) has apprehended one Mr. Ekennah Okechuku for allegedly trafficking in…
Downed Ukrainian plane: Iran to pay $150,000 to each relative of victims
Iran on Wednesday said it would be prepared to pay compensation to the relatives of those killed when a Ukrainian…
NLC begs Kwara govt to reinstate 2,414 sacked teachers
By Usman Aliyu The Kwara branch of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has expressed shock over the decision of the…
COVID-19: Edo records 2 deaths, 18 new cases
By Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Godwin Obaseki confirmed that 18 new cases of COVID-19 and two more deaths were recorded in…
Sacked workers: Protesting youths barricade Halliburton’s premises with fetish objects
Okafor Ifiebor/Port Harcourt Score of youths from Oginigba, the host Community of American oil services, Halliburton, in Trans-Amadi, Obio/Akpor local…
SWAGA, Tinubu and Festus Adedayo’s political necromancy
By Seye Oladejo Dr Festus Adedayo’s article of Sunday, December 20, 2020, titled ‘Tinubu, Please Run, Run From The…
Police arrest Comfort Innocent over abduction of 2 girls in Ogun
By Adejoke Adeleye Officers of Ogun Police Command have arrested A 35 year woman, Comfort Innocent over alleged abduction and…
Why it doesn’t make sense to say Buhari is Jubril from Sudan – Adesina
By Nehru Odeh President Muhammadu Buhari had himself dispelled the trending allegation that he was dead and had been replaced…
2023: How Yahaya Bello will emerge as Nigeria’s president- Deputy
Richard Elesho/ Lokoja Edward Onoja, the Deputy Governor of Kogi State, says God will help his boss, Governor Yahaya Bello,…
COVID-19: Wike threatens to re-impose lockdown on Rivers
By Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor of Rivers, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has threatened to re-impose lock down on the state in…
Police declare CBN driver, Barnabas Bonwin, missing
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Police have declared one Barnabas Bonwin, a 38- year- old driver with the Port Harcourt, Rivers State…
Why Buhari will not yield to agitations to sack service chiefs – Femi Adesina
By Nehru Odeh Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has again emphasized that only President…
COVID-19: Bishop Oyedepo cancels crossover night/vigil service
Amidst rumours that some participants at its recent annual Shiloh programme may have contracted COVID-19, the Living Faith Church aka…
New police commissioners: Ohanaeze Ndigbo alleges marginalisation
Apex Igbo social-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has accused the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari of taking the marginalization of the…