‘I don’t know why I killed my madam...’
The suspect Tanko Abdulateef Police to charge killer of Lekki businesswoman to court The 22-year-old suspected murderer, Abdulateef Tanko, from Taraba State, who allegedly killed her employer, a...
View ArticleNo dirge for victims of Synagogue building collapse, two years on
The collapsed guesthouse... Church keeps mum on remembrance • Hoteliers bemoan losses It is exactly two years since 116 people died at the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), Lagos, when one of...
View ArticleLow-key celebration amid high cost of food items in Delta
Muslim faithful in Delta State yesterday celebrated the Eid-el-Kabir in a seemingly desolate environment with high cost of food items. With few tricycle riders in Asaba and its environs; and...
View ArticleIsoko union, Adjogbe mourn Ibru
Olorogun Michael Christopher Onajirhevbe Ibru Isoko Development Unioin (IDU) and the Executive Director of Projects (EDP) nominee of the Niger Delta Development Cocmmission (NDDC), Samuel Ajenakevwe...
View ArticleSecurity beefed up in Plateau State
Security operatives Security operatives in Plateau State have assured residents of the state of peaceful and hitch-free Sallah celebrations. Commander, Operations Safe Haven (OPSH), Maj.-Gen. Rogers...
View ArticleAjiboye urges Nigerians to return to God
Rev. Dare Ajiboye The General Secretary, The Bible Society of Nigeria, Rev. Dare Ajiboye has called on Nigerians to return back to God by obeying His Word. This, according to him, is the solution to...
View ArticleSaraki, Lai Mohammed pray in Ilorin
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed Unlike last year when missiles were hauled at some dignitaries at the Muslim Central Praying Ground in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital during Sallah,...
View ArticleBusinessman docked for allegedly stealing three ATM cards in Delta
ATM cards A thirty-eight-year-old businessman identified as Christian Enebeli is currently standing trial for allegedly stealing three Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards of different banks in Asaba,...
View ArticleCancerous facial swelling threatens Nancy’s life
Nancy Ukaha Seventeen-year-old Nancy Donald Ukaha is in dire straits over a life-threatening disease, Psamomatoide juvenile ossifying lipoma, which she has been nursing for the past 12 years. Nancy,...
View ArticleA dour Eid-el-Kabri celebration
Otunba of Itire, Tajudeen Odubiyi (left); Onitire of Itire, Oba Lateef Abayomi Akanbi Dauda, Chief Imam of Itire, Alhaji Kazeem Onipele Saheed and Chief Rasaq Dauda at Ansar- Ud-Deen Mosque Praying...
View ArticleResidents flee Kaduna community as tremors persist
Incident not unusual, low data hindering analysis, say experts Residents of Koi community in Jaba Local Government Area of Kaduna State have begun fleeing their homes, as Sunday’s tremors continued...
View ArticleNo faction in Ondo PDP, says Jegede, governor candidate
Eyitayo Jegede Party chief faults emergence of Jimoh Ibrahim The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Ondo State, Eyitayo Jegede (SAN), has dismissed reports that there are...
View ArticleFire razes building in Lagos, kills octogenarian
The burnt buildingAn early morning fire yesterday razed a building at No. 5, Aborishade Close, Lawanson area of Lagos State and burnt an octogenarian, Mr. Godwin Oyia, to death.The incident, sources...
View ArticleAt Eid-el-Kabir, fun-seekers besiege recreational parks in Lagos, Oyo states
Shoppers at ShopriteFun seekers yesterday besieged recreational parks in the Lagos metropolis. The Shoprite outlets in Ikeja and Lekki witnessed a large turnout of Lagosians, who trooped out to...
View ArticleRRS arrests alleged notorious inter-state Okada robber
Operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command, at the weekend arrested one Jamiu Bello, 26, who allegedly specialises in motorcycle theft, across all the southwestern...
View ArticleTwo die, nine injured as Ogun lawmaker’s car crashes into commercial vehicle
Two persons were confirmed dead and nine others seriously injured in an accident yesterday at Onipepeiye village in the Obafemi-Owode, on the Abeokuta-Sagamu Expressway in Ogun State. The accident...
View ArticleMan arrested with N31m drugs
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it has arrested a man with parcels of methamphetamine (an addictive stimulant) valued at N31 million at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport...
View ArticleEdo PDP alleges ploy to manipulate re-scheduled poll
Edo state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has alleged that the rescheduled Governorship election now slated for September 28 by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was...
View ArticleMilitants surrender weapons in Imo
Scores of armed men suspected to be militants in Ohaji/Egbema region in Imo State, yesterday surrendered their weapons to the government. The suspected militants who surrendered at the Government...
View ArticleAggrieved patients protest against hospital’s incessant workers’ strike
Aggrieved patients at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Asaba, Delta State yesterday protested against continued incessant industrial actions of the hospital’s workers, especially medical doctors. They...
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