Author: Olabanji Ayoola

Yinka Odumakin The father of the late spokesman of Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, was on Saturday buried in his house in Moro, Osun State. Pa Ezekiel Odumakin was 116 years old when he died on August 29, 2022. In a sermon at the funeral that preceded the internment held at Christ Apostolic Church, […]

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has denied any involvement in the crisis currently rocking the Peoples Democratic Party. Five governors are currently at loggerhead with the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and are insisting on the removal of the PDP Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu. There have been unsuccessful moves by the party to bring the warring parties […]

The lady, who jumped into the Lagos Lagoon on Thursday, is yet to be found as search and rescue operations continued on Friday. The victim reportedly alighted from a car and jumped into the lagoon after an argument with her fiancé on the phone. The Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Dr […]

A journalist who works for Arise TV, Mary Chinda, has narrated how she escaped death by a whisker alongside journalists from other media houses at the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential rally that took place in Maiduguri on Wednesday. The convoy of the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, reportedly came under attack by suspected thugs, as […]

The remains of Tunde Mark, son of the former President of the Senate, David Mark, has been laid to rest in his home town Otukpo, Benue amidst tears. Tunde who died on October 21, 2022 in a London hospital at the age of 51, had battled with cancer for over a year. This is contained […]

Malam Mohammed Isa, the Special Assistant to the President of the Senate on Media died on Friday, an official has said. Mr Ola Awoniyi, the Special Adviser on Media to Senate President said in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, that Isa died while undergoing treatment for injuries sustained after an autocrash on Minna-Suleja Road […]

Kaduna State Government, yesterday, said security forces have ambushed and neutralised a notorious bandits’ commander known as ‘Dogo Maikasuwa’ responsible for terrorising Kaduna-Kachia road, Chikun and Igabi local councils. The state’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, in a statement, said the security agencies reported his death to the state government, confirming […]