By Olasunkanmi Akoni A truck crushed a commercial minibus, popularly called Korope, on Old Ipaja Road near Agbotikuyo, Lagos, on Sunday morning, killing the driver and injuring three passengers. The incident occurred around 9 a.m. when a fully loaded 40-ft Mack container truck with registration MUS 729 XY suffered brake failure and rammed into the […]

By Abel Daniel Few days after revocation of Contract for the building of Smart school quarters, the building has collapsed in Lafia after a rainfall. The Board noted that the Contract for the building of Smart School quarters in Lafia was earlier awarded by the previous administration of the Nasarawa State Universal Basic Education Board, […]

At least 32 cows were struck dead by lightning on Saturday during a torrential downpour in Osara, a village in the Obantoko area of Abeokuta, located in Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State.

•Speaks on temporary shelters•Commissioner Wahab warns: Lives may be at risk, commercial activities disrupted, flights at airports delayed By Olasunkanmi Akoni The Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet, issued a nationwide weather alert, forecasting widespread thunderstorms and heavy rainfall across all regions of the country in the days ahead. The weather advisory warned of possible flash flooding, […]

By Kennedy Mbele History was recently made at the popular Ebonyi State University, EBSU, Abakaliki, as the state-owned institution meritoriously appointed one of its former students, Dr. Simon Ugochukwu Nwankwo, as the Head, Department of Mass Communication. With the appointment, Nwankwo now leads the entire department, including some of his former lecturers who taught him […]

One year after his demise, the last Will and testament of the late elder statesman and former President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has been read to the family.

16 people were killed in Tadurga, while 14 others lost their lives in Kyebu and Yar-Kuka in the Waje District

Promise after promise has been made to the villagers for the past 20 years, asking them to exercise patience

“It is not about how much money you show, it is about how believable your story is”

Growing cases of bird strikes across Nigerian airports have triggered fresh concern among stakeholders

“That you see politicians jumping together to get into the APC or banding together trying to form another collective to battle the APC, is just a contestation for office”

“With all the mud thrown at him and name-calling, I’d tell him if I meet him: What’s stopping you from creating a lasting legacy? Stop the shenanigans in today’s politics—reform the country”

The Police Command in Borno has arrested 210 suspects and recovered large quantities of hard drugs and weapons during operations conducted from June 11 to 18. The Borno Commissioner of Police, Naziru AbdulMajid, revealed this on Friday while addressing journalists at the Command Headquarters in Maiduguri. He said the operations involved raids, surveillance, stop-and-search actions, […]

The Police Command in Lagos State has arrested a 44-year-old suspected hired killer and cultist kingpin believed to be terrorising the Mushin area of the state. The Command’s spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Friday in Lagos. He stated that the suspect was apprehended at his hideout in Agbado, Ogun […]

•As Police probe alleged N1m payment for human sacrifice By Samuel Oyadongha, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of 24-year-old, Godspower Ebisimiagh, popularly known as Bobby, over the gruesome murder of a six-year-old boy identified as Muhammadu Bilah. The deceased, an indigene of Nasarawa State was allegedly lured and killed last […]