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Ondo residents protest against eight months’ outage
PHOTO: www.iroy Akure metropolis was on a lockdown on Monday as residents of Araromi communities in Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State, protested against eight months’ power outage. Youths...
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‘Bayelsa monkeypox suicide victim was father of three’
Family raises posers for hospital over his death The Monkeypox victim who committed suicide at the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital (NDUTH), Okolobiri in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, has been...
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Mysterious blue swift birds sighted in Lagos
Curious Lagosians have been reporting the sightings of the Blue Swift in Lagos which is a rarity. The Swift and its relatives form a group called Apodidae – this is a very ancient group of birds, as...
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Freemasonry celebrates 300 years of service to humanity
Taiga entering the venue of the celebration. The District Grand Lodge of Nigeria recently celebrated its 300 years of freemasonry under the United Grand Lodge, worldwide with its renewed pledge for...
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Protect yourself first, IG tells policemen
Nigeria Police Force The Inspector General of Police (IG), Ibrahim Idris, has described as embarrassing and annoying the recent kidnap of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of Sarkin Pawa,...
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Group wants FG to overhaul prison facilities, address congestion
Human rights group, Centre for the Vulnerable and Underprivileged (CENTREP) in Delta State, has lamented the worsening conditions of prisons in the state and across the country. The group has...
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ECWA hospital disowns employee over alleged child trafficking
Addressing a press conference yesterday, the director of the Christian missionary clinic insisted that the buying and selling of human parts, which Itohan was accused of, was criminal under the extant...
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Kidnapped politician found dead in Delta State
A member of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) from Ogwashi-Uku community, Mr. Emeka Chimokwu, who was recently kidnapped, has been found dead. The deceased’s decomposing body was discovered in a...
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Police arraign three soldiers, others for alleged armed robbery
Ibrahim Idris, Inspector General of Police. • Man in court over missing cooking pot at Ibadan Poly Policemen attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Lagos State command on Wednesday...
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Many feared burnt as fuel tanker explodes
Scene of the accident on Lagos-Ibadan expressway • Truck drivers protest against alleged killing of member, block Abuja-Lokoja road Many were yesterday evening feared charred in a horrifying inferno...
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Special court to prosecute Bayelsa payroll fraud
Gov Seriake Dickson Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa has authorised the establishment of a special court to fast-track the prosecution of those indicted in the payroll fraud in the state civil...
View ArticleGovernor Ikpeazu lifts curfew in Aba
Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia has lifted the 10p.m. to 6a.m. curfew imposed on Aba on Sept. 12, as a result of improved security situation in the commercial city. Ikpeazu via a statement issued in...
View ArticleNigerian police arrest four after Britons kidnapped
Four people have been arrested in connection with the kidnapping of four British nationals in southern Nigeria, police said on Thursday. The Britons, including a husband and wife from a Christian...
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Director hangs self in Kogi
A director in the Kogi State civil service, Mr Edward Soje has allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself on a tree in Lokoja, the state capital . News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered on Saturday...
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15 customers convicted for tampering with electricity materials
Electricity Metres Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JED), yesterday, said 15 customers had been convicted for tampering and bypassing electricity metres in its states of operation; Plateau,...
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Council boss empowers parents of triplets with cash, work tools
Kayode Omiyale • Another seeks laws to protect public infrastructure The chairman of Yaba Local Council, Kayode Omiyale, has appealed to philanthropic organisations and kindhearted individuals to...
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Foundation builds N600m housing estate for IDPs
Dr Muhammadu Indimi The Muhammadu Indimi Foundation, a humanitarian organisation founded by the chairman of Oriental Energy Resources Limited, Dr. Muhammadu Indimi, has announced the construction of a...
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Body of suicide victim recovered in Lagos lagoon
Marine Police Emergency workers yesterday recovered the body of Adekunle Oluseyi, the man who removed his clothes and jumped into the lagoon on Friday. He was recovered on Sunday morning by officials...
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Police seal premises, in search of estate agent
The police have begun a manhunt for an estate agent, simply identified as Engineer Bayo, and his accomplice, one Maleek, at large for allegedly defrauding some people of renting an apartment, situated...
View ArticleNavy parades suspected oil thief
In continuation of its fight against oil theft and other crimes on the waterways, Nigerian Navy Ship Jubilee, Ikot Abasi, in Akwa Ibom State has paraded and handed over a 42-year-old Mr. Ishaya Musa...
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