Category: LOCAL NEWS

Nigerian Polytechnic Releases New Dress Code For Students, Bans Coloured Hair, Tattoos, Open Romantic Hugs, Baseball Caps, Others

    The Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State has released a new dress code that may render the wardrobes of some of their students obsolete.   In a...

We formed robbery gang after SARS was disbanded – Suspects confess in Ekiti

    The Ekiti State Police Command has said that its officers and men will continue to be relentless in their efforts to go after all criminal elements in the...

2023: Tinubu, Osinbajo, Obi’s ambitions dead on arrival, says Sowore

    Former presidential candidate and Revolution Now convener, Omoyele Sowore, has described as dead on arrival the presidential ambition of a chieftain of the...

Court remands Aregbesola’s loyalist over attempted murder

    A Magistrates’ Court, sitting in Ikirun, Osun state has remanded five members of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ilesa Corrections over alleged...

‘Yahoo boys threatening to come after me, I’ll deal with them’ – Ogun Gov, Abiodun

    Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Wednesday said internet fraudsters, known as yahoo boys and other criminals have threatened to come after him,...

AFCON 2021: CAF takes disciplinary action against Senegal

    The Confederation of African Football (CAF) Disciplinary Board has taken disciplinary action against Senegal ahead of their 2021 Africa Cup of Nations...

Apartment building gutted by fire in Offa, Kwara

    A storey building consisting of 12-room apartments was on Tuesday gutted by fire at Olagunju House, GRA, Offa, Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State....

Ogun students block Lagos, Abeokuta road as gunmen allegedly kidnap two

    Students of D.S. Adegbenro ICT Polytechnic, Itori in Ogun State have blocked the Lagos-Abeokuta road over the alleged abduction of two of them by some...

BREAKING: Lagos begins rebuilding Igbosere, Nigeria’s oldest High Court

    The Lagos State Rebuilding Trust Fund has begun reconstructing the Igbosere High Court, which was razed down by hijackers of the #EndSARS protest on...

No kidnap attempt on campus, UNILAG assures students

    The Management of the University of Lagos has described reports (not by NNL) about an attempted kidnap within the university campus as false. Some Internet...

Oyo, Ogun govs meet in Abeokuta over insecurity at boundaries

    Governors of Ogun and Oyo states, Dapo Abiodun and Seyi Makinde respectively, on Wednesday, held a joint security meeting over the rising security threats...

Senate confirms seven nominees as INEC commissioners

    The Senate on Wednesday confirmed seven nominees appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari as National Commissioners and Resident Electoral Commissioner of...

I’m working on new approach to end insurgency — Buhari

    President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his administration is embarking on a revised approach to addressing the 13-year conflict and insurgency in the...

Ekiti set to plant 500,000 trees by December 2022

    …Climate Pledge To Include Planting At Least 5 Indigenous Trees In Every Local Primary And Secondary School By December 2033 Today international advocacy...

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...