Category: LOCAL NEWS

Hoodlums behead retired police officer in farm

    Hoodlums said to be operating within Agwa, Izombe and Egbema in Ohaji/Egbema and Oguta local government areas of Imo state, have kidnapped a retired police...

Osun Pension: Oyetola Releases Another N958Million

    The Governor of the State of Osun, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola, has released the sum of Nine Hundred and Fifty-eight Million Naira (N 958,000,000) as part of his...

2023 Presidency: Don’t Joke With Our Future Ohanaeze Youth Council Warns Peter Obi

    …Gives 7 Days Ultimatum To Declare For President The Apex Youth Socio-cultural organization of Ohanaeze Ndigbo World-wide, Ohanaeze Youth Council (...

Osun APC Crisis: Court Strikes Out Aregbesola’s Loyalists Case To Invalidate

    …says plaintiffs’ case isn’t covered by the law and can’t be adjudicated by the court A Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, on...

Banditry: I killed over 20, but I’ve repented now — 21-yr-old arrested Turji’s boy confesses

    The 21-year-old suspected terrorist, Naziru Sani, working under the camp of Bello Turji, a notorious terrorist, on the police wanted list for acts of...

Heavy security as Court rules over suit challenging Osun APC congress

    There is heavy security ahead of the ruling of Federal High Court, Osogbo on a suit filed by 2,517 aggrieved All Progressives Congress (APC) Osun State...

BREAKING: FG set to arraign Nnamdi Kanu’s co-accused on terrorism charges

    The Federal Government is set to arraign the four co-defendants of Nnamd Kanu on terrorism charges this Wednesday morning. The arraignment is scheduled for...

Ogun Varsity, Polytechnic Bar Students Without COVID-19 Vaccination Card From Attending Lectures

      The Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta and the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago Iwoye both in Ogun State have reportedly prevented students...

Terrorists Abduct Woman, Two Children, Others From Monarch’s Palace

    Bandits have abducted a mother, two children and servants from a traditional ruler’s residence in Sokoto State.   Nationnewslead learnt that the...

Yoruba Monarch, Ooni Imposes Curfew, Bans Night Prayers In Churches, Mosques Over Bandits’ Attacks

    The Ooni of Ife, Yoruba’s foremost traditional ruler, Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has ordered a restriction of movement in Ile-Ife, Osun State, from 11pm to 5am...

Police Arrest 6 Islamic Clerics For Torturing Student To Death

    The police in Kano State have uncovered how an Islamic student, Aminu Ado, was tortured to death in the northwestern Nigerian state.   The Kano State...

Alleged sexual exploitation: Court grants N5 million bail to church founder, confiscates licence

      A Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo has ordered the confiscation of Certificate of Registration of the Great Tabernacle Miracle Church of God,...

Community drags monarch to court over alleged harassment of subjects

    The people of Agunese-Mmaku Autonomous Community, in Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State, have dragged their traditional ruler, HRH Igwe Cyprian...

Chaos as Alfa leads thugs to disrupt church service in Ekiti

    It was a sad tale for members of Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Oluwatoyi District in Ado-Ekiti, on Monday, as their monthly global crusade ended in a...

Gunmen kidnap 10 persons in Ondo, demand N100m ransom

    Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted no fewer than 10 persons in Ondo State. The victims were kidnapped during the weekend on a farm at...

2023 presidency: Gov Abiodun in dilemma over Tinubu, Osinbajo

    Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State is in confusion over who to support for the 2023 presidential race between former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu and...

APC crisis worsens as Special Adviser, others resign

    The crises rocking the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in Gombe State took a new dimension on Wednesday night with the resignation of a former...

Six in custody as police discover illegal rehabilitation centre with 113 inmates in Kano

    The Kano Police Command has discovered an illegal rehabilitation centre with 113 inmates in the Kumbotso Local Government Area of the state. The inmates...

Three days to deadline, APC yet to inform INEC of convention

    Three days to the deadline, the All Progressives Congress has still not notified the Independent National Electoral Commission of its intention to hold its...

Lagos kingship: Family defends MC Oluomo, says he’s our candidate

    The Secretary of the Almaroof-Kupoluyi Family, Abdulwasiu Almaroof-Kupoluyi, has said the Lagos State Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport...