Chairman of Eti-Osa East Local Council Development Area in Lagos Hon. Olufunmi Rafiu Olatunji is dead. Olatunji who died on Monday night had been battling with illness before his death. He will be buried in
Army says its troops operating along Mokwa-Jebba road intercepted a fleeing bandit in a vehicle travelling from Zuru to Ibadan during a stop-and-search operation. The Nigerian Army says its troops operating along Mokwa-Jebba road intercepted
A tanker conveying fuel in the early hours of Tuesday fell and went up in flames along the Lagos-Ibadan highway. It was gathered that the incident happened around 6 am on Tuesday. A source at
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday introduced an online portal for registration, ahead of the continuous voter registration. The Chairman of the commission, Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this during a press briefing in Abuja, on
The Ondo State High Court, on Monday, did not grant bail to Kemisola Ogunniyi, one of the EndSARS protesters who delivered a baby in prison. The 18-year-old was arrested last year for allegedly vandalizing property
Femi Fani-Kayode, has called out Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, for asking the Federal Government to stop killing bandits. The Islamic cleric in an interview with Punch on Monday had urged President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to
Well-known Islamic cleric Sheik Abubakar Gumi, has stated that no school in the country is safe until the government negotiates with bandits. In an interview with Punch, the cleric said that the North-West alone had
Governor Babagana Zulum made the call on Monday in Maiduguri while receiving the new Theatre Commander of Joint Task Force Operation Hadin Kai, Maj.-Gen. Christopher Musa, who paid him a courtesy call. Zulum said the
Buhari led administration has announced the National Humanitarian Development Peace Framework which is geared towards making humanitarian interventions in Nigeria timely, effective, and coordinated between the governments, as well as humanitarian and security agencies. Minister
In clear breach of Nigeria Police Act which he signed, President Buhari sidestepped the only qualified police officer, who is from the South, to appoint a northern Inspector General. President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said
According to the judge’s cause list, Baba Ijesha, who has been in detention since his arrest following allegations of sexual assault of a minor. on April 22, will be tried by Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo on
The Federal High Court in Abuja has awarded the sum of N82 billion as general damages against the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited over oil spillage, in Ibeno Community within
Emirates on Monday, June 21 has suspended passenger flights to and from Nigeria till further notice and the suspension takes effect immediately. The announcement comes 48 hours after restrictions on direct flights between Nigeria and
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajia Sadiya Farouq, has said the Federal Government expended over $5bn since 2016 to fight poverty in the country.The minister said the President, Major General
Oyo State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) on Sunday urged Governor Seyi Makinde and the security agencies to apprehend the killers of Titus Badejo, a journalist who was shot dead on Saturday