Author: Ayorinde Oluokun
States to get $2m each to accomplish GIS — NGF
By Emmanuel Oloniruha Nigerian states able to capture at least 50 per cent of their property that have electricity connections in…
Wike approves employment of 5000 youths
Rivers State Executive Council has approved the employment of 5000 youths into the State Civil Service. The approval was given…
#EndSARS: Civil Defence officer sacked for participating in looting
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Illya Ibrahim, a Corps Assistant with the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has lost his job for…
#EndSARS: Lagos Govt invited troops, no protester was shot -Army
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Nigerian Army said on Tuesday evening that the Lagos Government invited the military to be involved in…
IYC to IPOB: We’ll not allow you to cause chaos in Niger Delta
By Okafor Ofiebor The Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide (IYC) has warned that it will not allow any secessionist group such…
Police brutalize newspapers’ circulation officers in Rivers
Okafor Ifiebor/Port Harcourt In what seemed like a case of transferred aggression, officers of Rivers State Police Command have become…
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie releases new book (Read excerpt)
By Nehru Odeh Multiple award-winning writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has just released her first book in over seven years today…
Troops repel attack in Borno, kill 38 Boko Haram fighters, lose 5 soldiers
Troops of the Nigerian military successfully prevented attempts by members of Boko Haram insurgency group to attack their base in…
NFF appoints media officers for Super Eagles, Falcons
By Victor Okoye The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has announced the appointment of media officers for the nation’s men’s and…
Sokoto Assembly confirms 31-year-old Bashir Gorau as commissioner
By Muhammad Bello The Sokoto State House of Assembly on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of 31-year-old Bashir Gorau as member…
#EndSARS: Hoodlums stole 110 tractors, others in Adamawa
By Hawa Lawal Alhaji Sadiq Umar-Daware, the Chairman, North East Commodity Association (NECAS) says hoodlums who took advantage of the…
Troops kill 38 bandits, rescue 108 victims in N/West
The Defence Headquarters says troops of Operation Sahel Sanity have eliminated 38 bandits, arrested 198 others and their collaborators as…
NLC asks FG to probe states over hoarding of COVID-19 palliatives
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC on Monday asked the Federal Government to investigate state governments over hoarding of palliative provisions…
Wike rallies council chiefs, others against IPOB members in Rivers
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, is furious about activities of Biafra secessionist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB…
#EndSARS: Three die in Kogi COVID-19 warehouse loot stampede
Richard Elesho/Lokoja Kogi got its own bite of looting going on across the country on Sunday as some residents were…
Media support crucial for success of SDGs – Orelope-Adefulire
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals, Princess Adejoke Orelope- Adefulire has solicited the support of…
#EndSARS: Lekki shooting has ‘complicated matters for me’ – Tinubu
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, says last Tuesday’s alleged shooting of…
Tinubu: Why I did not use security operatives to stop arsonists at TVC, TheNation
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu on Sunday speaks on attacks on Television Continental, TVC and The…
Tinubu: The lessons of #EndSARS protests
By Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu I heavily grieve for those who have lost their lives or been injured during the…
#EndSARS: Omotola and the search for truth in time of fake news
In war, truth is the first casualty – Aeschylus …Watch and listen to what Professor Bolaji Akinyemi said in video…
#EndSARS: Okowa relaxes 48-hour curfew
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Delta Governor, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has announced a relaxation of the 48-hour curfew which began in…
All you need to know about Orange Day Campaign
By Hadiza Mohammed-Aliyu The Orange Day campaign is a day set aside by UN and its organs, including the UN…
#ENDSARS protests: APC begs protesters, opposition politicians
By Nabilu Balarabe The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday appealed to #ENDSARS protesters to embrace peace and stop the…
Curfew: Kwara Poly suspends 1st semester examinations
By Olayinka Owolewa The Management of the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, Kwara, has suspended the on-going first semester examinations. The…
7 arrested over loot of items worth over N200m from Sen. Folarin’s house
By Akeem Abas No fewer than seven persons have been arrested in connection with the invasion of Sen. Teslim Folarin’s…
Wike outlaws IPOB, places N50m ransom on its leader in Rivers
By Ayorinde Oluokun Governor Nyesom Wike on Friday announced a ban on all activities of Igbo secessionist agitator group, the…
#EndSARS: 20 stunning facts about DJ Switch
By Nehru Odeh DJ Switch, a multi-talented artiste, is the heroine of the Lekki Toll Gate Shooting. The disc jockey,…
Hoodlums razed police station located at the back of Minister’s house
By Christian Ogbonna The Police Command in Ebonyi has confirmed Thursday’s attack on Uburu Police Station in Ohaozara Local Government…
#EndSARS: 17 South-West senators condemn destruction of property
By Kingsley Okoye 17 Senators of South-West extraction in the ninth Senate have condemned the wanton destruction of public and…
#EndSARS protest in Edo hijacked by agents of political instability – Obaseki
By Kevin Okunzuwa Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo has alleged the #EndSARS protest in Edo was hijacked by agents determined…