Breaking: Lagos Fire Service Director, 6 Others Regain Freedom
The Lagos State Director of Fire Service, Rasaki Musibau and six others kidnapped on Saturday in Lagos have been released by their captors. Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Bala Elkana confirmed this on Wednesday morning, saying they were released unhurt. According to Elkana, they were released around 11.45pm on Tuesday. “On 09/04/2019 at about 11.45pm, […]
Fayemi Tasks New Commissioners, Advisers to be Selfless in Service
By Gboyega Adeoye, Ado Ekiti Ekiti State appears to be on a journey on the upward track as the Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi swore in 14 additional Commissioners and Special Assistants in Ekiti State, Tuesday with the charge to diligently serve their people and fast track the ongoing drive towards restoring the State’s value. Fayemi […]
Aviation Unions Block Access to Lagos Airport
It was a rowdy moment laced with chaos and pandemonium around the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA) today as unions comprising the National Union of Air Transport Employees( NUATE), among others barricaded the access road leading to the international terminal, obstructing the flow of traffic as well as causing a lull in business activities in the […]
He Showed me how Condom Looked Like – Underage Girl Accused Winners Chapel Pastor
“He was the first person to show me how condom looked like. He taught me how to drink alcohol..He slept with me many times including in our house when my parents are not at home” An underage girl has accused the resident Pastor of the Amagba branch of the Living Faith Church a.k.a Winners Chapel, […]
Man Nabbed Withdrawing Cash from ATM Machine Without Card
A young man was caught collecting money from an Automated Teller Machine, ATM, points of one of the new generation banks beside Radio Nigeria, Dugbe, Ibadan machine without using a card. Radio Nigeria reports that the young man, Azeez Morufu said that was not the first time he would be carrying out the nefarious act. […]
Fire Guts Imo Airport
Pandemonium ensued this afternoon while business activities were obstructed at the Sam Mbakwe Airport in Owerri, Imo State, as a section of the entry point was gutted by fire The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) confirmed the incident in a statement on Monday by its General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Mrs. Henrietta Yakubu. She explained […]
Breaking: Robbers Kill Policeman, 6 Others in Ondo Bank Robbery
Armed robbers today attaked a branch of First Bank located at Isewa quarters in Idoani, Ondo State, killing seven people including a police inspector. The robbers reportedly struck around 2pm, shooting sporadically as they blew open the bank’s security door with dynamite. It was learnt that the robbers operated for about one and a half […]
Onnoghen: The Morning after Resignation, By Martins Oloja
As a journalist, two stories have shaken me in the course of the inconclusive 2019 elections (elections are not conclusive in Nigeria until the courts say they are). First was the military invasion of Daily Trust and the second story was the trial of Justice Walter Onnoghen, Nigeria’s Chief Justice until last Friday April 6. […]
Zamfara: FG Orders Foreigners Out in 48 Hours, Suspends Mining
The Federal Government has announced the suspension of all forms of mining activities in Zamfara, and ordered all foreigners engaged in mining activities to leave the state within 48 hours. The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Muhammed Adamu, who disclosed this when he addressed State House correspondents in Abuja on Sunday, said the order was part […]
Trump Border War: Homeland Security Secretary Nielsen Resigns
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, who oversaw President Donald Trump’s bitterly contested immigration policies during her tumultuous 16-month tenure, resigned on Sunday amid a surge in the number of migrants at the border with Mexico. A senior administration official said Trump asked for Nielsen’s resignation and she gave it. Trump, who has recently expressed […]