Comrade Ojetola Babatunde Yussuf popularly known as Toyyem has declared his intention to run for the position of General Secretary in forthcoming National Association of Nigerian Students, Southwest Zone (NANS Zone D). In a publication sighted by our correspondent, the former Oyo NANS JCC general secretary declared his intention to serve southwest students today. Toyyem,…
A Harare woman, Melocia Gwata, has sought legal protection from her husband, George Kusotera, citing his excessive demands for intimacy and abusive behaviour as her reasons. Melocia revealed her ordeal to the Harare Civil Court, Zimbabwe, describing how her husband coerced her into having intercourse up to eight times per night, resorting to violence whenever…
You can get drunk even without taking a single drop of alcohol, scientists have established. They say that food ingested can produce alcohol right inside the body. The scientists who made this discovery say some people can get drunk without drinking because their gut bacteria produce alcohol from food. They have now identified the microbes…
The special adviser to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on security, Fatai Owoseni, has said that three key suspects involved in the killing of the five forest guards at the Old Oyo National Park in Oloka Village on January 5, have been arrested. Mr Owoseni disclosed this on Friday while briefing Mr Makinde who…
In an attempt to nourish their families, many women remain stuck in the age-old tradition of cooking over open-fire stoves, as they believe that it cooks food faster and properly, and makes it tastier, undoubtedly exposing them to smoke and toxins. The National Bureau of Statistics, in its 2024 Nigeria Residential Energy Demand-Side Survey, indicated…
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has confirmed that a 103-year-old woman has died in an inferno that razed a residential building on Bola Street, Oyingbo, on Friday. Permanent secretary for LASEMA, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, in a statement, said the building was a bungalow, adding that six shops attached to it, eight rooms, and a…
United States President Donald Trump has, for the second time, freed a female fraudster whom he pardoned during his first term but who went on to commit fraud again, as he pardons more criminals. The San Diego businesswoman who was granted clemency by Mr Trump in 2021, was later convicted on new fraud charges but…
A grieving father, Samuel Alozie, known as Promise Samuel on TikTok, has lamented the death of his nine-month-old identical twin sons, Testimony and Timothy, who reportedly died about 24 hours after receiving injections at a primary health care centre in Lagos. The tragic news went viral on Wednesday after Alozie posted a video on TikTok…
The Department of State Services, DSS, in Niger State have rescued two abducted pastors and a church member in Kaduna State. The victims, Idi Buhari, Emmanuel Jacob, and Suleiman Adamu, were said to have been whisked away on January 9, 2026, at the Gwagwada area of Chikun Local Government Area while travelling through Kugosi to…
Film producer and director James Abinibi has confirmed the death of James Akaie, a special effects and pyrotechnics artist, following a fatal explosion on a movie set in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Mr Akaie was known for his outstanding special effects makeup work on several major Nollywood movies. His credits include “Mai Martaba”, “The Night of…
