Goods worth millions were lost when an overnight fire gutted the Ladipo Plank Market located on Iganmu Road, Orile, Lagos. Hundreds of sawmill and building materials were burnt in the fire which started around 12am on Wednesday. First responders including operatives of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service and the Lagos State Emergency Management…
The Rivers State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of the state chapter Chairman of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, Chijioke Ihunwo over attack on the residence of the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Martins Amaewhule, on Tuesday. Confirming the arrest in a press statement, on Wednesday, police spokesperson, Grace Iringe-Koko, said the…
Residents of Imo town in Ilesa North-East Local Government Area of Osun State have vowed to end female genital mutilation practice in the town because of its harmful consequences. Female circumcision is practised in some parts of the state and there are efforts to sensitise people on the dangers of the age-long traditional practice. At…
King Charles III and Queen Camilla began a state visit to Kenya on Tuesday, facing widespread calls for an apology over Britain’s bloody colonial past. Although the four-day trip has been billed as an opportunity to look to the future and build on the cordial modern-day ties between London and Nairobi, the legacy of decades…
Protesters with hands covered in red paint repeatedly interrupted a congressional hearing on US military aid Tuesday, demanding Washington stop funding Israel’s fight against Hamas. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin were appealing to the Senate Appropriations Committee for billions of dollars in military assistance to support Israel, Ukraine and other…
A lady has died after a reported escapade with her boyfriend in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. The incident happened on Monday at a guest house situated in the Temidire community, Offa Garage area of the metropolis. Sources in the area claimed that the man, a barbing saloon owner, was under the influence of drugs with…
The High Court 1 sitting in Oyo, Oyo State, on Tuesday, adjourned till Thursday, October 2, for hearing a case instituted by five kingmakers against the State Governor, Seyi Makinde, the State Commissioner for Local Governments and Chieftaincy Matters, as well as Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, over the vacant stool of Alaafin of…
Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, under the aegis of the PDP Governors Forum are currently locked in a closed-door meeting over a number of national issues. Feelers from the meeting indicate that the political crisis in Rivers State is top on the agenda. The emergency meeting was summoned by…
… As Police Council confirms Egbetokun ABUJA— President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday intervened in the rift between Governor Simi Fubara of Rivers State and his predecessor in office, Nyesom Wike, which has dragged the state into a political crisis. President Tinubu used the opportunity of the Police Council meeting which both attended as members, to…
