By Bose Adelaja The popular Kairo Market in Oshodi area of Lagos State, was reportedly gutted by fire,  on Thursday, at about 7.39pm. The extent of the damage could not be ascertained at press time but it was gathered that some lock-up shops were affected. At press time, fire fire fighters from the state and […]

By Rotimi Ojomoyela – Ado-Ekiti A Yoruba organisation, Yoruba Appraisal Forum (YAF), has faulted the agitation by a group led by Mr Sunday Adeyemo, alias Sunday Igboho, that Yorubaland should secede from Nigeria, describing such move as treasonable and unpatriotic The group also lampooned the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, […]

By Vincent Ujumadu – Awka Two policemen were feared dead when unknown gunmen attacked Obosi Police Station in Idemili North local government area of Anambra State in the early hours of Thursday. The incident happened barely a few hours after a newly deployed Commissioner of Police, Mr Chris Owolabi, assumed duty in the state. The […]

A Mobile Magistrates’ Court in Benin on Friday convicted 40 persons for operating tricycles and commercial motorcycles without riders permit. Chief Magistrate Mutairu Oare convicted the 40 offenders and ordered them to pay N5,000 fine each after they had pleaded liable to the offence. Oare also ordered the convicts to obtain the riders permit within […]

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in partnership with the Kwara Command of Nigeria Police have stopped some Fulani herdsmen from entering Ipee in Oyun Local Government and Offa. A statement from the NSCDC spokesman, Mr Babawale Afolabi, on Tuesday in Ilorin, said the action followed the influx of herdsmen into the two […]