In what will come across as a really heartbreaking development, a Nigerian couple, Chukwudi Micheal and Bolani Micheal, have lost their children. The couple has been inconsolable after losing four children to a fire that gutted their two-room apartment on Tapa Road, Oke-Oko, Isawo, in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro reports that…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it is ready to call off its nationwide industrial action. ASUU embarked on a warning strike to press home its demand, on February 14. The union later declared a full strike, accusing the Federal Government of insincerity. In an interview on Channels TV, ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel…
Gunmen on Monday night clashed with vigilantes in Zak Community of Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State and as a result of the incident, 12 people were reportedly killed. It was recalled that last week Thursday, suspected bandits were said to have killed seven military personnel and one vigilante in some communities of Bashar…
Judge Otis Wright of a United States Central District Court in California has postponed the sentencing of Nigerian fraudster Ramon Abass known as Hushpuppi to September 21. “At the request of counsel, the Sentencing is CONTINUED to 9/21/2022 at 1:30 PM before Judge Otis D. Wright II, as to Defendant Ramon Olorunwa Abbas,” the court…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has given assurances that the ongoing strike action is likely to end soon. According to ASUU, the industrial action will end immediately if the federal government addresses their concerns. ASUU President, Emmanuel Osodeke, stated this while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday night. Osodeke claimed an…
Isah Mustapha, an Islamic preacher, was given a life sentence by the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja for defiling an eight-year-old child there. The eight-year-old victim testified in court during the trial before Justice H.O. Oshodi that the convict had carnal knowledge of her in his home in 2017 while her mother sent her…
A night guard at Titolu Petrol station at igoba along Ado road in Akure the ondo state capital has been gruesomely murdered by Unknown assailants with his hands tied behind him. The store of the filling station was also razed by the marauders. Scores of sympathizers have thronged the area to catch a glimpse of…
The Nigeria Police Force, Sokoto State Command, has confirmed an attack on a farming community close to Gandi district of the Rabba Local Government Area on Saturday by suspected terrorists in which four persons were killed. The spokesman of the command, DSP Sanusi Abubakar, confirmed that the assailants attacked the…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Igboeze North Local Government Area of Enugu State has been burnt down by suspected hoodlums. The office, situated at the council’s headquarters in Ogurute was set on fire on Sunday night, July 3. It was gathered that the state fire service in the community could not move…
An angry mob has set ablaze three suspected armed robbers in Aba Local Government Area of Abia State. It was gathered that the men were allegedly among criminals terrorizing Point of Sale (POS) operators, traders, and residents at Abayi, along Aba-Owerri Road, Afor-Ule, Umuimo, and Kamalu streets in the Osisioma axis of Aba. According to…