A 300-level student of the Department of Medical Laboratory Science, University of Benin (UNIBEN), Miss Christabel Omoremime Buoro, has committed suicide after a break up with her boyfriend of many years. Christabel, aged 21, was discovered on Tuesday evening at her hostel flat at Plot 4 Uwaifo lane, Newton Street, Ekosodin area in Ovia North…
Otunba Nicholas Tofowomo, the Senator representing Ondo South Senatorial district of Ondo State, has condemned the brutalisation and shooting of innocent protesters with live bullets by Nigerian Police at Governor’s Office yesterday in Akure, Ondo State. This was contained in a personal statement made available to newsmen by his Special Assistant Media and Publicity, Pastor…
Former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi has died, state television reported on Monday. It said the 67-year-old Morsi was in court Monday attending a session in his trial on espionage charges when he blacked out and later died. Morsi, who hailed from Egypt’s largest Islamist group — the now-outlawed Muslim Brotherhood — was elected president in 2012 in the…
Youths from Ilaje Local Government who thronged the Ondo State governor’s office early this morning to protest alleged diversion of funds meant for the development of the coastal area by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu led administration, were reportedly injured and battered by security operatives at the government secretariat in Akure, the Ondo State Capital. Ojamomi Fadeshola…
The family of a photographer, Tode Julius, has been thrown into mourning after he was stabbed to death by hoodlums while on his way to buy food in the Ayetoro area of Ebute Meta in the Yaba Local Council Development Area of Lagos State. Our correspondent gathered that the hoodlums, made up of the Sawmill boys…
The Cross River State Police Command has paraded the pastor in charge of the Gate of Testimony Church, Hosanna Okoi, for allegedly raping a lady and threatening to kill her with a gun if she revealed what transpired between them. Also paraded on Thursday after he was arrested with arms and a soldier’s uniform was…
The Niger State Police Command has arrested a 21-year-old man, Umar Audu, for allegedly killing one Abubakar Mohammadu of the Fulani Camp, Wawa village in New-Bussa, Borgu Local Government Area of the state. The command confirmed the suspect’s arrest on Tuesday, stating that a team of policemen attached to the New-Bussa Division apprehended him over…
Popular comedian, Babatunde Omidina, a.k.a Baba Suwe, has returned to Nigeria from the United States where he spent the past one month in a hospital at Rhodes Island, near New York, receiving treatment for complications arising from diabetes and other ailments. The comedian arrived in Nigeria a few days ago and at once, visited Sheraton…