Police harassing us, seizing our belongings, UNIPORT students allege
Some students of the University of Port Harcourt have accused operatives of the Rivers State Police Command of constantly harassing them, breaking into their rooms and carting away their belongings in...
View ArticleImproving living conditions in Lagos
A new survey on living conditions in the world’s major cities has put a damper on claims to top-notch megacity status for Lagos, Nigeria’s premier city, by the eponymous state government. The Global...
View ArticleSoldiers, police, Amotekun hunt bandits over killing of Ondo farmer’s children
Some men suspected to be bandits, on Wednesday, attacked the home of a farmer, simply identified as Dele, in Ajowa Akoko, Akoko North-West Local Government Area of Ondo State, kidnapped his two sons...
View ArticleNigeria becoming killing field, failed state, says Okogie
The emeritus Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, Cardinal Anthony Okogie, has lamented the insecurity in the country, saying the country is becoming a killing field. Okogie, at his 85th...
View ArticleMy wife was crying, guests shocked as Benin marriage Registrar was no where...
Abel Ugiagbe and his wife, Avuwa Marian, whose wedding was expected to take place at the Federal Marriage Registry in Benin, Edo State, on May 28, 2021, but failed to hold and whose ordeal went viral...
View ArticleFG borrowed N1.3tn in four years to subsidise power consumers, firms – W’Bank
The Federal Government has borrowed a total of N1.3tn since 2017 to ensure that generation companies and gas suppliers received enough payments to continue generating electricity, the World Bank has...
View ArticleKano civil servant flee, another arrested over employment scam
An employee of the Kano State Agency for Mass Education, Tijjani Alaramma, has fled, while his colleague, Abubakar Jibril, 33, has been arrested by the state command of the Nigeria Security and Civil...
View ArticleDoctor laments as car disappears in Abuja market
An Abuja-based medical doctor, Gabriel Adedoyin, has urged the police to help find his car following its disappearance from the Tako Market in the Federal Capital Territory. The 25-year-old doctor and...
View ArticleAmaechi blames N’Assembly for Ibadan-Kano rail project delay
THE Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has thanked President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan; and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, for stopping an investigation of...
View ArticleWike decries herdsmen’s attacks, prepares anti-open grazing bill
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has said he is sending an anti-open grazing bill to the State Assembly to give legal backing to the ban on open grazing in the state and to protect farmers...
View ArticleT.B. Joshua: A prophet like no other
The history of religion is full of upstarts who started out making dubious claims of divine revelation but ended up shaping history in profound ways. The late Prophet TB Joshua of the Synagogue Church...
View ArticleHigh poverty: Experts back W’Bank, fault Buhari, agency compiles list
• Nigerians paying less than production cost, says World Bank • Fund used for gas payment, settling collection shortfalls – FG The Federal Government on Wednesday said it was compiling a list of...
View ArticleUzodinma advocates additional state in South-East
THE Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, has made a case for an additional state for the south- East. Uzodinma spoke during a public hearing organized by the House of Representatives Committee On...
View ArticleNYSC asks drivers to obey rules
The National Youth Service Corps on Wednesday advised its drivers to always abide by safe driving protocols while on the highways. The organisation also urged them to pay due attention to the condition...
View ArticleRape: You can’t probe case in court, ex-lawmaker tells Ekiti
A medical practitioner and former member, Ekiti State House of Assembly, Dr Samuel Omotoso, said on Thursday that he was not afraid of being prosecuted for the alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl....
View ArticleCourt stops Ondo from investigating CJ over viral video
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, restrained the Ondo State Government from investigating the state’s Chief Judge, Justice Oluwatoyin Akeredolu, over a viral video made by a citizen of the...
View ArticleCholera cases rising in seven states, says NCDC
The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, has said no fewer than seven states are currently recording increasing cases of cholera. Ihekweazu, in an interview...
View ArticleOhanaeze, PANDEF demand review of polling units distribution
THE apex Igbo Socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has rejected the allocation of Polling Units by the Independent National Electoral Commission, to states in Southern Nigeria. It said the...
View ArticleJegede’ll be defeated in Supreme Court, says Akeredolu
The Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, has said he will defeat his political opponent, Mr Eyitayo Jegede of the Peoples Democratic Party, if the latter proceed to the Supreme Court to challenge...
View ArticleNCS isolates Atuche, Anyanwu over COVID-19, convicts plan appeal
A former Managing Director of the defunct Bank PHB, Francis Atuche, and the bank’s Chief Financial Officer, Ugo Anyanwu, have been put into isolation by the Nigerian Correctional Service, Lagos State...
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