Protesters storm Lagos APC secretariat, reject candidates

Victor Ayeni 9 June 2021 Kindly share this story: Protesters from the Somolu Local Government Area on Tuesday besieged the secretariat of the All Progressives Party in Lagos State to express their grievances against the list of candidates for chairman and vice chairman released by the party for the forthcoming local government election on July […]

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INEC prepares for voter registration, concludes polling units’ expansion

Friday Olokor 8 June 2021 Kindly share this story: WITH less than two years to the 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday said it had concluded the task to create additional polling units Consequently, the commission said a comprehensive list of the new polling units would be published next week. The […]

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Twitter ban violation: CAN warns as AGF vows to try Adeboye, VIP offenders

Eniola Akinkuotu, Friday Olokor, Leke Baiyewu, Lesi Nwisagbo, Godfrey George  and John Charles 9 June 2021 Kindly share this story:  We’re definitely on it to ensure the prosecution of all violators, declares Malami’s office The Federal Government on Tuesday insisted that all those violating the suspension order it placed on the operations of the micro-blogging […]

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Ogun community, police differ as suspected herdsmen kill three farmers

Daud Olatunji 8 June 2021 Kindly share this story: SUSPECTED herdsmen from Igangan in Oyo State on Monday night reportedly stormed Imeko, Ogun State and killed three hunters. The herdsmen were said to have left Igangan, a few kilometres away, and invaded a community in Imeko, Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of the state. They were […]

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Police confused on mass trial order, Adeboye, Kumuyi defy Twitter ban

Olalekan Adetayo,Eniola Akinkuotu, Friday Olokor,  Samson Folarin, Okechukwu Nnodim, Solomon Odeniyi and Sami Olatunji 8 June 2021 Kindly share this story: • How do police arrest prominent Nigerians because they are using Twitter? – Force • Order wrong, UK, US, Canada insist, FG begs global powers, alleges destabilisation plot • My tweets targeted at global […]

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Mbaka flays DSS summons, says I can’t be ‘dumfounded’

Raphael Ede 8 June 2021 Kindly share this story: THERE are indications that the Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry Enugu, Nigeria, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, may have been summoned to Abuja for interrogation by the Operatives of the Department of State Services. Our correspondent gathered on Monday that DSS operatives had visited the Adoration ground […]

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Nigeria among top three countries with electricity deficits – World Bank

Nike Popoola 8 June 2021 The World Bank has listed Nigeria among the three countries with the largest electricity deficits in the world. It said during the last decade, a greater share of the global population gained access to electricity than ever before, but the number of people without electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa increased. The […]

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Two fish sellers killed as car runs into Ogun stationary truck

Daud Olatunji 8 June 2021 Kindly share this story: Two persons lost their lives, while three others sustained varying degrees of injury on Monday in a crash involving a Nissan Sentra car and a Mack truck at Adedero village on the Abeokuta-Sagamu Expressway. The spokesman for the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, […]

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