Sport lovers in Nigeria has urged the Super Eagles to compensate Nigerians by defeating their Tunisian counterparts in the third place match of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nation (AFCON) in Egypt. A sport analyst Anthony Ozioko made the appeal in an interview with our correspondent in Nsukka on Monday. He noted that the Super…
The Senator representing Ondo North Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Prof. Ajayi Boroffice has disclosed that he can no longer travel to his home town of Oka-Akoko in Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State for fear of being kidnapped. Boroffice, who is the Deputy Majority Leader at the upper chamber of…
Members of the National Assembly have been paid their welcome package, including accommodation and furniture allowances, our correspondent has learnt. It was also gathered that some of the lawmakers were not happy because the allowances fell below their expectations. A credible source in the National Assembly management told our correspondent on Sunday that lawmakers started receiving…
Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde on Monday fulfilled his campaign promise to publicly declare his assets. The Governor, who visited the Oyo state office of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) in Ibadan to receive a copy of the asset declaration form said that his decision to make the assets public was in fulfillment…
The incident happened around Butcher Line, Jos North Local Government Area, on Monday. Many people were reportedly killed in the accident that occurred around 5 p.m. There has been no official confirmation of the casualty figure. The building houses a pharmacy and a public toilet and many people are feared trapped in the debris. Some…
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal has overruled the objection by the Independent National Electoral Commission, President Muhammad Buhari, and the All Progressives Congress, to the request by the Peoples Democratic Party and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to play some video clips at the Monday’s hearing of their petition challenging the outcome of the February 23, 2019…
Former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose on Monday, said he had warned Nigerians about the second term of President Muhammadu Buhari. He said this in reaction to the death of Mrs. Funke Olakunrin, the daughter of Pa Reuben Fasoranti, the leader of the Afenifere, who was killed in Ondo State on Friday. On his…
A trader, Mrs Ajayi, 52, told an Igando Customary Court that she slept with her brother-in-law because she thought he was her husband. Ajayi’s husband, Akande, is seeking the dissolution of their 35-year marriage, accusing her of infidelity. ”I was in bed when my husband’s younger brother came to the house my husband rented for…
Pandemonium broke out in Adao community in Alabata area of Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State after two suspected herdsmen allegedly stabbed a 49-year-old farmer, identified as Rafiu Showemimo, to death. Our correspondent gathered that the heinous act was perpetrated on Sunday when the deceased was on his way back home from his farm…
The Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has taken a swipe at the government of President Muhammadu Buhari, saying the administration has failed Nigerians over its approach to the herders/farmers’ crisis and other security problems bedeviling the country. Soyinka said this on Sunday at his residence in Ijegba, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, while playing…