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COVID-19: Wedding guests take to their heels as taskforce shuts down hotel in Ekiti

COVID-19: Wedding guests take to their heels as taskforce shuts down hotel in Ekiti

…As wedding guests take to their heels By Rotimi Ojomoyela – Ado-Ekiti A popular hotel in Ado Ekiti, Delight Hotel and Suites, has been shut down by the State Government for violating government’s regulations to curtail the spread of the coronavirus. An elaborate wedding party attended by a large crowd of guests in which physical […]

Vigilante group nabs three robbery suspects in Bayelsa, recovers firearms

Vigilante group nabs three robbery suspects in Bayelsa, recovers firearms

By Emem Idio – Yenogoa A vigilante group in Ogbia Local Government Area of the state has arrested three armed robbery suspects in Oloibiri community and recovered firearms and stolen items. The suspects who were arrested by the Bayelsa vigilante at Oloibiri Junction in Ogbia town in early hours of Sunday and handed over to […]

My son wrongly jailed over wife’s murder in France, Nigerian mother cries

My son wrongly jailed over wife’s murder in France, Nigerian mother cries

*Begs Buhari, Macron to intervene By Chris Ochayi Members of the Anthony family from Edo State are sad that their son is languishing in jail in France for an offence they believe he did not commit. Worse still, he was allegedly thrown into jail by his in-laws who alleged that he killed their daughter he […]

Man hangs self after lover quits relationship

Man hangs self after lover quits relationship

  By Davies Iheamnachor A middle-aged man, identified to be a tailor, has committed suicide because of alleged disappointment from his lover in Rivers State. The incident happened around 10 pm on Saturday at Omuokiri Village, Aluu Community in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State. It was gathered that the man, whose name could […]

UI Student Death: Factory mgt allegedly holds Oyo govt officials hostage

UI Student Death: Factory mgt allegedly holds Oyo govt officials hostage

By Adeola Badru The Oyo State Government, weekend, explained that it sealed off the factory where a 300-level University of Ibadan student, Gbedobo Richard, was killed when the factory management held government officials who paid a visit, hostage. The government, then, directed that all workers in the factory, should exit the premises and later locked […]