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‘A child that is strapped is a child that is saved’

Organisation advocates strapping to save children in moving vehicles Though the figure might be higher but facts emerging that over 57 children below the age of 10 have been victims of avoidable...

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Ilaro youths protest against killing of motorcyclist

Chaotic scene in Ilaro Suspected killer cop to be arraigned in court today Ilaro, headquarters of Yewa South local council of Ogun State yesterday boiled as youths of the town embarked on a violent...

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Ota area command peaceful, says police commissioner

Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Abdulmajid Ali The Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Abdulmajid Ali, has described Ota Area Command as one of the most peaceful commands in the state, noting...

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Over nine feared dead in ghastly Lagos accident

It was a bloody morning yesterday, as an 18-seater mass transit bus was involved in a fatal accident on Ikorodu Road just by Agip bus stop. According to eyewitnesses present at the scene of the...

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Oil magnate donates edifice to Ikere Ekiti palace

The ancient town of Ikere-Ekiti came alive, as an oil and shipping magnate, Otunba Sola Adewumi and his wife, Oluwakemi donated a multimillion naira building to the community. The expansive building,...

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Electricity workers protest against Assembly deputy speaker

Electricity distribution Electricity workers in Kaduna, under the aegis of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) protested the alleged arrest and torture on Wednesday of some of the...

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MASSOB/BIM protests intimidation, harassment

Members of the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra/Biafra Independence Movement (MASSOB/BIM), in Isiala Mbano, Imo State, protested what they called ‘incessant harassment and...

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Synagogue has no structural engineer - witness tells court

A Prosecution witness, Dr Olusegun Oyenuga has narrated to a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja that the collapsed seven-storey building belonging to the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) had no...

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Bello gives benchmark of N9B monthly revenue to state Revenue Board

Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello has set a benchmark of N9 billion as the monthly Internally Generated Revenues (IGR) FOR to the state’s Board of Internal Revenue...

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Police release list of successful Lagos indigenes for employment

The Nigerian Police Force has released a list of successfully screened indigenes of Lagos State that applied for recruitment into the Police Force. A statement signed by the Secretary to the State...

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Foreign firm to establish multi-billion naira factory in Ogun

  PHOTO: dilemma-x.net A foreign manufacturing company, DAG Motorcycle Industry Nigeria Limited is set to establish a multi-billion-naira company in Ogun State. The company is to manufacture a...

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Splinter group emerges in Kaduna APC

The crisis in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State deepened at the weekend, as a splinter group, APC-Akida emerged with the Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Shehu...

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Southern governors’ wives laud Lagos achievements

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (7th right); Deputy Governor, Dr. (Mrs.) Oluranti Adebule (6th left), in a group photograph with Southern Governors’ Wives’ Forum during a courtesy visit to...

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Group condemns killing of protesters in Onitsha

The Igbo Ekunie Initiative (IEI), comprised of individuals in Nigeria and the Diaspora have condemned the alleged massacre of members of  the Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) and Movement for the...

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Oba Erediauwa: Traditional council bans cooking with fire tomorrow

Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo Erediauwa The Benin Traditional Council (BTC) yesterday announced that as part of the burial rites of the late Oba of Benin, Oba Erediauwa, there would be no cooking...

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Police warn Borno residents against accepting food, drinks from strangers

The Borno State Police Commissioner, Samaila Aminchi Baraya yesterday warned residents of the state against accepting food and drinks from strangers. Baraya said the police have discovered that...

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BEDC attributes low generation to poor power supply

Power …as Oshiomhole gives disco 48 hours to restore light communities The Benin Electricity Distribution (BEDC) has attributed the degenerating level of electricity supply in Edo, Delta, Ondo and...

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Osun Muslim students can wear hijab to school, court rules

An Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo has granted the request of the Muslim community in the state to allow female Muslim students to wear veil (hijab) in public primary and secondary schools in...

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Niger Delta group slams ex-militant leader over Dickson statement

Gov Seriake Dickson A Niger Delta group under the aegis of the Niger Delta Youth Forum, (NYDF), has slammed the founder of the Niger Delta ex-agitators, Israel Akpodoro, who accused the Bayelsa State...

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Ambode denies kidnap attempt on mother

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode Lagos State Government has described as untrue reports of an attempted kidnap attack on the governor’s mother, Mrs. Christiana Ambode, in her Gbagada home, noting...

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