Inside Lagos waste, flood crisis: Are local governments pulling their weight?
As mountains of refuse continue to dot major roads, markets and residential communities across
Lagos, while floods repeatedly submerge neighbourhoods after heavy rainfall, a fundamental question is increasingly being asked...
Farmer allegedly harvests neighbour’s cocoa pods in Osun
The police in Osun on Wednesday arraigned a 30-year-old farmer, Peter Udor, who allegedly harvested and stole his neighbour’s cocoa pods. Udor appeared before an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court on a two-count charge.The prosecutor, Insp Abdullahi Emmanuel, told the court that the defendant committed the offences on Dec. 4, 05.20 a.m. at Itamerin Village near Ile-Ife. […]
Court dissolves 7-year-old marriage on grounds of abandonment
An Abuja Area Court in Lugbe on Wednesday dissolved a seven-year-old marriage between Sherifat Aliyu and Abdulmajib Abdulaziz on grounds of abandonment. Aliyu, who resides in Aso Estate Airport Road, Abuja, approached the court, seeking dissolution of her marriage to Abdulaziz because he beats her and does not provide for the family. Delivering judgment, Justice Saleh […]
Sokoto bus massacre: Ortom sympathizes with state govt
By Peter Duru – Makurdi Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has again expressed deep pains and sympathized with the Governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, as well as the people of the state over the gruesome massacre of scores of commuters who were burnt to death by armed bandits in the state. The […]
OAU student, Adegoke’s autopsy report out, organs intact
By Shina Abubakar – Osogbo Report of the autopsy conducted on the body of Timothy Adegoke, the dead Obafemi Awolowo University’s (OAU), a postgraduate student has been submitted to Osun State Police Command and the force headquarters in Abuja. It was gathered that the report was submitted today, Wednesday, by expert that conducted the test. […]
Court dismisses suit challenging new Akirun’s appointment by Osun govt
An Osun High Court sitting in Osogbo, on Wednesday, vacated the interim order restraining Osun government from appointing a new Akinrun of Ikirun in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Osun from Oba Ara ruling house. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Prince Yinusa Akadiri from Oba Ara ruling house had been elected as […]
