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  Tinubu mourns Governor Akeredolu President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, eulogised the departed Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, describing him as a fearless fighter, brother, confidant and political soulmate. In a personally signed statement expressing his grief on the ...

Following the death of the governor of Ondo state, Rotimi Akeredolu on Wednesday, December 27, there is an indication that the acting governor of the state, Lucky Aiyedatiwa would be sworn in as the substantive governor of the Sunshine State ...

The Ondo State Government has revealed the cause of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s death The state government also announced that the governor died in Germany. The Governor died today, Wednesday, 27 December, 2023, at 67. The Ondo State Commissioner for Information ...

No fewer than four persons were reported to have sustained various degrees of injuries as fire gutted Fat Noble filling station, an independent marketing oil firm along Old Road, opposite Torikoh, Badagry, Lagos State on Wednesday The News Agency of ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria has affirmed the safety of funds in Nigerian banks, emphasising the stability of the country’s banking sector The apex bank therefore advised the public to continue with their regular banking activities without succumbing to the ...

A 26-year-old man identified as Chijioke Amadi, from Elele-Alimini in Emuoha Local Government Area of Rivers State, was allegedly shot dead by a suspected security guard attached to an indigenous company in the area Though the circumstances leading to the ...

The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, is dead   A family source  revealed on Wednesday that the Governor died in Lagos. TGB learnt that he was managed by State House doctors up to his death because they could not fly ...

A wife who cut off her husband’s p3nis and flushed it down the loo has told police in Brazil she did it after finding out he had bedded her 15-year-old niece The 34-year-old woman, who has not yet been named, ...

FG plans fresh regulations for O-pay, Moniepoint, others     The Federal Government through the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission is set to release more regulation for the digital lending space in 2024. These regulations are meant to improve ...

A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ghali Na’Abba, has died in Abuja at the age of 65 years Ahmed Lawal, an aide to the deceased, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria( NAN) in a telephone interview ...

Apple (AAPL.O) on Tuesday appealed a decision to ban imports of its watches based on a complaint from medical monitoring technology company Masimo (MASI.O), after U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration declined to veto a government tribunal   The tech giant ...

A lady, whose identity is yet to be disclosed, has reportedly stabbed her boyfriend, identified simply as Tony, to death during an altercation that ensued between the duo on Friday Punch Metro gathered that Tony and the suspect, who were ...

A deadly six-foot black mamba slithered out from beneath a family’s Christmas in something that can only be described as The Nightmare Before Christmas The family from Queensburgh, South Africa, couldn’t believe their eyes as they watched the huge snake ...

A Hawaiian social media influencer and beauty entrepreneur was fatally shot in front of her daughter by her estranged husband, in what authorities are investigating as murder-suicide, police said. Theresa Cachuela, 33, a mother of three and owner of House ...

  The Vice President of Nigeria, Kashim Shettima and some state governors have paid a courtesy visit to President Bola Tinubu at his Bourdillon home in Lagos State. They visited the President to pay Christmas homage. The governors that went ...

  Mrs Elizabeth Ekpenyong, the wife of the late chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Akwa Ibom State, Obong Udo Ekpenyong, has died in a Christmas eve fire outbreak at her residence in Uyo. The inferno also claimed ...

  Three inmates of Ijebu Ode Correctional Centre, Ijebu Ode Local Government Area of Ogun State, have escaped from the facility. It was gathered that the inmates scaled the prison fence and bolted away. The inmates were identified as Hammed ...

A 30-year-old technician, Emmanuel Achogwu, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly stealing four solar panels in the Ikosi area of the state on Monday The state police spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, who made the news of ...

Two people have been confirmed dead, while six others were injured in an early Tuesday crash said to have occurred around 2:21 am, around Car Park C turning of the Redemption City, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway   The lone crash ...

The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Kanayo Uzuegbu, says eight suspects have been arrested in connection to Sunday’s murder of a traditional ruler in the state   The traditional ruler of Akutara, Patrick Ezugwu, in Adani Autonomous Community, Uzo ...

The Lagos State Government, on Sunday, sealed Quilox Club, Victoria Island, over environmental and safety infractions The state government also “strongly warned” Sol Beach, the Good Beach, Landmark Beach and other social centres across the state to ensure that adequate ...

NDLEA arrests grandma, son for drug trafficking Attempts by transnational criminal organisations to flood Nigerian communities with large quantities of assorted illicit drugs during the yuletide season have been thwarted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, who, ...

  Nobel Laureate and academic, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Sunday, said he would reserve all his observations about President Bola Tinubu’s administration until one year into his tenure, in May 2024. Soyinka described this as a personal policy of his, saying ...

A 29-year-old fun-seeker identified simply as Francis has drowned while swimming at the Pop Beach Club in the Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State Punch Metro learnt that the incident happened on Thursday at about 12pm while the ...

A man identified as Monday Ogbole has allegedly killed a neighbour, Murtala Jimoh, during a fight in the Itele Awori area of Ogun State on Saturday Though what led to the fight was unknown as of the time of filing ...