After a lull in the activities of bandits, the hoodlums have again launched attacks in parts of the country. Residents of Awon in Kaduna State, in this report by SOLOMON ODENIYI and GODWIN ISENYO, explain how eight students of the Government Secondary School Awon in the Kachia Local Government Area were abducted on Monday. The…
The former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Muhammed Sanusi, has said Nigeria has never been this divided since the Civil War of 1967 to 1970. He said the country, because of the elections, was now “dangerously divided along ethnic and religious lines”, adding that it had put the integrity of public institutions in…
The House of Representatives has called for increased security at Nigerian airports to ensure peace and security. The call followed a motion on matters of urgent public importance made by Jimoh Olajide at plenary on Tuesday. Presenting the motion, Olajide recalled the commotion caused by a passenger on Friday aboard an Ibom Air plane. The…
No fewer than six persons have lost their lives in a ghastly auto crash that occurred at Iwaraja junction (Igbelajewa) area, Ipetu- Ijesha route of Osun State. The Superintendent Route Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) who is also the Federal Sector Public Education Officer of the the Corps, Mrs. Agnes Ogungbemi, made…
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has granted bail to popular Instagram ‘relationship expert’ Blessing Okoro for alleged cyber-bullying. The Instagram influencer, according to the Lagos State PPRO, Benjamin Hundeyin, was arrested by operatives of the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID). Rotshang Dimka, the prosecution counsel, had told the court that Blessing used her…
Donald Trump on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts inside a packed New York courtroom ahead of a trial that could begin as soon as January, as he became the first American president to be arrested on criminal charges. After a stern glare to the waiting press, Trump spent about an hour inside…
The family of an Osun-based traditionalist, Oba Adetoyese Olakisan, popularly known as Oba Ogboni Agbaye, on Tuesday, called for a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding an attack on his house during which two of his wives were abducted. Olakisan’s house in Imesi-Ile, in the Obokun Local Government Area of Osun State, came under attack…
Former BBNaija ‘Double Wahala’ housemate, Munirat Antoinette Lecky aka Anto Lecky, has broken into the international movie scene. The ex-BBnaija housemate made this known via her Instagram account on Monday. She said that some critics predicted that she would become irrelevant after leaving the reality TV show, but God’s grace prevailed. She wrote, “ Just…
The Nigeria Police Force had arraigned Blessing Okoro, better known as “Blessing CEO”, before Justice Yelim Bogoro of the Federal High Court on six counts bordering on alleged cyber-bullying, libel and for exhibiting uncensored movies. On Tuesday, April 4, Blessing Okoro’s lawyer filed a bail application before Justice Tijjani Ringim of the Federal High Court…
The coroner inquiring into the cause of death of a 12-year-old pupil, Whitney Adeniran, Tuesday, granted permission to the Chrisland school to conduct an independent evaluation of the autopsy on the remains of the deceased. Magistrate Olabisi Fajana granted the permission while ruling on an application filed by the school to enable it to consult…
