A group of young Nigerians under the aegis of Yahaya Bello Network (YBN) on Tuesday appealed to Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, to run in the 2023 Presidential race to enable the country achieve desired peace and robust economic development. The group, composed of young people from the North-west and North-central zones of the […]
The Lagos police command says two students were killed in an accident involving a truck that occurred along the Ogunnusi road. The incident happened on Tuesday afternoon after which residents blocked a section of the road with tyres to protest the accident. In a statement issued on Tuesday evening, Adekunle Ajisebutu, police spokesperson in Lagos, […]
A couple and two students were on Monday night killed during a car racing contest embarked upon by some students of the University of Ilorin, Kwara State. Daily Trust gathered that the incident occurred around 9pm at Ijalala Junction inside the university campus when the couples were heading home. Daily Trust gathered that the incident […]
The Police Command in Delta has confirmed the arrest of a medical practitioner, Dr. Christian Osakwe, over alleged rape of his housemaid in Asaba. The command’s spokesman, DSP Bright Edafe told journalists on Tuesday in Asaba that Osakwe was arrested and detained in custody after the police received a formal complaint on the allegation. “The […]
The governor’s directive is coming on the heels of recent social media reports few days back that a male staff of the school (name withheld) was taking advantage of the female students and abusing them sexually. The state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Micheal Gusa who made this known, yesterday, in Makurdi said […]
THE Imo State governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma yesterday lamented that the inmates that escaped from the Owerri Correctional Center some months ago as a result of jailbreak are on the rampage, compounding the security challenges in the state. Consequently, Governor Uzodimma has pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to come to the aid of the state […]
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested five more people at Dowen College in connection with the death of 12 year-old schoolboy Sylvester Oromoni. Five of those arrested are students, possibly all those mentioned by Oromoni on his death bed. The rest are dormitory masters. Commissioner of Police in the state, Hakeem Odumosu, said the […]
A Catholic Priest, Reverend Father Joseph Ajayi, has been abducted along the Akure-Ikere Road in Ondo State. The priest was said to be traveling alone when the sad incident occurred. A family source said the incident occurred on Monday while the clergyman was travelling in his Toyota Corolla Sedan car. Ajayi was said to be […]
President Muhammadu Buhari says brain drain has created a gap in the provision of quality medical treatment in Africa. Buhari said this on Tuesday during the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the African Medical Centre of Excellence (AMCE), a hospital project that aims to transform the healthcare sector in the West African sub-region. The […]
Palpable fear enveloped Adehun Area of Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday, as some irate youths set ablaze the residence of a pastor over a missing seven-year-old girl. It was gathered that trouble started when the lifeless body of a girl simply identified as Demilade was found in the pastor’s residence in Adehun area of Ado-Ekiti, in the […]
