By James Ogunnaike Abeokuta—An Ogun State High Court, sitting in Ota, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area, has denied bail to controversial singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, following his arraignment on multiple criminal charges. Portable was arraigned on a nine-count charge of assault, theft, causing bodily harm and resisting arrest. However, the trial judge declined […]

By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY – COLD room operators in some parts of Benin under the name, Cold Room/Landlord Operators of Upper Lawani Feeder have protested the increment of their electricity tariff by 300 percent as a result of the transfer 1of the light metering system from bandwidth B to A. A petition to that […]

By Dapo Akinrefon A political movement seeking registration, the Nigerian Liberty Movement, NLM, has faulted the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for excluding it and some political associations from party registration. The NLM, in a communique by its National Leader, Ambassador Moses Adebisi, said: “INEC has stubbornly refused to issue our certificate as a legitimate […]

By Juliet Umeh A former Majority Leader of the Oyo State House of Assembly and Special Adviser on Legislative Matters to Governor Seyi Makinde, Hon. Samuel Adejumobi, popularly known as Agbarapo, has described the early political activities of the All Progressives Congress in Oyo State as a clear display of fear, desperation, and disregard for […]

The African University of Science and Technology (AUST), Abuja, will host the inaugural Science, Technology and Innovation Communication Conference (STICOMMS) from January 20–22, 2026.

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The National Association of Ogun State Students, NAOSS, has debunked the claim in some quarters that the state lacks functional medical emergency services, saying more ambulances have even been bought in the last few years.

By Davies Iheamnachor PORT HARCOURT—Police in Rivers State have arrested a 26-year-old man for kidnapping, killing a lady and dumping her remains in a forest. The development was reported in Emohua Community, Emohua Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that the victim, Rita Eleonu, who hailed from Rundele Community, Emohua LGA, but […]

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA— Two survivors of the terrorists’ attack that killed 40 members of St. Francis’ Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State, in 2022, yesterday, testified before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. In their separate testimonies, the witnesses narrated how the church came under heavy gunfire, with no fewer than four explosives […]