An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division, on Monday sentenced a 25-year-old man, Gabriel Emmanuel, to life imprisonment for kidnapping. Emmanuel, who was arraigned on March 8, 2023, on a three-count charge bordering on murder, kidnapping, and demanding property with menace with intent to steal, committed the offences in 2020 and 2021. The charge…
Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court in Ilorin on Friday, March 7, 2025, convicted and sentenced two Chinese nationals, Yang Chao and Wu Shan Chuan, to prison for engaging in illegal mining of solid minerals in Kwara State. A Monday statement signed by Dele Oyewale, Head of Media and Publicity at the Economic…
The National Headquarters of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has announced the appointment of Alhaji Kazeem Oyewale as the Caretaker Chairman of the NURTW FCT-Abuja Council. Oyewale, who is the Gbobaniyi of Osogboland, was formerly the Osun State Chairman of the union. According to information made available to the general public, his…
Operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have detained a 42-year-old Victor Okoh for the alleged murder of his wife, Victoria Okoh, 38, at their residence in Oron local government area of the state. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Timfon John on Monday explained to Journalists in Uyo, the State capital, that the…
All efforts by detractors to distract our government from continuous delivery of good governance to Osun people have failed, Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has told members of the State Executive Council. Addressing the State Executive council meeting today at Osogbo, the Governor recalled recent unfortunate events in the state and vowed that he would…
These days, have you noticed that you wake up in the middle of the night drenched in sweat? That’s because Nigeria is currently experiencing an intense heat wave. With temperatures soaring as high as 42°C in some regions, the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has issued a Heat Stress Watch, warning that high temperatures and humidity…
…As SSG, Permanent Secretaries, ALGON Chairman, Secretaries Participate In The Sensitisation Meeting Osun state ALGON Chairman, Otunba Hon (Alhaji) Sarafadeen Abiodun Awotunde SPAIN alongside with Osun state ALGON Scribe Hon Afolabi Lukman Oyekola jonined other Southwest geopolitical zones stakeholders to attend the sensitisation meeting for the activation and Implementation of the local government proof of…
A human rights lawyer and the counsel for the Indigenous People of Biafra, Sir Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has faulted the Anambra State governor, Chukwuma Soludo, over his decision to ban public preaching and imposition of N500,000 fine against violators. Soludo, had in a viral video that circulated on Saturday, stopped a yet-to-be-identified preacher, who was preaching…
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, unveiled Africa’s first feature film on Artificial Intelligence, titled Makemation, on Sunday. Speaking at the unveiling in Marina, Sanwo-Olu said the AI film, produced by human development expert Toyosi Akerele-Ogunsiji, will make its cinematic debut in Lagos on Friday, 18th April. He praised the producer and cast, assuring…
The Tony Okocha-led faction of the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress APC has ordered the State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara to resign or be impeached. Okocha made the order on Monday in Port Harcourt, while addressing journalists on the raging controversy regarding the recent Supreme Court judgment on the protracted political crisis…
