The Police Command in Borno State has said it will not tolerate any form of protest. The spokesman, Edet Okon, gave the warning in a statement on Tuesday. The command said public demonstrations were capable of disrupting the “hard-earned peace in the state’’. Okon said that some groups were planning to protest against the hike…
An earthquake measuring 3.3 magnitude on the Richter scale has struck southern England. According to the British Geological Survey (BGS) quake maps, the epicentre was in 3km northwest of Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, and recorded at a depth of 10km. The tremor caused houses to shake as far away as London, Milton Keynes, Aylesbury, and High…
An undergraduate of the University of Benin, Miss Chinenye Promise Nwoye has died after allegedly being strangled by suspected ritualists in a hotel room at Abagana, Njikoka Local Government Area, Anambra State. According to Anambra Broadcasting Service Radio, the young lady from Iruokpala, Ire Village in Abba, Njikoka Local Government of Anambra State, is believed to be…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Anambra State said it has recovered two corpses from the rubble of the bus that went up in flames on Sunday along Ihiala- Onitsha road in the state. The vehicle reportedly caught fire after somersaulting several following tyre burst, leaving the entire passengers burnt beyond recognition. The corpse…
Friends and family members on Monday, took to Facebook to mourn a young man who was allegedly killed by his fiancee in South Africa. It was gathered that Katlego Vura Sono was stabbed to death by Lufuno in the early hours of Sunday, September 6, in Meadowlands, a suburb of Soweto, Gauteng Province. There are no…
Students, workers, and civil society groups hit the streets of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Tuesday, to express displeasure at the hike in the price of petrol as well as the increase of electricity tariff. The protesters, who carried placards with different inscriptions to convey their disapproval, while chanting anti-government songs, gathered at the…
There must be an immediate end to killings, banditry, and insurgency in the North, traditional rulers said on Monday. They decried the “senseless killings in Southern Kaduna” and called on all those behind the four-decade crises to immediately sheathe their swords. The monarchs, who also deliberated on the effects of COVID-19 on the people of the…
Schools have finally been reopened in Ogun state, five months after they were shut down so as to curb the spread of COVID-19. The Ogun state government said schools should reopen on September 21 for the first term of 2020/2021 session. The state government announced that all students had been given automatic promotion to the…
Nigerian popular cross-dresser Idris Okuneye Olanrewaje popularly known as Bobrisky, said that the new home his building cost N590 million. The controversial male barbie, revealed this on his social media page, as he said his house warming party is going to be loud. Bobrisky on Snapchat, said the house warming party he is throwing for…
Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of Ondo State has stated that he is very positive about his chances of winning the forthcoming governorship election in the state. Akeredolu is the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the October 10 governorship election in the state. He made this known while speaking during an interview with ARISE…