By Onozure Dania – Lagos An Ebute- Metta, Magistrate court, sitting in Oyingbo, on Wednesday, remanded six men, over alleged armed robbery and robbery of N10,000. The defendants are Jamiu Babangida 27, Suleimon Lateef 22, Umar Mohammed 25, Nasiru Sanni 23, Sodiq Mohammed 24, and Rabiu Adam 20. They were remanded on a two-count charge […]

A middle-aged man, Babangida Eluemuno, has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a trader at Onitsha main market to death at his residence, 9 Agba Street, Inland Town, Onitsha, Anambra State. The deceased, Arinze Omeh, a teenager from the Enugwu-Ezike community in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State, was allegedly stabbed to death following […]

Italian police said Wednesday they had seized a 14-tonne haul of amphetamines made by the Islamic State group in Syria, calling it the biggest seizure of such drugs in the world. The drug, in the form of around 84 million Captagon tablets hidden inside industrial goods within containers, was worth about one billion euros ($1.12 […]

Ola Ajayi – Ibadan Several residents of Ibadan, the capital city of Oyo State were rendered homeless when their areas were flooded during a downpour that lasted many hours on Tuesday. Except for the casualty figure that was minimal, the flooding was similar to the deadly one that happened in 2011. Though two riders on […]

By Davies Iheamnachor PORT HARCOURT: The immediate family of the Late King of Akpor Kingdom, in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, His Royal Majesty, King Anele Orlu Oriebe, who was alleged to have died of Covid-19 has pleaded with the government of the state to release bones of the late king for proper […]

The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) says 172 Nigerian evacuated from Uganda and Kenya arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at about 10:20 am local time on Wednesday. The commission disclosed this in a statement by Mr Gabriel Odu of its Media, Public Relations, and Protocol Unit. He said that the evacuees arrived […]

The Federal Government borrowed N1.54 trillion from domestic investors through bond auctions conducted by the Debt Management Office (DMO) in the first half of the year (H1’2020).

Palpable Fear has been reported among Ondo state commissioners, top politicians as Gov Akeredolu tests Positive for COVID-19. 

Bayelsa has recorded two additional COVID-19 related deaths and seven new infections as announced by the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

Delta State Governor Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, and wife, Edith, on Wednesday, tested positive to COVID-19.