Soldiers, Police deployed to Ekiti, Kwara amid communal clashes
Ekiti State Commissioner for Information, Taiwo Olatunbosun, said on Sunday that soldiers, police and Amotekun Corps operatives had moved in to curtail the dispute between […]
Human Interest
Army rescues 386 civilians from Sambisa forest a decade after abduction
No fewer than 386 people, mostly women and children, have been rescued by the Nigerian Army in Sambisa forest 10 years after their abduction. The […]
Poverty persists despite palliatives distribution efforts, says Ex-Adamawa SSG
A former Secretary to the Adamawa State Government, Umar Bindir, says the distribution of palliatives has failed to alleviate poverty in Nigeria. The public affairs […]
Court sentences Lagos surgeon for failed plastic surgery
justice Muhammad Liman of the Federal High Court in Lagos, on Friday, convicted and sentenced a cosmetic surgeon, Dr Anuoluwapo Adepoju, to one-year imprisonment for […]
Shock as stepmom, 23, burns children’s hands over rice plate
The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested one Rachel Geoffrey, a 23-year-old woman and resident of Federal Housing Estate, Girei, for allegedly setting fire to […]
Ogun finance director’s killers elude arrest six months after tragic incident
Six months after the murder of Taiwo Oyekanmi, the Director of Finance to the Ogun State governor’s office, security operatives are yet to arrest his […]
CUSTECH: Police rescue seven more Kogi Varsity students from abduction
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, has announced the successful rescue of seven abducted students from Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH) in […]
Nigeria Plans 10,000MW Hydropower Scheme to Boost Electricity Supply
The Federal Government of Nigeria has set a target of 10,000 megawatts through its Sustainable Power and Irrigation Project for Nigeria in collaboration with the […]
Outcry as FCTA begins demolition of Karmo market, residents express displeasure
The FCT Department of Development Control has demolished over 500 illegal structures at the popular Karmo market in the territory. The assistant director of sector […]
Landlady, husband absconds after disposing of tenant’s body in canal
A landlord, Bola Abiodun, and her husband, identified simply as Sunday, have flown their Temidire community home in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun […]
Kogi Government confirms rescue of some abducted students
Some of the abducted students of Confluence University of Science and Technology, Osara, Okene in Kogi State, have been rescued, the state government has confirmed. […]
Nigerian journalist regains freedom after advocacy by IPI Nigeria
A Nigerian journalist, Ibraheem Hamza Mohammed, was on Friday released from prison after the Nigerian National Committee of the International Press Institute (IPI Nigeria) intervened […]
Why I killed my sugar mummy – Suspect
The suspect apprehended with the homicide of Glory Akpaku at Akpoveta School in Delta State has reportedly confessed to fatally stabbing her multiple times. According […]
Ekiti State University takes stand against bullying, expels two female students for harassment
The Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology, in Ikere Ekiti, Ekiti State, has expelled two female students over the bullying of a colleague in a […]
AstraZeneca withdraws COVID-19 vaccine over ‘dangerous side effect’
The Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine is being withdrawn worldwide months after the pharmaceutical giant, admitted for the first time in court documents, that it can cause […]