The senate has confirmed Muazu Sambo as minister-designate. The upper legislative chamber confirmed his nomination after screening him for about an hour on Tuesday. Sambo is expected to be inaugurated as a minister following his confirmation by the senate. ‘I’LL CRACK ISSUES HINDERING MAMBILLA PROJECT’ While he was being screened by the senate, Sambo said […]
Bode George, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has asked Bisi Akande, a former governor of Osun state, to withdraw his recently released autobiography, ‘My Participations’. The book has elicited reactions from political stakeholders, including Olagunsoye Oyinlola, former governor of Osun, and Ayo Adebanjo, acting leader of Afenifere, who have denied claims made […]
Operatives of the Ogun Police Command have arrested one Pastor Peter Taiwo of Christ Apostolic Bible Church, Alaja Oke, Saje, Abeokuta, the state capital, and his wife, Mrs Elizabeth Taiwo, over alleged rape of a 16-year-old chorister of the church. The couple were arrested on Friday following a complaint lodged at Adatan divisional police headquarters […]
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 crisis of leadership in the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, took a turn for the worse, yesterday, following the purported disbandment of the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, CECPC, by one of the support groups in the party, the Progressive Youth Movement, PYM. Consequently, the movement named its leader, Prince […]
A member of the Deeper Life Bible Church at Owalusi area of Iwaro Oka in Akoko Southwest Local Government Area (LGA) has been hacked to death. The woman, simply identified as Mrs. Omode, was said to have been killed by unidentified men in front of the church building. She was said to have been on […]
The Indigenous People of Biafra has declared war against methamphetamine consumers in the South-East and its environs. Media and Publicity Secretary of the secessionist group, Emma Powerful, disclosed this on Tuesday in a statement made available to our correspondent in Awka, the Anambra State capital. Describing youth consumption of the drug known as Mkpurummiri in […]
Policemen and their family members fled their Division A barrack residence in Akure following attempts by commercial motorcyclists popularly known as Okada riders to attack the place. The riders broke into the gate and threw stones into the building while policemen and their families fled through the back gate. Some policemen scaled the fence and […]
Five people have been killed in a petrol tanker explosion on Lagos-Ibadan expressway in the early hours of Wednesday. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Ogun command confirmed the incident, in a statement to NAN. Ahmed Umar, the state sector command, said the accident happened at 4:46 am near Tunji Alegi filling station, Kwakyama area, […]
Contrary to speculations, the police authorities have not recalled the erstwhile Commander of the Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, who has been on suspension since July 31, following his indictment by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. There had been reports that Kyari had been secretly recalled by the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba. But police […]
