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TB Joshua should’ve been prosecuted for church collapse — Soyinka

Prof. Wole Soyinka, said the founder of the Synagogue, Church of All Nations, Temitope Joshua better known as TB Joshua, ought to have been prosecuted for the collapse of his church hotel. The church’s hotel collapsed on September 12, 2014, ...

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Edo Police arrest 2 suspects for stealing N5.2m dropped by robbers

The Edo Police Command has arrested two men, Monday Imafidon and Ifeanyi Okafor, who stole the loot dropped by a four-man gun-toting gang that robbed a POS outlet of N5.2 million. The robbery operation took place in Uromi, Esan north-east ...

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Sunday Igboho mocks Pastor Adeboye over son’s death (Video)

Popular Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, (aka Sunday Igboho) has mocked Pastor Enoch Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, over the sudden death of his son, Pastor Dare Adeboye. Sunday Igboho said he would not greet or sympathize ...

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Insecurity: Ortom, El-Rufai trade words, accuse each other of failure

The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Saturday, took a swipe at his Kaduna counterpart, Nasir El-Rufai, saying he had no moral justification to challenge another governor. Ortom was reacting to El-Rufai’s accusation that his Benue counterpart was using the ...

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Palace guard kills policeman as Osun dwellers clash over land

A policeman, Corporal Akinsanya Akingbade, was on Friday shot dead, as residents of Ile Ogbo and Iwo, in Osun State, clashed over boundary. According to an eyewitness, the clashes occurred around Oke Saaji area along Iwo/Ile Ogbo Road, when some ...

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Six officers killed as gunmen attack Akwa Ibom police station

Gunmen suspected to be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra launched another attack on Odoro Ikpe Police Station, in Ini LGA of Akwa Ibom State, killing six officers on duty.   It was gathered that the attack occurred in ...

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Supreme Court declares dissolution of local Government in Oyo illegal

  The Supreme Court on Friday declared the dissolution of local government administrations in Oyo State and their replacement with caretaker committees as illegal.   The Association of Local Government Of Nigeria (ALGON), Oyo State chapter, had appealed the judgment ...

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Busted Italy-bound Nigerian excretes 59 wraps of Heroin at Abuja Airport

Italy-bound suspected drug trafficker, Okoguale Douglas has excreted 59 wraps of Heroin after he was busted at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Douglas, 23, was trying to board a Milan, Italy bound flight when he was arrested by officials ...

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Dare Adeboye to be buried Tuesday, May 11th

Pastor Dare Adeboye, one of the sons of the General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, will be buried on Tuesday at the Redemption Camp. Dare died in his sleep on Tuesday at the ...

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Tinubu, Oyetola and wife in Saudi Arabia (Photos)

If you are looking for APC National leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, then we are sorry, you can;t find him now. He is currently in Saudi Arabia observing Umrah.  A photo shared b Dele Momodu also shows the politician next to ...

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Mama Taraba: Aisha Alhassan is dead

Aisha Alhassan, former Minister of Women Affairs, popularly known as Mama Taraba, is dead. Details of are death are still sketchy but it was gathered that she died at a hospital in Egypt. The deceased battled a protracted illness in ...

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Police, Okada riders clash in Lagos

Pandemonium broke out in Ogba, Lagos on Friday morning over the alleged shooting of a motorcyclist also known as Okada rider by a police officer. A resident of the area said the unrest started yesterday when a police officer refused ...

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Passengers burnt to death in Lagos-Ibadan expressway accident

The Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) has said an unspecified number of persons were burnt to death in an auto crash on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the spokesperson for TRACE, said this at a media briefing ...

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Suspended NPA boss Hadiza Usman under investigation

President Muhammadu Buhari says he approved the removal of Hadiza Usman, the Nigerian Ports Authority’s Managing Director, to investigate the agency’s management. Buhari said her removal followed a recommendation by Rotimi Amaechi, the Minister of Transportation. Ms Hadiza will face ...

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#EndSARS mayhem cost insurance firms N4 billion – NIA

The Nigerian Insurers Association (NIA) said insurance companies paid N4 billion as claims arising from over 2,000 businesses affected by the mayhem that followed the #EndSARS protests. Ganiyu Musa, Chairman of the NIA, disclosed this at a news conference in ...

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Being single is not easy, I need a man” – James Brown wails

Nigerian crossdresser, James Brown has cried out on Instagram that he needs a man. The man who dresses and acts like a female says he needs a man in his life as being single could be tiring. Shortly after his ...

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Pastor Adeboye makes first appearance after son’s death

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye preached virtually at the church’s Holy Communion service on Thursday. This is despite the loss of his third son, Dare, who died on Tuesday in his sleep. ...

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Sixth grade girl opens fire at middle school in Idaho, injuring 3

A female middle school student opened fire on classmates in Rigby, Idaho, on Thursday, officials said. Two students and one adult were injured, police said. The adult was treated and released from Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, while the two ...

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Cops repel attack on Imo police station, kill eight hoodlums

Joint security operatives on Thursday night killed no fewer than eight hoodlums after they resisted an attack on Orlu Divisional Police Headquarters in Imo state from unknown gunmen. Also, the joint security operatives recovered seven vehicles the attackers came in ...

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