Author: Ayorinde Oluokun
Aiye, Eiye cult gangs kill pregnant woman during clash in Ikorodu
By Adepote Arowojobe A 35-year-old pregnant woman, Risikat Saliman, was shot dead during a bloody clash between suspected members of…
Women Affairs Minister advocates death penalty for rapists
By Muhammad Adam Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, has advocated death penalty for rape and related offences. Tallen made…
Southwest PDP crisis: Olujimi declares support for Gov Makinde
A faction of Ekiti State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), faction, loyal to Sen. Biodun Olujimi has restated its…
Edo/Ondo elections: CJN warns tribunal judges
By Wandoo Sombo The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Tanko Muhammad, on Thursday warned against recklessness, abuse of power…
Nigerian Air Force graduates 29 new pilots
By Yahaya Isah The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) graduated additional 29 pilots, who completed their flying training at the 401Flying…
Just in: Fire consumes 5,000 card readers at Ondo INEC’s office
By Ugwu Donald At least 5000 card readers may have been consumed by fire which gutted headquarters of the Independent…
Kwara Govt. to name stadium after Rashidi Yekini
By Muhyideen Jimoh Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has pledged to immortalise late Super Eagles legend, Rashidi Yekini, by naming…
Deregulation: Nigeria will save ₦1trn annually, create jobs – Sylva
By Deji Abdulwahab Mr Timipre Sylva, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources says the Federal Government’s decision to fully…
LG Chair accused of printing ‘Fayemi 2023 posters’ reinstated
By Idowu Gabriel Ekiti House of Assembly has through a unanimous resolution reinstated the suspended Ikere Local Government Area Chairman,…
Chocolate City boss, Audu Makori, announces death of father
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Chocolate City Group boss, Audu Makori has announced the death of his father, Mallam Adamu Maikori. The entertainment…
Police: Gunmen abduct 10 residents of Abuja community
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Federal Capital Territory, FCT Police Command said its operatives had rescued five out of the 10 residents…
Payroll fraud: 80 civil servants sacked in Niger
The Niger State Government has dismissed 80 civil servants for allegedly placing themselves on salaries above their current status. Hajiya…
Illegality of the National Water Resource Bill 2020
By Femi Falana Sometime in 2017, the Buhari administration forwarded the National Water Resource Bill to both chambers of…
Police speak on IPOB members detained in Enugu
By Stanley Nwanosike Commissioner of Police, Enugu State, CP Ahmad Abdurrahman, on Thursday said the police was treating the detained…
COVID-19: Medical workers get additional N8.9bn allowance
By Joan Nwagwu The Federal Government has approved additional N8.9 billion to pay up the large chunk of the June…
Trader bags 2 years jail term for stealing carrots
By Zainab Oyekan An Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama in Jos on Thursday sentenced a 25-year-old trader, Abba…
Edo 2020: Butchers endorse Obaseki for 2nd term
By Imelda Osayande Butchers in Edo on Wednesday shutdown abattoirs, meat markets and shops in the state in solidarity for…
Gridlock: LASG to acquire 2000 units micro buses
By Adekunle Williams Dr Frederic Oladeinde, Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, says the state government plans to acquire 2000 units…
Suswam calls for probe of killing of Benue’s militant kingpin, Terwase
By Naomi Sharang The Chairman, Senate Committee on Power Gabriel Suswam has called for setting up of an independent judicial…
Another commissioner dumps Obaseki 10 days to election
By Jethro Ibileke Barely 10 days to the governorship election in Edo State, Governor Godwin Obaseki has again lost another…
Protesting electricity workers threaten to throw S-South into darkness
Okafor Ofiebor/ Port Harcourt Electricity workers have threatened to throw Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa and Cross River, the four states…
Edo: Bankers placed on high alert 10 days to election
The Benin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has asked Compliance officers of banks in the…
Controversies trail killing of wanted Benue crime kingpin, Gana
By Ayorinde Oluokun It was a controversial end for wanted Benue crime kingpin, Terwase Agwaza alias Gana on Tuesday as…
Ronaldo scores 100th goal for Portugal
Cristiano Ronaldo netted his 100th goal for Portugal in their Nations League clash away to Sweden on Tuesday. The goal…
FRSC to motorists: Pay outstanding traffic fines or risk arrest
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Zone 4 Command, has advised all traffic offenders earlier arrested but have yet to…
Edo 2020: Suit seeking Ize-Iyamu’s disqualification stalled
By Wandoo Sombo Hearing of a suit seeking to disqualify Mr Osagie Ize-iyamu from the Sept. 19 governorship election in…
Flood claims 25 lives, 51,000 houses in Jigawa – Badaru
By Abdullahi Mohammed No fewer than 25 persons killed and more than 51,000 houses destroyed by heavy rainfall in Jigawa.…
Bayelsa market fire: Victims count losses, beg for assistance
By Shedrack Frank and Nathan Nwakamma The Unified Non-Indigenes Association in Bayelsa has appealed to the state government to urgently…
Ngige: Resident Doctors had no reason to embark on strike
By Joan Nwagwu The Federal Government on Tuesday said it has already addressed six of the eight demands of striking…
Internet fraudster, native doctor arrested over rape of 6-year-old girl in Edo
By Jethro Ibileke A middle-aged man, Okehelem Oyenma, on Monday narrated how a suspected internet fraudster, otherwise known as Yahoo…