The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State has dismissed as “deliberate and unnecessary insult” to the people a resolution by the State House of Assembly, criticising the recent postings of Commissioners of Police to the state. The party said in a statement on Wednesday in Yenagoa that the resolution, which came a few days […]

A catastrophe that would have thrown Nigeria into deep mourning was averted, Tuesday, as troops of the Nigerian Army arrested an alleged female bomber in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. Announcing the arrest via its twitter handle, the Army said the young lady, Shaidatu Adamu, 19, was nabbed at the Gonikalachari area of Borno State […]

In its latest round of intervention, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday, November 13, 2018, injected the sum of $210 million in the inter-bank foreign exchange market. Figures obtained from the CBN indicate that the authorized dealers in the wholesale segment of the market received the sum of $100 million while the Small […]

A man simply identified as Obi Nwoda, 65, has met his untimely death while having sex with a 34 year old lover, Ifeoma Ayinka in an hotel. According to the police, Ayinke, who approached Desires and Leisure Hotel, in Agu Awka in Aniocha Local Governmenbt Area, with her man friend was intercepted by the hotel […]

Justice Dulcie Ethel Adunola Oguntoye, the oldest living female judge in Nigeria is dead. Justice died yesterday, Monday, November 12, 2018. She was 95 years old. A British citizen, Justice Oguntoye was the first woman to be appointed a judge in Lagos State in 1976, a year after Justice Modupe Omo-Eboh was appointed as the […]

The Kaduna State Government has lifted the curfew it imposed on Kaduna metropolis and its environs on October 31. A statement by Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s spokesperson, Samuel Aruwan, on Tuesday said residents were free to go about their legitimate businesses at anytime of the day. “However, a security review has determined that curfew hours be […]

Former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki, on Tuesday, wrote the court informing it of his resolve to avoid court hearing until the prosecution obeys the court’s ruling on his bail. Dasuki is facing trial at an Abuja Division of the Federal High Court for alleged illegal possession of firearms and for alleged abuse of […]

An Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Monday ordered that a 22-year-old Togolese cook, Sunday Anani, be remanded in prison for 30 days pending advice from the office of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions. Anani is facing a charge of murder before Chief Magistrate Mrs. O.O. Oshin. In her ruling, Oshin adjourned until December 18 […]

The Police authorities in Lagos are investigating the role played by a father in the death of his two children found inside a deep freezer at their home in Ikorodu area of the state, yesterday. Besides the children, the body of the family dog was also found in the freezer in their house at 2, Christian Onoja Street, […]