Category: News

April 26, 2021 North central elders worried by Boko Haram camps By Joel Duku, DamaturuThe atrocities committed by Boko Haram insurgents in Yobe town, Geidam, which they invaded at the weekend, were on Sunday lamented by chairman of Geidam Local Government Mr. Ali Kolo. Kolo, who spoke with our correspondent on telephone, could not say […]

Noble Youths Mass Support Association (NYMSA) an NGO, has endorsed Dr Doyin Okupe, as presidential candidate for 2023 general elections in the country. Hon. Godwin Onmonya, the national coordinator of the group, made the group’s position known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday. Omonya explained that the […]

Famous for his Igbotic Yoruba accent, popular actor, Lateef Adedimeji, in a recent interview with Sunday Scoop recalled a total stranger who is supposedly a fan gave him a hot slap out of excitement. He recalled, “Out of excitement, a fan suddenly gave me a ‘hot’ slap. She said, ‘Oh my God! Lateef Adedimeji’. I […]

The Senator representating Ogun West Senatorial district, Senator Tolu Odebiyi has sponsored a bill at the Senate which seek to establish the Nigerian Institute of Border Studies. According to the details of the bulk sponsored by the Senator, the institute is proposed to be a degree awarding institution, with the power to admit students and […]

Olugbenga Edema is the immediate past chairman of Ondo State intervention agency, OSOPADEC. In this interview with Femi Salako of Triangle Media, Edema talks about his achievements while in the saddle as the commission’s chairman. He also throws light on how OSOPADEC has been positioned for quality and effective service delivery under his leadership. Gbenga […]

The true nature of a man is determined through his character and disposition towards issues and people around him, Hon. Oladipupo Babatunde Okeyomi has continued to set an impeccable as well as excellent record of himself amongst the people of Ojokoro LCDA with his strategically panned out community development projects and initiatives. Hon. Oladipupo Babatunde […]

Deji Lambo Popular Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka, aka Baba Ijesha, has been arrested by men of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly defiling a minor. PUNCH Metro gathered that a closed-circuit television installed in the victim’s home captured Omiyinka allegedly molesting the victim while her mother was not at home. It was learnt that […]

Raphael Ede The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra on Thursday, rejected the United Kingdom’s offer of asylum for its members.It described the offer as an arrangement with the President, Major General Muhamadu Buhari (retd.), and the Federal Government to divert the attention of the people of Biafra. A statement by […]

Peter Dada, Akure Men of the Ondo State Police Command have arrested a houseboy, identified as Emmanuel Akpan, for allegedly killing his boss and stealing some personal items of the deceased. Some of the items allegedly stolen from the deceased are N3,500, two phones, jewellery and a generator.Parading the suspects at the headquarters of the […]

Olalekan Adetayo, Daud Olatunji, Godwin Isenyo and Olufemi Olaniyi The Minister of Defence, Major General Bashir Magashi (retd.), on Thursday said the Federal Government knew that the killing of Chad’s President, Idriss Deby, was capable of causing security problems for Nigeria and other neighbouring countries.The minister, who spoke at the Presidential Villa, Abuja during the […]