Two men; Nicolas Asindu, 43 and Jacob Mashi, were on Wednesday, brought before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, charged with fraud. The duo is facing charges for obtaining N1.5 million with the pretence of renting out a two-bedroom apartment. Asindu, 43, businessman and Mashi, 26, security guard, both residents of Ikeja, were docked a […]

By Rotimi Ojomoyela  Ado Ekiti—The Lawmaker representing Ekiti Central Senatorial District at the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, on Wednesday declared that the only way the incessant security challenges in the country could be addressed is by allowing the Governors to take charge of security in their respective domains. He told the federal government  to be […]

By Vincent Ujumadu A chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra State, Mrs. Edith Ejezie has urged the people of the South East to identify with the party, saying only APC could guarantee  the emergence of  an Igbo as the next President of Nigeria in 2023. Ejezie, who  addressed APC supporters yesterday after revalidating […]

The Niger State Government says it has taken concrete security measures to ensure safety in the state and safe return of the abducted 27 students of the Government Science College, Kagara. The students, three staff and 12 families of the college in Rafi Local Government Area of the state were abducted in the early hours […]

They need extra payment which we don’t have budget for — NIMR DG By Chioma Obinna The morale of frontline health workers at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, NIMR, is gradually being battered following nonpayment of their COVID-19 allowances by the institution. The workers are alleging that the management of NIMR has refused to […]

A baby has been born following a uterus transplant for the first time ever in France, the hospital treating mother and infant said Wednesday. Such births are extremely rare but not unprecedented and come after a cutting-edge procedure to transplant a healthy uterus into a woman whose own is damaged or missing. The baby, a […]

Former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, has said he has moved on with life following his inceration for alleged financial misdeeds while holding sway as national publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

…No crisis in PDP, APC inducing our members with money- Tsauri By Clifford Ndujihe & Dirisu Yakubu AGAINST the backdrop of the crisis rocking some of its state chapters, and perceived failure of the Prince Uche Secondus-led National Executive Committee, NEC’s failure to take advantage of perceived gaffes of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, […]

More than 93 per cent of Palestinian eligible voters have registered for May legislative and July presidential elections, the first in 15 years, the electoral commission in Ramallah said Wednesday. The high rate reflects “awareness of citizenship rights and people’s thirst for the ballot box,” Palestinian Civil Affairs Minister Hussein al-Sheikh wrote on Twitter. More […]

    The Chairman of Executive Group and Board Member, Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF), Dr Ayo Ogunsan, has felicitated with the former executive secretary  of the Nigerian University Commission (NUC), Professor Peter Okebukola, who clocks 70 today and also retires from the civil service as a lecturer, describing the university don as a genius […]