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Sanwo-Olu signs bill regulating real estate transactions in Lagos

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has signed a bill regulating real estate transactions in the state. The governor signed the bill at the Executive Chamber at the Lagos House in the Ikeja area on Monday. Present at the signing were ...

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Hilton hotel murder: Slain OAU student’s family hires Falana

The family of slain Master’s student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Timothy Adegoke, has hired human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), to get justice for the family over the gruesome death of their son. In a letter dated February 3 ...

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40 suspected yahoo boys in white garment invade Abuja Estate by 2:30 am

Over 40 suspected Yahoo boys who attempted to breach the security of an Abuja Estate in the early hours of Saturday, Mab Global Estate were denied entry as residents feared they had sinister motives The suspected internet fraudsters, known in ...

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Masturbation does not stop prostate cancer, sexual intercourse does – Expert

A s3xual health expert, Omolola Adefuye, says men engaging in masturbation with the hope that ejaculating through it can help prevent prostate cancer should stop it, noting that there is no scientific evidence to back their assumption. Adefuyent, a Lagos-based ...

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I’m not supporting Tinubu’s presidential ambition, I might contest against him, in any case, I will defeat him – Fayose

A former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has described as heresy or loose talk the claim that he has pledged to support the presidential ambition of the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Instead, Fayose, ...

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Nigeria re-elected into African Union Peace and Security Council

The Federal Republic of Nigeria has been re-elected into the African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) for another three (3) year mandate (2022-2025), to represent the West African region. Nigeria pulled 44 votes in the first round to secure ...

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Granddad mourns as candle fire kills eight-year-old Enugu girl

  Tragedy struck at Ugwuaji community in the Enugu South Local Government Area of Enugu State as an eight-year-old girl identified as Ifunanya was killed in a fire. The incident which occurred on Wednesday also destroyed property worth millions of ...

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I was into haulage business, not kidnapping, Evans tells court

  Alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, said on Friday that he was innocent of the charges slammed against him before the Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja. Evans, who is facing four counts of kidnapping and ...

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Oni dumps PDP after failing to cling Governorship ticket

Ahead of the June 18 governorship poll in Ekiti State, former Governor Segun Oni and first-runner up in the just-concluded governorship primaries of the opposition People’s Democratic Party(PDP) has withdrawn his membership of the party. The Director of Media and ...

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Canada-based Nigerian doctor is suspended for hugging and blowing a kiss at a female colleague without her permission

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta Tribunal has suspended a Canada-based Nigerian doctor for getting intimate with his colleague at work. It was learnt that the medical doctor identified as Efe Ovueni was suspended for three months over ...

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Jealous lover kills girlfriend after argument over flirting with customer

A 50-year-old woman, Ajoke Esomojumi, who sold sachet alcohol on Ikorodu Road, Lagos, has been allegedly stabbed to death by her lover, one Victor Dadeowo, during a disagreement between the duo. City Round learnt that the argument ensued between the ...

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2023: We’ll not allow Abuja miss Tinubu, wife, says Joe Igbokwe

  All Progressives Congress chieftain, Joe Igbokwe, has described former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and wife, Senator Remi Tinubu, as the incoming first family. In a post on his official Facebook page, Igbokwe said Abuja, which is the seat ...

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Buhari has promised to take up my EFCC case – Okorocha

Senator Rochas Okorocha says President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to take on the case he has with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). He said this on Thursday while responding to questions from State House reporters after a closed ...

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Sanwo-Olu halts convoy to attend to two out-of-school girls

On his way to an official function on Thursday, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu momentarily halted his convoy to attend to a disturbing situation. It was a sight of two underage girls on an errand for a bean cake vendor ...

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ISWAP deadlier than Boko Haram, they must not be allowed to grow – Zulum warns

Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has warned that the Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) must not be allowed to grow as they are deadlier than Boko Haram. Zulum spoke at the weekly briefing organised by the Presidential Communications ...

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Gunmen invade Edo farm, kill staff, burn down 20-hectare rubber plantation

Gunmen, on Tuesday, killed a staff member of Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc, and set the company’s over 20-hectare rubber plantation on fire. The plantation is located in Ovia South West Local Government Area of Edo State. Court remands Ogun ...

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Agbekoya farmers threaten to free Igboho from Benin prison using magical powers

Agbekoya farmers society of Nigeria has disclosed that it will deploy magical power to free detained Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, (popularly referred to as Sunday Igboho) if the government of Benin Republic continue to hold him illegally. Speaking during ...

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One killed as protest over hijab at Oyun Baptist High School turns bloody

One person was feared killed and four others sustained varying degrees of injuries, yesterday, after a protest by Christian and Muslim parents of students of the Oyun Baptist High School in Ijagbo, Oyun Local Government Area of Kwara State, over ...

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Quack doctor removes ovaries of teenager during appendix surgery in Benue

Quack doctor removes ovaries of teenager during appendix surgery in Benue A teenager, Dooyum Ianna, is currently facing a health crisis that may eventually claim her life after being operated upon by a quack doctor in Benue State. The 18-year-old ...

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Hackaholics 3.0. to commence Soon from Wema Bank

Nigeria’s first fully digital bank, ALAT is set to unveil the third edition of Hackaholics (3.0) themed Building the Future, a pitch event where innovators and tech enthusiasts are welcome to pitch groundbreaking solutions to some fundamental societal challenges. The 2022 Hackaholics pitch event ...

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Four family members found dead in Abuja poultry

Four members of a family have been found dead at a poultry farm on Anguwar Street in Abaji Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). City News learnt that a security guard at the poultry identified as Dominic Peter ...

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RRS rescues young girl from jumping into Lagoon

Officials of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) on patrol of 3rd Mainland Bridge on Thursday afternoon stopped girl from committing suicide by jumping into the lagoon. The young girl (names withheld) was attempting to jump into the lagoon outward Iyana Oworo ...

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