Kabba Prison: NCoS recaptures 114 fleeing inmates, issues warning to others
By Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja The Nigeria Correctional Service NCoS has confirmed the rearrest of 114 inmates who escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Kabba, Kogi State on Sunday night when it was attacked by yet to be identified gunmen. Spokesman of the Nigeria Correctional Service NCoS, CC Francis Enobore in an updated […]
Court remands trader for allegedly defiling 11-year-old girl
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday ordered that a 41-year-old trader, Oladeji Ojo, be remanded for allegedly defiling an 11-year-old girl. The police charged Ojo, who resides in Ajasa Command of Agbado Oke-Odo, Lagos State, with defilement. Magistrate A.O Layinka, who did not take the plea of Ojo, ordered that he should be remanded in […]
UNESCO raises alarm on collapse of biodiversity
The UN Education, Scientific and Culture Organisation (UNESCO) has raised alarm at unprecedented speed which biodiversity is collapsing globally. Ms Audrey Azoulay, the Director-General of UNESCO expressed this concern at the UNESCO 33rd session of the International Coordinating Council of the Man and the Biosphere (MAB-ICC) Programme in Abuja. Biodiversity refers to the variety of […]
Anambra: I’ve no plan to step down as APGA deputy guber candidate- Prof Orogbu
By Joseph Erunke PROFESSOR Lilian Orogbu has debunked rumours that she was considering stepping down as deputy governorship candidate to Hon. Chukwuma Umeoji, the factional governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA in Anambra State. Recall the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had published Hon. Chukwuma Umeoji and Prof. Lilian Orogbu as governorship […]
2 brothers docked for allegedly assaulting police officer
Two brothers who allegedly assaulted a police officer on Tuesday appeared in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court. The police charged Rilwan, 18 and Rasheed Shonde, 20, who reside in Ikeja, Lagos State with conspiracy, breach of peace, and assault. The Prosecution Counsel, Sgt Olasunkanmi Adejumola, told the court that the defendants and others still at large […]
Felix Owolabi hails 3SC NPFL return
Ex-Green Eagles player, Felix Owolabi, has described the promotion of Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) to the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) as a return from ”the wilderness experience to wonderland”. Owolabi, who disclosed this at a news conference on Sunday, in Ibadan, noted that the club had just returned to where it rightly belonged. […]
