Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has charged his Ebonyi State counterpart, David Umahi, to return the mandate he got on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Wike who spoke during the inauguration of the Eastern Bypass Road in Port Harcourt on Saturday said it was unfortunate that instead of seeking an appeal to […]
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A 31-year-old man identified as Nicodemus Ignatius has been arrested by the Adamawa State Police Command for allegedly beating his 75-year-old father to death. It was learnt that Nicodemus, who hails from Unguwan Bistel in Song town, in the Song Local Government Area of the state, carried out the act on March 3, 2022, shortly […]
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Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Saturday, in Abuja called on ministers and other political appointees seeking electoral offices in the 2023 elections to resign before pursuing their ambitions. He also faulted the request by President Muhammadu Buhari for the National Assembly to scrap section 84 (12) of the recently signed Electoral Act which bars […]
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Saturday, refuted the claim that he has endorsed the South-East for the presidency ahead of the 2023 elections. His rebuttal was in reaction to an online report quoting him to have backed the region to produce the next president. The report stated that Obasanjo said it while receiving Mao Ohuabunwa, […]
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Police Inspector General Usman Baba Operatives of Delta State Police Command have arrested a female suspected criminal who reportedly drugged a commercial motorcycle operator and stole his bike after becoming unconscious. They effected the arrest following a report received by the Area Commander, Asaba, that on the 23rd of February, 2022, at about 1430hhrs, an […]
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Association blames poor law enforcement Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has ordered an immediate investigation into the collapse of a building under construction at Iperu in the Ikenne Local Government Area of the state. Abiodun’s call came after the Nigerian Institute of Building attributed the poor enforcement of regulations guiding the construction industry by the […]
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A medical doctor, Onyinyechi Anoke, has narrated how she escaped being raped allegedly by Nice Omininikoron, the driver of the Bus Rapid Transit vehicle remanded over the murder of a passenger, Oluwabamise Ayanwola. The doctor is the second lady accusing Nice, who was remanded in prison on Friday, of rape after the death of Bamise. […]
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Prof Olukoya Ogen with other discussants as French Embassy, Alliance Française, IFRA-Nigeria host Night of Ideas’ 4th edition in Lagos A Professor of History at Osun State University, Prof Olukoya Ogen, FHSN, has blamed poverty, parental as well as leadership failure for the escalation of religious tension in the country. He stated this at the […]
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A Yaba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State has remanded a Bus Rapid Transit driver, Mr Nice (Andrew) Omininikoron, for 30 days. Omininikoron was arrested in connection with the murder of a passenger, Oluwabamise Ayankole. Magistrate O.A. Salawu held that Ominnikoron was remanded pending legal advice from the Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecution. The defendant […]
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Many Nigerians have expressed anger after a grisly revelation that Nice (Andrew) Omininikoron, the driver of the Bus Rapid Transit vehicle arrested in connection with the brutal murder of a passenger, Oluwabamise Ayanwola, had in the past allegedly raped another lady. They registered their displeasure on various social media platforms and called for an urgent […]
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