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Soludo awards scholarship to real JAMB top scorer

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

By Chimezie Anaso Governor Chukwuma Soludo has offered scholarship to Miss Nkechinyere Umeh who emerged best performing candidate in the…

Opera international exhibition of Fuji music hits London this summer

Michael Adesina

3 years ago

The story will be told through fascinating archival footage of previous performances, audio installations and incredible memorabilia across the 60-year…

Ibadan woman Damilola Opeyemi ‘stabbed’ husband to death over dinner

Michael Adesina

3 years ago

Earlier, Police Prosecution, Insp. Olalekan Adegbite told the court that Damilola on July 4, at about 8.30p.m caused the death…

Bloodbath in Benin, as renewed cult rivalry claims three victims

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

The incident which occurred on Monday afternoon when the victims were gunned down, is coming barely 24 hours after the…

EFCC to arraign Stella Oduah Tuesday for alleged NYSC certificate falsification

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

Oduah, who represented Anambra North Senatorial Distinct in the 9th National Assembly, will be arraigned on an eight-count charge bordering…

How Igbo can get Nnamdi Kanu out of prison – Reno Omokri

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

Omokri, in a tweet, said using force and destroying properties in the Southeast in a bid to force government to…

42 burnt to death, properties worth N14.62bn destroyed in Lagos fire

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

Adeseye disclosed that the agency rescued a total of 177 victims alive, while 42 others were recovered dead.

Sanwo-Olu reacts to fatal Badagry road accident that claimed 15 lives

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

A commercial bus (Mazda) with registration number MUS 411 XU carrying 19 passengers and coming from Lagos, collided with a…

Exclusive Report: The Deviants of Mararaba slum

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

With its growing number of out-of-school children and unemployed youths, Mararaba, the densely populated slum in Karu Local Government Area…

Police raid camp of notorious Rivers cult kingpin ‘General Worldwide’

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

According credible source close to the Police, ‘General Worldwide' and other members of his gang on on sighting the heavily…

Black Sunday: 15 dead, eight injured as commercial bus collides with truck in Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

Oke-Osanyintolu stated that the bus driver was said to be on a high speed and driving recklessly when it lost…

Fire razes N3bn leather products, machines in Aba

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

The fire affected over 30 shops at the Mansion Zone block of Powerline Leather Products Industrial Cluster.

DSS breaks silence on purported carting away of files implicating Tinubu

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

The DSS, in a statement issued by its spokesman, Peter Afunanya, further punctured report by Peoples Gazette that Senator Abdulaziz…

Plateau imposes 24 hours curfew over deadly attacks

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

The governor earlier, during a Church service at Church of the Brethren in Nigeria (EYN), announced that 11 persons had…

Tears flow as 4-month-old baby, 13 others die on Lagos-Badagry expressway

Michael Adesina

3 years ago

Mrs Theresa Avoseh, one of those at the scene, said the people involved in the accident were returning home after…

Gov. Alia expresses sadness as terrorists attack village in Benue

Michael Adesina

3 years ago

Speaking on Sunday, Alia said he received the news of the attack with shock.

Police reject bribe, arrest Idris Ayinla in Ikoyi

Michael Adesina

3 years ago

The suspect, aged 33, alongside three other occupants were in a red Toyota Matrix with registration number EKY 638 EX,…

Hoodlums vandalise SDP office in Lokoja

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

By Thompson Yamput Hoodlums have vandalised the Kogi head office of Social Democratic Party (SDP) located on Paparanda Round about,…

Gunmen kill 9 persons, raze 6 houses in Plateau

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

By Polycarp Auta Gunmen invaded the Sabon Gari community in Mangu Local Government Area in Plateau state, killing nine persons…

15 months after: Eko Bridge re-opened, as Sanwo-Olu issues ultimatum to traders

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

The bridge was severely damaged at Apogbon section during a fire caused by illegal trading under it. The intensity of…

Tinubu, Gowon, Sanwo-Olu, Abiodun, others bid Subomi Balogun farewell

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

Otunba Balogun, who was the Olori Omoba of Ijebuland and the Asiwaju of Ijebu Christians passed on at the age…

Oba Akiolu breaks silence: ‘Gang of Lagos’ sacrilegious to our cultural heritage rights

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

The monarch, in a letter dated 28 June, 2023 asked Amazon Web Service, Greoh Studios and the film producers “to…

Police foil attempt to steal fuel from NNPC Pipeline in Lagos

Michael Adesina

3 years ago

The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Idowu Owohunwa had also visited the scene of theft.

Sit-at-home: Gunmen attack traders, raze vehicles in Imo

Michael Adesina

3 years ago

The attackers also destroyed some goods and properties of petty traders, who are mostly women.

Bauchi housewife stabs husband to death during fighting

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

By Ahmed Kaigama A 21- year- old housewife, Maimunatu Sulaiman has been arrested for allegedly stabbing her husband to death…

Isese: Emir of Ilorin fires back at Soyinka: ‘Ilorin won’t sit on keg of gunpowder’

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

The emir said that it would be of great importance for Soyinka to use his intellectual prowess to promote peaceful…

EFCC arraigns Uduaghan, one other for alleged $268,000 fraud

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

Ojo and Uduaghan were arraigned on 10 and three count charges respectively for offences bordering on fraudulent impersonation, obtaining by…

Six internet fraudsters sent to jail in Benue

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

The convicts are: Odumu Emmanuel, Audu Abdulgafar Idowu, Ikwe Daniel Adawu, Benedict Udochukwu Ezeokole, Clement David Onoja and Lawrence Ndubisi.

#EndSARS: Iloanya begins one-woman protest for missing brother

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

Popularly called Awkuzu SARS, the police unit in Anambra was notorious for extra-judicial killing of suspects and disappearance of detainees…

Lagos businessman Kennedy who circulated lover’s nude pictures on social media arrested

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

Kennedy had allegedly blackmailed the victim with her nude photos. The victim, a widow, who met Kennedy on Facebook, had…

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