Peter Dada, Akure Tragedy struck in Ifira Akoko community in the Akoko South East Local Government Area of Ondo State on Easter Sunday as the lifeless body of a man, Fredrick Aramuwa, was found beside the road.It was gathered that Aramuwa, who was a pastor in Lagos State, was earlier abducted by hoodlums on the […]
Continue ReadingEniola Akinkuotu, Ada Wodu, Tukur Muntari, Tunde Oyekola, James Abraham and Patrick Odey The National Association of Resident Doctors has ordered doctors at the COVID-19 isolation centres to join the nationwide strike it began on April 1.The NARD has also threatened to impose a fine of N5m on any of its branches which fails to […]
Continue ReadingEverest Amaefule The debts of four states exceeded their net revenues by more than 400 per cent, the Fiscal Responsibility Commission has said. The states are Lagos, Osun, Cross River and Ogun. The FRC in its report ‘Debt sustainability analysis of state governments’ for 2019 also showed that the debts of all the 36 states […]
Continue ReadingOlalekan Adetayo, Adelani Adepegba, Chidiebube Okeoma, Gibson Achonu, Raphael Ede and Sunday Nwakanma Gunmen in the early hours of Monday attacked the Nigeria Correctional Service, Owerri, the Imo State capital and the state police command headquarters.Also on Monday, gunmen killed two persons and burnt operational vehicles of the Nigerian Army when they attacked a military […]
Continue ReadingDennis Naku, Port Harcourt The All Progressives Congress in Ahoada Local Government Area of Rivers State has given the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi; and Senator Magnus Abe three months to settle their differences or face sanctions. Rising from an extra-ordinary meeting of the party held in Ahoada East Local Government Area of the state, […]
Continue ReadingLeke Baiyewu, Abuja The Director-General of the Progressive Governors’ Forum, Salihu Lukman, has said the Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Convention Committee of the All Progressives Congress chaired by Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, is repeating the mistakes made by the immediate past national leadership of the ruling party. Lukman said the Adams Oshiomhole-led leadership […]
Continue ReadingThe Senator representing Ogun West Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Sen. Tolu Odebiyi has implored Christians nationwide to see Easter as a quiet moment to reflect, and fathom the tremendous sacrifice Jesus Christ made for mankind. The Senator, in his Easter message to the good people of Ogun West, said, “I join all Christian […]
Continue ReadingIncoming reports say there has been a jailbreak at the Owerri Correctional Centre in Owerri, the Imo State capital. Soldiers have reportedly been deployed in and around the facility. More to come
Continue ReadingTemiloluwa O’Peters MTN customers have been reconnected to banking channels after commercial banks had blocked them from using their channels, including the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data and banking apps on Friday. The channels were blocked as a result of MTN reducing the banks’ commission on USSD airtime to 2.5 per cent.However, following the intervention by […]
Continue ReadingSunday Aborisade, Friday Olokor, Samson Folarin, Leke Baiyewu and Bola Bamigbola Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, the wife of the late spokesman for Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, has reacted to the outpouring of tributes in honour of her late husband.She said she wished her husband could hear what those he criticised were saying about him.Joe spoke to our […]
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