About five persons were feared dead when a boat capsized in Lagos on Wednesday evening. An eyewitness told The Guardian that the boat was travelling from CMS to Ikorodu. Bodies of the victims of the accident were brought to the jetty at Ipakodo in Ikorodu, on the outskirts of Lagos. Lagos State police spokesman, Chike […]

The multi-hour downpour that pounded the city of Nibo, a part in Awka, on Wednesday recorded a massive flood that swept away a thirteen year-old teenager at a popular ‘Obibia bridge’ behind Governor’s Lodge. The deceased was said to have been inside a car with two people and a driver when the day that was […]

A Makurdi High Court presided over by Justice Andover Kakaan Wednesday convicted and sentenced two suspects, Suleiman Goma and Haruna Idi to death by hanging for the kidnap and murder of Rev. Fr. Alexander Adeiyi, former Vicar-General of Otukpo Catholic Diocese in 2016. The duo had on April 26, 2016, between Otukpo and Okpokwu road, […]

Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, has said that the country is doomed without the rule of law, charging judicial officers to remain steadfast and committed in the build-up to the next general election in 2019. He made the call yesterday, during the commissioning of an ultra-modern Court of Appeal Complex, in Calabar, Cross […]

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has appealed to Online Publishers not to lend their platforms to the spread of fake news, warning that they stand to lose credibility if their publications are identified with fake news. He spoke during an interaction with online publishers and social media influencers in Lagos on Tuesday, […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday inaugurated a former Inspector-General of Police, Mr Musiliu Smith, as the new chairman of the Police Service Commission. The inauguration took place at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja shortly before the commencement of the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council. Smith is taking over from another […]

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, has said that the approved private sector driven refinery in Mashi, Katsina State will be completed in 2021. Kachikwu, who made this known to State House correspondents in Abuja on Tuesday, said the refinery would have the capacity to produce 150, 000 barrels per day […]