Flooding kills 199, displaces 176, 299 –NEMA
Okechukwu Nnodim and Tony Okafor The latest situation report on flooding from the National Emergency Management Agency has put the number of deaths caused by large-scale floods in 12 states at 199. It...
View ArticleTeenage girls flog, cut friend with blade
Omowumi Isamotu Two teenagers, Sonia (16) and Benita (17), have been arrested for allegedly beating up their friend, Oyinkansola. The suspects were alleged to have flogged the victim with canes and cut...
View ArticleFCT police arrest suspected car snatchers at Jos hideout
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The police in the Federal Capital Territory have arrested a gang of car snatchers at their hide-out in Jos, Plateau State, after stealing an Opel car in Lugbe area of Abuja....
View ArticleAPC NWC disqualifies Shittu over NYSC scandal, postpones primary
John Alechenu, Abuja The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress has disqualified the Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, from contesting Saturday’s Oyo State APC...
View ArticleI never knew that my victim would escape – Kidnap suspect
Enyioha Opara, Minna The Niger State Police Command has apprehended one Shuaibu Abdullahi, 22, for allegedly kidnapping Bello Umar of Vunu Village in the Lavun Local Government Area of the state. The...
View ArticleWater vendor, 62, defiles five-year-old girl, gives her N20
Samson Folarin There was commotion in Akute Odo, in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State, after a 62-year-old man, identified only as Wadada, allegedly defiled a five-year-old girl. PUNCH Metro...
View ArticleAbuja, four states, earth tremor hotspots —NASRDA
Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja The National Space Research and Development Agency has identified selected locations in Bayelsa, Ogun, Oyo, Kaduna and Abuja as hotspots for earth tremor. It also stated that...
View ArticleD’Tigress coach’s family cheats death in auto crash
Festus Abu with agency reports Nigeria coach Otis Hughley has revealed his family survived death in a car accident which occurred hours before he guarded African champions D’Tigress to the...
View ArticleRerun lacks minimum standards for free, credible elections —CDD
Olaleye Aluko, Abuja A civil society organisation, the Centre for Democracy and Development, said its findings revealed that the conduct of the governorship rerun election in Osun State ran contrary to...
View ArticleFG declares Monday public holiday
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Federal Government has declared Monday, October 1, 2018, as a public holiday to commemorate Nigeria’s 58th Independence anniversary. Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen....
View ArticleFuel supply threatened as oil workers join strike
’Femi Asu and Ozioma Ubabukoh The supply and distribution of petroleum products across the country are under threat as the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers and the Petroleum and...
View ArticleStrike: Buhari’s CoS meets labour leaders as unions paralyse govt, business...
Sesan Olufowobi, Samuel Awoyinfa, Olalekan Adetayo, Ifeanyi Onuba, Success Nwogu, Ozioma Ubabukoh,Oladimeji Ramon, Feyisayo, Popoola, Olwatobi Akindele, Ihuoma Chiedozie, Peter Dada, John Charles,...
View ArticleOsun rerun, a show of shame, says opposition coalition
Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja The Coalition of United Political Parties has described the governorship rerun election in seven polling units in Osun State as a show of shame. It also expressed worry that the...
View ArticleOsun rerun: US, EU, UK allege voters’ intimidation, harassment
Oladimeji Ramon In their appraisal of the Osun State rerun governorship election, the missions of the United States, European Union and the United Kingdom, who were on the ground to monitor the...
View ArticleRonaldo free to face United
Cristiano Ronaldo is free to face former side Manchester United at Old Trafford on October 23 after receiving a one-match ban for his red card against Valencia, Skysports reports. The Juventus forward...
View ArticleINEC declares APC Oyetola winner of Osun gov election
• PDP rejects results, says it’s black day for Nigeria • I’ll retrieve my stolen mandate at tribunal —Adeleke Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja; Olufemi Atoyebi and Femi Makinde, Osogbo The Independent National...
View ArticleOsun rerun: I’ll retrieve my stolen mandate at tribunal —Adeleke
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has vowed to retrieve his ‘stolen mandate’ from Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives...
View ArticleCourt summons EFCC over Benue accounts freezing
John Charles, Makurdi The Federal High Court sitting in Makurdi has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and two commercial banks to appear before it over the recent freezing of the state...
View ArticleOsun rerun: PDP rejects results, says it’s black day for Nigeria
The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party met in Abuja on Thursday over the conduct of the rerun governorship election in Osun State. While rejecting it, the party also said that the...
View ArticleAmbode trains ward agents for governor primary
Sesan Olufowobi In readiness for Saturday’s direct primary election, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s team has approved training for 1,960 residents that will serve as agents in all the 245 wards in the 20...
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