Upset by the increasing insecurity in the Akoko area of Ondo State, a group of women have staged a peaceful protest, with some of them partially dressed, to condemn violent killings by suspected herdsmen. Mostly elderly, the women marched through the streets to express their distress over the frequent killings, kidnapping and destruction of their…
The Senior Special Assistant to Osun State Governor on Community Engagement, Hon. Sulaimon Musa Olalekan, has eulogized Aare Ganiu Olaoluwa Asejere, the Commissioner for Rural Development and Community Affairs on occasion of his birthday. In his birthday wishes he praised the commissioner for his dedication to enhancing the lives of rural communities. Hon. Sulaimon also…
Four persons have been jailed in the United Kingdom over a street brawl in Leicester City centre. The men used knives, a baseball bat, and a crutch as weapons during the fight that took place at about 03:00 GMT on 4 November 2021. They are Destiny Ojo, Joshua Davies-Ero, Ridwanulahi Raheem, and Habib Lawal. All…
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) on Friday notified its customers on an impending 16-days outage. It attributed the outage to power interruption owing to FCDA relocating the 33KV DC Airport Feeder and 132KV Kukwaba-Apo Transmission Line Towers along the Outer Southern Expressway. According to the management in the “important announcement, “Please be informed that…
A case of alleged medical negligence has thrown a family into mourning after a woman, identified as Aishatu Umar, reportedly died following months of severe pain caused by a pair of scissors allegedly left inside her body during a surgical operation at the Abubakar Imam Urology Center, Kano State. Aishatu Umar reportedly passed away on…
Amidst his wife’s saga with a blackmailer, Lagos-based popular content creator Egungun is embroiled in a cheating scandal after a private video was leaked. The video emerged just hours after his wife, Pashotah, publicly addressed a blackmail attempt involving her husband’s private videos. In a leaked video circulating on social media, Egungun of Lagos is…
Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, has called on the African Democratic Congress (ADC) to zone its 2027 presidential ticket to the South. Obi made this appeal on Sunday in Ilorin, on the sidelines of the 2nd Annual Colloquium of Associate Professor Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia. His call emphasises…
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has rejected the claim by the Alaafin of Oyo, Akeem Owoade, that he has the exclusive right to appoint the Chief Imam of Oyo town. MURIC’s founder and executive director, Ishaq Akintola, said on Wednesday that no law gives the monarch such power. His words: “The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba…
A diesel-laden tanker overturned and exploded on Wednesday afternoon along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The explosion led to a fire that consumed multiple vehicles near the NASFAT area. The incident occurred at approximately 3:00 p.m., in the vicinity of the Nasrul-Lahi-l-Fatih Society (NASFAT) zone — a densely trafficked corridor often congested during peak periods due to…
The Federal Government through the Nigeria Jubilee Fellows Programme (NJFP) is set to provide a transformative platform connecting unemployed graduates from all the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory with paid, practical work experience. Ahead of its official launch, Deputy Chief of Staff to the President, Ibrahim Hadeja, at a press briefing in Abuja,…
