Police arrest Nollywood actress, Mercy Aigbe in Osun
Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase Some policemen attached to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Osogbo, Osun State, yesterday arrested a popular Nollywood actress, Mercy Aigbe, for...
View Article‘Sweet daddy, please appear to me in my dream’
Fayose receiving bodies of the six Ekiti doctors This was the short simple request of Jesutomisin, daughter of Dr. Tunde Aladesanmi, one of the six medical personnel that died at the weekend on the...
View ArticleEleven PDP govs to attend Ekiti’s commissioning of projects
Fayose Ekiti State government has said that today’s commissioning ceremony of the Adunni Olayinka Women Development Centre and some other projects initiated and completed by Governor Ayodele Fayose-led...
View ArticleTears as Ekiti inters four more medical doctors
Fayose receiving bodies of the six Ekiti doctors It was mourning galore yesterday when three remains of the departed medical doctors as well as their driver who lost their lives while heading for a...
View ArticleBayelsa House passes child rights bill into law
Nigerian School Children The Bayelsa State House of Assembly, yesterday, passed the Child Rights Bill into law. The bill, tagged “Bayelsa Child Rights Protection Law 2016, aims to protect rights of...
View ArticleSuspected vessel hijacker declared wanted
The suspect, Charles Parker The Nigerian Navy has declared one Charles Ekpemefumor, AKA Charles Parker, wanted for allegedly masterminding the hijack of Merchant Tanker (MT) Maximus off the Cote D’...
View ArticleEarly morning rain floods Lagos
The heavy downpour, which started around 4:30a.m. yesterday morning flooded most part of Lagos metropolis and key business districts. Vehicles were practically floating on water while those walking,...
View ArticleCustoms, FAAN officials fight at Lagos Airport
Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria An official of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) attached to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos yesterday clashed with an official of the Federal...
View Article‘Lekki Gardens building collapse dead victims were Beninoise’
The management of Lekki Gardens has cleared the air on the casualty figure that resulted from the recent collapse of a building in one of their estates, saying that the 35 people that died during the...
View Article‘Why child defilement cases increase’
On Monday, a 48-year-old trader, who allegedly defiled two under-age daughters of his co-tenants, was charged before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The accused, Peter Nwake, who resides at...
View ArticleTunji Braithwaite used his talents to fight injustice, says Ademowo
Ondo State Governor, Olusegun Mimiko(right) Sen. Ben Obi (left); Chief Ayo Adebanjo; Deputy Governor, Ogun State, Yetunde Onanuga and Otunba Femi Pedro at the event • Ademowo calls for national rebirth...
View ArticleKoko, 37, needs N4.5m for kidney transplant
Koko in hospital bed Thirty-Seven-Year –Old Koko Rosemary needs N4.5 million for kidney transplant. According to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital’s Medical Report No: 344148 signed by Dr....
View ArticlePlanning your retirement
Planning your retirement is a book on retirement ethics and etiquette. It is a workman’s manual on what he needs to do to prepare for his graceful retirement in old age. Written by Babatunde Raimi, a...
View ArticleBayelsa-owned varsity lecturers down tools over unpaid salaries
Gov. Seriake Dickson Following inability by the Governor Seriake Dickson-led administration in Bayelsa State to pay over six months of salary arrears, the Niger Delta University branch of the Academic...
View ArticleGov. Ugwuanyi constitutes commission of inquiry into invasion of Nimbo community
Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has constituted a commission of inquiry into the April 25 invasion of Nimbo community by suspected herdsmen that left scores of people dead. Ugwuanyi made the...
View ArticleEnugu remains PDP stronghold - Ekweremadu
Ekweremadu The Deputy President of the Senate, Chief Ike Ekweremadu, has said that Enugu State will remain a stronghold of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) despite challenges faced by the party....
View ArticleEl-Rufa’i promises to end kidnapping in Kaduna
Gov. Nasir El-Rufa’i of Kaduna State has promised to end incessant cases of kidnapping to guarantee the safety of lives and property of the citizens in the state. El-Rufa’i made the promise on...
View ArticleGunmen kidnap paramount ruler’s pregnant wife in Akwa Ibom
Gunmen No fewer than 10 unknown gunmen on Friday night kidnapped the pregnant wife of Ubong Assam, the paramount ruler of Esit Eket in Akwa Ibom. The gunmen also abducted the four children of the...
View ArticleSoldier allegedly shot dead bride's mother in Delta
AK-47 Tragedy struck on Saturday morning as a mother of a bride was allegedly shot dead by a soldier at the Ekpan Junction, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta. The deceased was on her way to the...
View ArticleResumption: Students' compliance with conditions impresses Unilag management
UNILAG The management of the University of Lagos, Akoka, says it is impressed with the level of students’ compliance with the conditions laid out for their reabsorption into the campus. This is...
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