…raises contribution to emblem appeal fund by 100% The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has assured members of the Edo State chapter of the Nigerian Legion, that his administration will enlist the corps in the state’s security architecture. The governor disclosed this at the launch of the Emblem Appeal Fund for the 2020 Armed […]

By Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja At least N21 million worth of furniture was on Sunday night burnt to ashes when fire razed the ‘City Furniture’ section of the Kugbo Furniture Market in Nyanya, Abuja. The inferno which destroyed 39 shops was said to have started some minutes before midnight, when the market had already closed. […]

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday declined the application filed by the former chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, requesting the court to reject documented evidence presented against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Okon Abang, who ruled on the matter, said the defendant was not […]

Shina Abubakar – Osogbo An Ile-Ife Magistrate Court in Osun state on Monday remanded one Ibraheem Muhammed, 45, in correctional centre over alleged conversion of 22 live cows kept in his care. The charge sheet disclosed that the accused person converted 22 live cows valued N33 million kept in his care by one Professor Olawoyin […]

By Shina Abubakar One Mutiu Adekunle, 27, was reported dead after the deceased and his friend drank herbal mixture allegedly given to him by a cleric, Nureini Sulaiman. It was gathered that the other victim, Olayiwola Opeyemi, 25, was hospitalized and responding to treatment. It was gathered that the duo drank the mixture given to […]

…Says the Story remains another feeble round of mere shadow- chasing that that will amount to nothing By Henry Umoru Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo- Agege, All Progressives Congress, APC, Delta Central yesterday said that he was tried by the State Bar Court of the State of California, Los Angeles, USA in […]

Governor not politicising  projects, says Monarch By Rotimi Ojomoyela – Ado Ekiti The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, on Monday assured that his administration would spread development across all the 133 towns and other villages, in fulfilment of the  social contracts he signed with Ekiti residents, in spite of acute shortage of funds. […]

Says they are under maintenance — Govt Dayo Johnson – Akure Indications emerged that the Ondo state government has suspended the operation of the free shuttle buses for public secondary school students introduced by the immediate past administration in the state. For the second week running after resumption for the 2019/2020 second term, the students […]

By James Ogunnaike The Bishop of the Diocese Ijebu South-west, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) Rt. Rev. Babatunde Ogunbanwo has warned the southwest governors not to allow “sycophants” hijack the operation of the recently launched Western Nigeria Security Network code-named “Operation Amotekun”, The cleric, who lauded the governors for mooting and implementing the idea, which […]

…Says Nigeria may not exist if Biafra war is fought today By Prince Okafor and Dapo Akinrefon Professor Pat Utomi, Monday, calls for the decentralisation of the nation’s government, saying such action will move the government closer to the people. Utomi made this known during his keynote address at the 50th anniversary of the country’s […]