Delta State Police operatives have arrested suspected members of armed gang that specialise in burgling churches at night and carting away musical instruments. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Bright Edafe, said upon receiving several complaints of burgling of churches in Orerokpe, headquarters of Okpe Local Government Area, near Warri, the police swung…

Governor Ademola Adeleke is ramping up actions to extend the life span of the Ilesa water financing agreement with the Islamic Development Bank which is due for closure by December ending. Responding to a statement by the Asiwaju of Ijeshaland, Chief Yinka Fasuyi, the Spokesperson to Governor Adeleke, Mallam Olawale Rasheed on Monday in a…

The Osun State government is constrained to clarify that no Osun state government official attended any naming ceremony in Atlanta, United States as being peddled in some opposition misinformation gaffe. In a release issued by the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi debunked the allegations on Monday, saying there was also no official…

Extra police patrolled one of South Africa’s most violent townships Sunday after a “mob” tied up and burned to death seven men accused of a crime wave, police and residents said. A steadily increasing murder rate afflicts South Africa, but community leaders say Diepsloot, a town of more than 350,000 people north of Johannesburg with…

Impartial watchers of Osun judicial space must be having an interesting manifestation of facts and reality of recent controversies. The public now knows the real issue. The masquerade is unveiled. The real actors now are the judicial workers who petitioned the Chief Judge before the ubiquitous National Judicial Council. Those initial figures and institutions such…

Germany defeated France 4-3 on penalties after both sides played out a 2-2 draw after regulation time to win a maiden U-17 FIFA World Cup title on Saturday

An Ondo State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Akure on Thursday ordered the remand of a boy, Mubarak Akadiri, for allegedly killing a 63-year-old woman, Sidikat Adamolekun. The 18-year-old defendant reportedly killed the woman, who is a retired teacher, at her residence and stole her mobile phone in Arigidi Akoko in Akoko North-West Local Government Area…

Three traditional rulers from Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State have been confirmed dead in an auto crash in the state on Friday. Nine other persons were also said to have been injured in a separate accident on the same day. Eyewitnesses revealed that the affected monarchs lost their lives in a road accident…

A Nigerian Army personnel, Corporal Hannah Reuben, has won a gold medal at the ongoing 36th World Military Wrestling Championship in Azerbaijan. Reuben represented the Armed Forces of Nigeria in the women’s 76kg event at the Military Wrestling Championship. A short video posted on the Nigerian Army’s verified X handle disclosed this on Saturday. The…

The US House of Representatives has expelled congressman George Santos, following a damning ethics report and dozens of criminal charges. “To hell with this place,” Mr Santos told reporters as he left the Capitol. The New York Republican is only the sixth lawmaker in history to be removed from the lower chamber of Congress, and…