Suspected gunmen gunned down in gun duel with Owerri police
The Imo State Police Command has said it gunned down a suspected gunman during a gun duel on the Owerri-Onitsha Road last Thursday. Commissioner of Police (CP) in Imo, Rabiu Hussaini,…
PROFILE: Meet five-man committee set up by Davido for disbursement of N250m orphanage donation
Popstar Davido has named a five-man committee to distribute N250 million he received from associates and friends to orphanages in Nigeria. At least three Professors are on…
Ilana Omo Oodua, Akintoye part ways
A pan-Yoruba group, Ilana Omo Oodua, has severed its relationship with Professor Adebanji Akintoye over what it described as difference in vision. Otunba Shade Olatunji, speaking on…
Nigerians No Longer Buy Newspapers, Vendors Cry Out
Vendors and distributors at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) under the aegis of Newspaper Vendors Association, Abuja (NVAA) as well as Abuja Newspapers Distributors…
US Erred In Delisting Nigeria From Religious Freedom Blacklist – CAN
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has faulted the United States in delisting Nigeria from its religious freedom blacklist. CAN’s President, Rev Samson Ayokunle in a statement…
#EndSARS: Omokri’s petition against Buhari removed from website
An online petition initiated change.org by Reno Omokri, a former special assistant to Nigeria’s former President, Goodluck Jonathan, has been removed from the website. The petition…
Concerns As Varsities Churn Out 4,071 First Class Graduates In 2 Years
Last month, there were concerns raised by some Nigerians when it was reported that the University of Ilorin, during its 36th convocation, churned out 180 first class graduates…
Ekiti 2022: APC Aspirants Rattled Over Fayemi’s Purported Anointed Candidate
The race to the seat of power in Ekiti State is getting interesting and generating a lot of controversies in recent times as the expiration of the two-term tenure of the sitting governor, Dr…
Religion, politics and prejudice
As I was saying, an unliberated mind is instinctively sold to prejudice. It is a form of imprisonment. I had barely shut down my laptop after writing on ‘Yoruba Muslims and the Fifth…
Tinubu meets Kalu, says national interest greater than personal ambition
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Saturday met behind closed doors with in Abuja with a former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu.…
Traffic robbers attack Lagos motorists in police presence
Motorists have cried out over resurgent cases of traffic robberies in Lagos State as hoodlums reportedly attack commuters at night and in broad daylight. It was gathered that on some…
Senator Gbenga Aluko is dead
A former governorship aspirant in Ekiti State, Senator Gbenga Aluko is dead.The Ode Ekiti born politician was said to have died this evening after he collapsed in his office in…
Nigerian Student Who Was Wrongly Jailed For Drug Trafficking In Saudi Joins NDLEA
Zainab Habibu Aliyu, a Kano State student who was framed by a drug cartel and jailed in a Saudi Arabian prison for alleged drug trafficking, has joined the National Drug Law…
I Don’t Envy Those Who Aspire To Lead Nigeria – Fashola
Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said he does not envy those who aspire to lead Nigeria. Fashola stated this on Channels Television’s ‘Hard Copy’ programme…
Mother Beats Up Teachers In Ibadan School For Disciplining Her Daughter (VIDEO)
A video trending now on the internet shows the moment a woman stormed the Jericho High school with thugs to attack a teacher who had ''disciplined'' her child. In the video, the mum…
Olu Jacobs Has Dementia, Joke Silva Opens Up
Nollywood actress, Joke Silva, has revealed that her husband, and Veteran actor, Olu Jacobs, is living with dementia. Dementia is a general term for loss of memory, language,…
Davido gifts all N200M birthday donation to charity, tops it with N50M
Award-winning singer, David ‘Davido’ Adeleke on Saturday announced his donation of N250m to orphanages across Nigeria. According to the singer, the money came from his N100m…
2023 Presidency: Nigerians should wait for Tinubu to speak in January, says Fashola
Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has urged Nigerians to wait till January 2022 for the National Leader of All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, to declare whether he…
More controversies trail leaked EndSARS panel report
The traditional and social media spaces have been awash with hot debate over the report submitted recently by the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related…
How I Survived Attack By My Student – Unilorin Lecturer
Dr. Rahmat Zakariya, a lecturer at the Department of Microbiology, University of Ilorin, made national and international headlines this week when her story went viral after a student,…
2023: How PDP Presidential candidate will emerge – Wike, Fintiri
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, and his Adamawa State counterpart, Ahmadu Fintiri, have revealed how the presidential candidate of their party, Peoples Democratic Party, will emerge for…
Family speaks on killing of university student in Osun hotel
The family of a student of Masters of Business Administration at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State, Timothy Oludare, has spoken on his killing in Hilton and…
5,000 IDPs Get N500m From Zulum For Resettlement
Five thousand people displaced by insurgency, who indicated interests to return to safe and reconstructed communities, Friday received N500million when the Borno State governor,…
Students, Patients Lament As India Takes Months To Issue Visa
Hundreds of prospective travellers to India, for various reasons, have decried undue delay or denial of visas by the Indian High Commission in Abuja. Most of the applicants said they…