Category: LOCAL NEWS
How Dowen College student Sylvester Omoroni died, by family doctor
A medical doctor, Aghogho Henry Owhojede has told the Lagos Coroner Court how Sylvester Omoroni, a student of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos died. Dr Owhojede...
How Nigerian student died hours after arrival in Ukraine – Autopsy
A 19-year-old student, Fadlullah Agboluaje, who recently died in Ukraine, was said to have experienced extreme cold before he passed on. Rofeeha,...
Oyetola, Aregbesola loyalists trade blame as hoodlums clash
Loyalists of Osun Governor Adegboyega Oyetola and Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola have traded blame after hoodlums clashed in Ikirun on Tuesday....
Four convicted for Internet fraud in Osogbo
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibadan Zonal Command on Tuesday secured the conviction of four Internet fraudsters: Oseni Abolore Ismail,...
FG will honour promises to ASUU – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari says the Federal Government remains committed to honouring promises made to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)....
Osun to rehabilitate 200km of roads with N1bn
Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola has commenced rehabilitation of 200 kilometres of roads across the state. The state government on Tuesday while...
BREAKING: ‘Tafa Oloyede’, Yoruba Nollywood actor is dead
A Yoruba theatre artist, Mr John Adewuni (also known as Tafa Oloyede), is dead. The Ede, Osun State-born actor, who ventured into acting in 1974, died on...
FIRS staff hacked to death in Lagos
Suspected assassins have brutally murdered Mrs Ibironke Oluremi Adefila, a senior staff of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) in Ikorodu area of...
Osun Finance and Garrulity of Yesterday’s Men – Adebayo Adedeji
At a time one would expect the financial concoctionists to back off their calumnious campaign against the government of Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun, it is...
Human Rights Lawyer, Falana Writes ECOWAS, Seeks Intervention Against Coups In West Africa
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) has written to Ghanaian President, Nana Akufo-Addo, who is also the Chairman of the Economic Community of West...
Nigerian Government, We’ve Been Mourning For Eight Years – Parents Of 110 Remaining Chibok Schoolgirls
Nearly eight years after 276 schoolgirls were abducted in Chibok, Borno State, parents of about 110 girls yet to be rescued have again cried out, demanding...
2023: ‘Nigerian youths are coming with power in their hands’ – Ambode
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, former Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has asked Nigerian youths to get their permanent voter cards ready,...
Female Muslims must not be harassed for wearing Hijab – Makinde warns schools, heads of agencies
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has warned residents against harassing any female Muslim for wearing Hijab. The Hijab is a veil or scarf usually...
Three dead as car rams into truck in Ogun
Three persons, two men and a woman, have been confirmed dead after a car rammed into a parked truck in Ogun State on Tuesday. The Federal Road...
Police parade 77 suspects with dangerous weapons in Minna
Niger State Police Command has paraded seventy-seven (77) more suspected hoodlums apprehended by the task force team in the state. The suspects were...
Mubi man, 28, defiles 5yr old nursery 3 girl
Abdullahi Adamu, an Adamawa State resident has confessed to defiling a five-year-old schoolgirl. Currently remanded in a Mubi prison, the alleged...
Nollywood stars celebrate Abdulateef Adedimeji at 36
Film star Abdulateef Adedimeji is 36 on Tuesday. The ‘Ayinla’ star took to his social media accounts to celebrate his first birthday as a married man....
Hoodlums set ablaze PDP secretariat
The Gombe state secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party was on Tuesday morning set ablaze by some suspected political thugs. The PDP office...
JUST IN: Senate upgrades Offa poly to varsity
The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill to establish the School of Mines and Geological Studies, Guyuk. Also passed was the Federal Universities of Technology...
How to apply for US ‘no-interview’ visa renewals in Nigeria
The United States Mission has announced the expansion of its visa services to assist non-immigrant visa applicants in Nigeria who qualify to renew their...
