An early morning fire, on Monday, gutted part of the gymnasium hall of the Ahmadu Bello Stadium, in Kaduna, according to eyewitnesses, who also said that the fire lasted for three hours and its cause was still unknown. The North West Coordinator, Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, Alhaji Abdullahi Idris, who confirmed the […]

By Udeme Akpan The price oil has risen to $60 per barrel in the international market as Iraq and Kazakhstan commit to the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC oil cut deal. For instance, the price of Brent, usually used to benchmark other oil prices rose from $59 to the current price on February 8, […]

Rep. Bamidele Salam, a defence witness (DW4), on Monday, said Dr Doyin Okupe, former Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Public Affairs to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, does not have a personal house in Abuja. Salam told Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, while testifying in the ongoing money laundering trial filed against Okupe […]

Two deaf–mute persons on Monday appeared in a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ado-Ekiti for allegedly abducting 17-year-old girl. The police charged Peter Obi, 41 and Ego Njoku, 35, whose addresses were not given with abduction. The prosecution counsel, Inspector Oriyomi Akinwale, told the court that the defendants committed the offence on Feb. 1 in Ado-Ekiti. […]

The Police on Monday in Abuja confirmed the release of Mr John Makama, father of Bwari Area Council Chairman, Mr John Gabaya, and two others who were kidnapped on Tuesday, Feb. 2. The divisional police officer (DPO) in charge of Bwari Police Station, Biodun Makanjuola, confirmed the development in a telephone interview with the News […]

***As Kogi Command recover, destroys over N3 billion worth of illicit drugs By Boluwaji Obahopo – Lokoja The National Drug Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has raised alarm that Kogi State is gradually turning from a drug -transit -state to a drug- cultivating – state. NDLEA, Kogi State Commander, Mr. Alfred Adewumi who disclosed this on Monday […]

By Peter Duru Troops of the joint military spike operation in Benue state codenamed Operation Whirl Stroke, OPWS, have arrested 10 suspects and recovered 16 firearms as well as live ammunitions from suspects in the fierce communal conflict between Ibilla and Ukpa communities in Oju Local Government area of the State. The two bordering communities […]

Twice rejected by the State House of Assembly for “being a security threat” Justice Akon Bassey Ikpeme was on Monday sworn-in by Cross River Governor, Prof Ben Ayade at the Executive Council Chambers, Calabar as the Chief Judge of the state.

Tanzania has spent more than six months trying to convince the world it has been cured of the coronavirus through prayer, while refusing to take measures to curb its spread. However, dissent is mounting, along with deaths attributed to “pneumonia”, with even a politician in semi-autonomous Zanzibar admitting he has the virus. “Covid-19 is killing […]

Cows and motorists struggle for the right of way at Kado Roundabout, Life Camp, of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Monday.