Category: LOCAL NEWS

Police to officers: Don’t demand custom papers from drivers

    The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) on Sunday directed officers across the country to stop requesting Customs papers from drivers. Acting Force Public Relations...

Osun guber: Fresh hurdles confront divided PDP

    THE crisis over the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial ticket in the state is not over. Rather, the confusion that trailed the parallel primary...

Ondo State Football Club Mourns As Goalkeeper Dies Hours After Training

    Sunshine Queens FC of Akure has lost its goalkeeper, Elizabeth Johnson. A statement by its Media Officer, Femi Atolagbe, described the incident as...

Leaked Video Of Former Anambra Governor, Obiano In Detention Facility Of Anti-corruption Agency, EFCC, Surfaces Online

    A short video of former Anambra Governor Willie Obiano in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s detention facility has surfaced online. In the...

Bandits Occupy 12 Of 25 Local Government Areas In Niger State, Governor Laments

    Bandits have taken over 12 local government areas in Niger State. The state governor, Abubakar Sani-Bello said this during his visit to the Internally...

‘They Are Senseless Terrorists’ – Buhari Reacts To Gunmen’s Attacks On Imo Police Division, Others

    President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the recent attacks by gunmen on a police station and other places in Imo State which left at least four policemen...

African Activists Vow To Fight Israeli Apartheid At Historic Dakar Meeting

    Civil society activists from 21 countries across Africa have pledged to intensify the fight against Israel’s apartheid practices against the Palestinian...

Abducted APC Party Woman Leader Killed In Kwara As Vigilantes, Kidnappers Exchange Gunfire

    The woman leader of Koro ward of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, Mrs Olomi Sunday, was killed during...

Three feared dead, many injured as fire guts BUA Cement factory

The BUA cement factory in Sokoto State was destroyed by fire outbreak on Saturday. The incident resulted to the death of three persons, while many were said to have...

AMVCA: How Funke Akindele, Bisola, Osas Ighodaro, Diane reacted to nomination

  Nollywood actresses have reacted to the nominations for eighth Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards (AMVCA) The nominees for each category were announced on...

Four suspected IPOB members killed as police repel bomb attack

    The Imo State Police Command, on Sunday, said it has killed four hoodlums that attacked Omuma Police Station, in Oru East Local Government Area of Imo...

Two arrested for allegedly killing okada rider in Ogun

    Two persons have been arrested by the police in Ogun State for allegedly killing a commercial motorcyclist after snatching his bike. The suspects, Hammed...

18-year-old boy allegedly stabs elder brother to death

  An 18-year-old boy identified as Abdulrahman Sulaiman has allegedly killed his elder brother following a misunderstanding that ensued between them in Bauchi...

NDLEA arrests 54-year-old man with illicit drugs

  The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Sunday, arrested one Mr. Okeke Adolphus Anayochukwu, 54, a father of five with a black liquid cocaine at the...

2023 presidency: Atiku to declare Wednesday

  Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar will declare his intention to run for president in 2023 on Wednesday, 23 March, 2022. This is coming after several months of...

2023: Atiku not consistent with PDP, will go into extinction after primary – Afegbua

  Former Commissioner for Information in Edo State and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Kassim Afegbua, said it will morally reprehensible to...

2023: PDP loses over 3,000 members to APC

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has lost over three thousand of its members to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Birnin Kudu Local Government Area of...

PDP primaries: We’re ready, only one out of three candidates will lead Nigeria in 2023 — Saraki

  Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, says that all the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential hopefuls from the north are ready for a consensus candidate...

2023: Only PDP can save Nigeria from collapse – Saraki

Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Sunday declared that the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was the only option to rescue Nigeria from collapsing....

Expect End SARS-like protest – PDP warns Buhari govt

  The main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has warned the President Muhammadu Buhari government that it may experience another nationwide protest in form...