Author: Ayorinde Oluokun
Anti-labour practices: PENGASSAN issues 7- day ultimatum to Agip oil
PENGASSAN gives Nigerian Agip Oil Company Limited 7- day to address the alleged anti- labour practices against its members.
Lai Mohammed: Lucky Moses, my police orderly is also my sounding board
Information Minister, Lai Mohammed says he gets feedback about the government and his office from Lucky Moses, his police orderly
South Africa to allow controlled use of Ivermectin to treat COVID-19
South Africa approves controlled use of the anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin to treat Coronavirus
Police speak on alleged influx of herdsmen to Ekiti forests
Police reacts to reports of alleged influx of herdsmen from Ondo forest reserves to Ekiti State
Impeachment: Can Trump survive it?
US Democrats continue with plans to impeach former resident Donald Trump, for “incitement of insurrection.”
Strike: NUT asks teachers to shun Obaseki’s resumption order
Edo wing of Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), has directed all primary school teachers in the state to shun the…
Resumption: UNIBEN sets up surveillance club on COVID-19
UNIBEN sets up surveillance club for monitoring of compliance to COVID-19 safety protocols ahead of resumption of students
Report: Nigerian troops capture 4 Boko Haram strongholds in Sambisa Forest
Nigerian troops with the support of the Multinational Joint Taskforce (MNJTF) have captured four camps being used as training grounds…
Dakore opens up on battle with postnatal depression
Multi-brand ambassador and award-winning actress, Dakore Egbuson-Akande, opens up on her struggle with postnatal depression, battle for her mental health…
‘l saw hell,’ Immigration Service spokesperson recounts kidnapping ordeal
By Jethro Ibileke/Benin The kidnapped spokesperson of the Edo State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mrs. Bridget Esene,…
Residents of host community demand new deal from Agip Oil
Scores of residents of Nkpolu Oroworukwo Community in Port Harcourt, one of the host communities of Nigeria Agip Oil Company,…
Protest at Port Harcourt Disco over sack of 150 workers
Okafor Ofiebor/ Port Harcourt Angry workers disrupted operations of the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution, PHED for many hours on Tuesday…
Police brutality: Man demands N1bn for kidnapping, looting of his property in Rivers
*Anietie Joseph Okon also asks for justice over the alleged murder of his 41- year- old elder brother, late James…
UNIBEN announces resumption date
By Jethro Ibileke/Benin As the University of Benin (UNIBEN), prepares to open its gates for resumption of academic activities, authorities…
#EndSARS: Owner of burnt police station building demands N40m compensation
By Jethro Ibileke/Benin Pa Anthony Olaye, on Tuesday approached the Edo state judicial panel of inquiry for victims of SARS…
Why Yahaya Bello is denying existence of COVID-19: Kogi Speaker
By Bushrah Yusuf-Badmus Speaker, Kogi State House of Assembly, Mathew Kolawole, says Gov. Yahaya Bello’s insistence that COVID-19 was a…
The national question and the quest for restructuring in Nigeria
By Chido Onumah Introduction To paraphrase the historian, mathematician, journalist, and public intellectual, Edwin Madunagu, every political history has…
Igboho: Politicians plotting to weaken me, tarnish my image
Yoruba activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho has raised alarm that some politicians are now politicising his…
JUST IN: Police reveal how gunmen in 2 vehicles set Sunday Igboho’s house on fire
By Ayorinde Oluokun The Police in Oyo State has given further information on how some hoodlums in two vehicles set…
Group raises alarm on alleged illegal recruitment into NDDC
Okafor Ofiebor/ Port Harcourt Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, is again enmeshed in another round of negative controversies as the…
COVID-19: Edo court sentences 17 curfew violators to community service
By Jethro Ibileke/Benin An Edo mobile court on Monday convicted 17 persons for violating the curfew imposed by the state…
Fierce gun battle as hunters rescue 28 hostages from kidnappers in Kogi
Twenty eight hostages, including four children, were rescued after a gun battle between Kogi government-backed local hunters and their abductors…
Fulani criminal gangs in Ondo State: Akeredolu will stand firm
Events this past week across the South West Nigeria again pointed to the urgency for a stronger security architecture to…
Fulani herdsmen: Ondo lawmakers declare support for Akeredolu
Members of Ondo House of Assembly have declared support for the seven days ultimatum issued to herdsmen to quit the…
Shock as National Institute for Sports Director, Dadi-Mamud, suddenly dies
By Olanrewaju Akojede The sports fraternity has again been thrown into mourning as the Director of Nigeria’s foremost National Institute…
Eight dead, 60 arrested in Ebonyi clashes – Police
By Chukwuemeka Opara The police, in Ebonyi, have confirmed the death of eight persons and arrest of more than 60…
Dr Uzoma Emenike: Nigeria’s first female ambassador to U.S
By Chijioke Okoronkwo In a history making week when Kamala Harris was sworn in as the first-ever African American and…
Registration: Edo APC rejects, exposes Senator Obende
By Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Edo state chapter of the All Progressive Congress, (APC), has rejected the appointment of Senator Domingo…
4 die in Ogbomoso-Ilorin road crash
By Olubukola Aiyedogbon The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Kwara Command, said four persons died in a crash which occurred…
Angry mob sets motorcycle robber ablaze in Benue
By Emmanuel Antswen The Police in Benue on Sunday said a robbery suspect was set ablaze by an angry mob…