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‘ They attacked us with machetes, stones...’
One of the vehicles destroyed by the suspects Commercial motorcycle operators, task force clash in Lagos The operatives of the Lagos State Task Force encountered clashed with some motorcyclists plying...
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PDP chieftain warns against external influence in crisis
Niran Sule-Akinsuyi A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Niran Sule-Akinsuyi, has warned against allowing external influence to increase the crisis rocking the party’s leadership....
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Four arraigned over alleged cable theft at Eko Atlantic
The suspects The police have arraigned four men at an Igbosere Magistrate’s Court, Lagos for allegedly stealing diesel and cable wire belonging to Eko Atlantic Company, Lagos. The suspects, Samuel...
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Two dead, others injured in Uyo kerosene explosion
One of the victims in hospital bed A bang resulting from the suspected use of adulterated kerosene has killed two children and left three others, including a three-month-old baby severely burnt in Akwa...
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‘I’m only after my money...’
The suspects. PHOTO: ODITA SUNDAY Hotelier arrested for recruiting young girls into prostitution in Lagos The Lagos State Police command has arrested a 33-year-old Victor Obano, an hotelier, for...
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Banker donates food items to motherless children
Mr Stanley Acho with the children during his vist A banker with the United Bank of Africa (UBA), Stanley Acho, has donated some food items to the the Ijamido Children’s home, Ogun State. Acho, during...
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Agency mounts media programme on Lassa fever in Bauchi
The Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency says it has mounted programmes in the media to educate the people on Lassa fever as farm produce returns home from farmlands. The Chairman of the...
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Family of teenager found dead in pool, suspects foul play
The family of 19-year-old Joshua Bello, who was found dead in a swimming pool at the weekend, has cried out for justice, insisting he was murdered. Bello had gone to Adeniyi Jones, Ikeja on Saturday...
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Rotary Clubs walk to kick polio out of Nigeria
Dr. Wale Ogunbadejo (fifth left, Ramesh Lawal, Afeez Aiyetoro (aka Saka), a polio victim, Jubril Musa, Dr. Tunji Funsho, Dr. Mike Omotosho, Tunde Ojo, two other polio victims: Amidu Zakari (sitting...
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Ogomudia, Omu, others eulogise Egbuwoku as street is named after him
Senator Omu consoling with Egbuwoku family membersThe whip of the House of Representatives in the Second Republic under the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) and philanthropist, the late Chief Tom U.B.T....
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Bulldozers roar ... and shop owners mourn
Some of the demolished shopsRumpus in Ejigbo as Lagos State government demolishes 3,000 structures in Jakande Estate Operatives of the Lagos State Building Investment Corporation (LSBIC), yesterday...
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Anambra bans illegal mining, to recruit 200 disabled persons
Mining Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano has banned illegal mining and extraction of solid minerals in the state. The ban was announced by the governor yesterday while receiving a delegation from...
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Resist being used to cause trouble, youths task Ibrahim
Jimoh Ibrahim A pan-African organisation of youths, ONDO Young Leaders in Diaspora, has warned the factional candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Jimoh Ibrahim, against selling the...
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Seaman’s Schnapps upholds culture at Olojo festival in Osun State
Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja ll with his Chiefs in Council pouring libation and also commending Seaman’s Schnapps for supporting the Olojo Festival in Ile-Ife, Seaman’s Schnapps, from the stable...
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Man jailed six months for vandalising BRT buses
Two men, Oladipo Omolewo and Michael Sunday, who allegedly broke into the BRT Bus premises at Ojota, Lagos to steal vehicle parts, were yesterday brought before an Ogudu Magistrate’s Court, Lagos...
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Lalong orders closure of schools preventing pupils’ immunisation
PHOTO: NAN Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State has ordered the closure of any school that denies pupils access to polio immunisation. The governor, represented by his deputy, Prof. Sonni Tyoden,...
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Abayomi urges INEC to disqualify Oke
OkeCandidate pledges to develop riverine communities The runner-up in the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s primary, Dr. Tunji Abayomi, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to...
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Hoodlums attack courts, cart away case files in Benue
High Court Heavily armed hoodlums in the early hours of yesterday invaded three law courts in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, carting away case files and other items. The criminals who invaded High...
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Senator deplores disbandment of polls tribunal
Athan Achonu Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senator, Athan Achonu, has condemned what he called the unceremonious disbandment of the National and State Houses of Assembly Election Tribunal for Imo...
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Justice Saulawa chairs Appeal Court’s new panel on PDP crises
• Northeast leaders endorse Jegede The President, Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, has constituted a fresh panel to handle all appeals relating to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the...
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