By Temitope Mosadomi Residents of Oriire Local Government in Oyo State have been thrown into mourning over the death of three monarchs from the area on Friday night. The trio died in an auto crash involving a Benz E230 with registration number Olodogbo and a commercial Scania Truck with Continue Reading
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In response to the recent tragedy in Danmusa Local Government Area, the Katsina State government has taken steps to aid the families affected by the bandit attacks.Over N50 million so far has been disbursed as support to both the families of security personnel and civilians who suffered during the onslaught across the state. During the […]Continue Reading
The Niger State Emergency Management Agency has said that nine bodies were recovered from a boat accident that occurred in Shiroro Local Government Area of the state. The Head of Relief and Rehabilitation in NSEMA, Alhaji Salihu Garba, disclosed this in an interview in Minna on Sunday. Recall that 10 persons were confirmed dead in […]Continue Reading
By Folake Oye Property worth millions of naira was destroyed in an inferno on Saturday at Oja tuntun in Ile-Ife, Osun State. Speaking with newsmen, the Spokesperson of the Osun state fire service, Mr Adekunle Ibrahim said the firemen got a distress call from a resident living near the market around midnight. Mr Ibrahim said […]Continue Reading
Abiodun Adeoye The Management of Radio Nigeria, Gold FM Ilesa has presented an award of honour to the first Church that partnered the station. Presenting the award to the Church of Christ, Oke-Ola, Ilesa, the General Manager of the station, Mr Dokun Ladele said the church was recognized for its unwavering support and continuous patronage […]Continue Reading
A fatal crash involving a Mazda bus and a Howo Sino truck on Friday, at the Kara area of Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, has left two people dead while ten were injured. The Spokesperson for Ogun State Sector Command of Federal Road Safety Corps, Florence Okpe, made this known in a statement. Okpe said that the suspected […]Continue Reading
The Benue State Police Command has rescued a pastor and a member of his church who were accused by some youths of harvesting somebody’s organ at Kanshio New Layout, Makurdi. Some youths in Makurdi, capital city of Benue State had beaten up a pastor of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry aka Deeper Life Bible […]Continue Reading
By Oluwatoyin Adegoke Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo and the leader of the Diasporan delegation to motherland Africa, Dr Julius Garvey have concluded arrangements to pick Badagry, Lagos State, as the location for the establishment of the World Africa Slave Trade Museum. The Agreement was reached during a meeting held at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Continue Reading
By Oluwatoyin Adegoke The remains of the late Mrs Dorothy Opatunji have been laid to rest with a charge on Christians to avoid stockpiling materials resources and earthly treasures, but to invest in developing humanity. The Dean, Cathedral Of St Peter, Ake, Abeokuta, the Venerable Samuel Omidiji gave the charge in a sermon at the […]Continue Reading
The Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has clarified the incident earlier reported as an assassination attempt on him, which was widely reported on social media, saying it was a minor disagreement between the security details attached to him and some military personnel providing security on the road. In an interview granted to the press […]Continue Reading
The Management of the National Youth Service Corps says it has secured the release of one of the seven female prospective corps members abducted in Zamfara. This was made known in a press statement by NYSC spokesperson, Eddy Megwa, on Saturday. According to the statement, the said female corps member was rescued on Friday night […]Continue Reading
A pathologist at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Prof. Sunday Shoyemi, on Friday, told a Lagos state High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square that the death of a 22-year-old fashion designer named Oluwabamise Ayanwole, was caused by a force blunt trauma on the head. Shoyemi said the death was ascribed to craniocerebral […]Continue Reading
Abubakar Bukola Saraki (ABS) Foundation has paid off the hospital bill of a Nigerian actor and comedian Mr John Okafor popularlly known as Mr Ibu. Mr Ibu in a video posted on his official Instagram page told Nigerians about his health condition on October 18, soliciting for financial aid. The ABS foundation established by Former […]Continue Reading
Nigerian skitmaker, Adebowale Adedeyo popularly known as Mr Macaroni, and other Nigerians gathered at Lekki Tollgate in Lagos on Friday, to mark the third anniversary of the shootings that happened during the #EndSARS protest on October 20, 2020. Meanwhile, there was a heavy presence of police officers at the Lekki tollgate. Lagos State Commissioner of […]Continue Reading
The Kwara State Government has said that it will pay the medical bills of the seven victims of the Nigerian Correctional Service Vehicle accident which occurred at Oja Oba roundabout, Ilorin on Thursday. The government gesture was contained in a statement issued by the state Hospitals Management Board and jointly signed by the Press Secretary […]Continue Reading
A 20-year-old student of the University of Ilorin, Sanni Hameedat, reportedly committed suicide after lending a boy she met on the social media platform, Snapchat, the sum of N500,000. According to Rubiks, the private hostel management she resided in before her demise, Hameedat was undergoing her SIWES programme before the incident happened. The Management asserted […]Continue Reading
By Adenitan Akinola Two women have been reported dead following the collapse of a building used as a church in Ikirun, the headquarters of Ifelodun Local Government Area of Osun State. According to findings, the deceased were among the four victims trapped under the debris while the building collapsed on Wednesday evening. It was gathered […]Continue Reading
The Lagos State Government says it has suspended its planned mass burial of the 103 corpses recovered in the wake of the October 2020 #EndSARS protest. The Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso, told newsmen on Monday that the planned mass burial had been suspended, following the controversy generated by the […]Continue Reading
Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested a 21-year-old man identified as Ononomeh Badamasi over the circumstances surrounding the death of a 52-year-old man, Orumidayo Awolowo, who went to demand money owed him. The incident was said to have happened in the Ogbeh community, Igarra Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of the state. The […]Continue Reading
By Dayo Adu Federal Commissioner National Population Commission NPC, in charge of Oyo State Dr. Eyitayo Oyetunji, has called on residents in Oyo State to register the death of their loved ones with the Commission. Dr. Oyetunji made the call when he led officials of the commission in the state to pay homage to the […]Continue Reading
The Lagos High Court Sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square on Lagos Island, on Monday, sentenced the suspended Assistant Superintendent of Police, Drambi Vandi, who killed a Lagos-based lawyer, Mrs. Omobolanle Raheem, to death by hanging. Justice Ibironke Harrison sentenced the ASP after finding him guilty of the murder of the pregnant lawyer. Harrison held […]Continue Reading
Farmlands, domestic animals and residential buildings worth millions of naira have been swept away by flood in the Mayo Selbe community of Gashaka Local Government Area of Taraba State. The flood is sequel to a heavy downpour which lasted for hours Friday night. This is the first time the area has witnessed such a natural […]Continue Reading
By Lilian Ibomor Speakers at a symposium held in Ibadan have described sexual disorders such as Lesbianism, Gay, Bisexuality and Transgender as abnormal behaviour which must be checked. The symposium, which had the theme “LGBTQ: Perspectives” is an annual event by the doctor’s arm of the Christian Medical and Dental Association of Nigeria, Oyo State Continue Reading
Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority,LASTMA, on Wednesday, said it rescued an Asthmatic patient and a driver in a car accident at Ajala inward Abule Egba, Lagos State. This was contained in a statement issued by its Public Relations Officer, Adebayo Taofiq. According to the statement, an official of LASTMA, Ogunjobi, who led […]Continue Reading
A middle-aged man suspected to be a manhood thief was caught and beaten to a stupor in Lokoja, Kogi state According to an eyewitness account, Idris Abubakar, the incident happened on Tuesday when the suspect visited a shop behind Dunamis Church in Lokoja to buy bread. The sources added that confusion started when the shop […]Continue Reading