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The Nigeria Police Force has sacked an unmarried female corporal, Olajide Omolola, for getting pregnant. This is contained in a police wireless message with reference number CJ:4161/EKS/IY/Vol.2/236, DTO:181330/01/2021 which was obtained by The Punch. The signal originated from the Department ...

One of the houses of Yoruba rights activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo a.k.a Sunday Igboho in Soka, Ibadan was   razed by suspected arsonists. The fire, which reportedly started around 3 am on Tuesday, destroyed some parts of the house. However, ...

A Ugandan court ordered security forces to cease surrounding the home of opposition leader Bobi Wine, who has been under house arrest since the January 14 presidential election. Hours after the court’s order on Monday, Bobi Wine’s large compound in ...

Former Ekiti State Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party, Dr Tope Aluko, on Monday, dumped the party to join the All Progressives Congress. Aluko, an ally of former governor Ayodele Fayose, who announced his decision at an event held at the ...

The Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested 16 suspects in the Lekki area of the state for alleged Internet fraud. Some of the suspects are Habeeb Adebayo, Marcus Wisdom, Caleb Ezekiel, Akinduro Henry, Osarobo ...

The Kaduna Electric Distribution Company last Wednesday disconnected electricity supply to the home of late Alhaji Shehu Shagari, the Second Republic President of Nigeria, over unpaid bills estimated to be over N6m. Occupants of the house, including late Shagari wives ...

A Kaduna High Court has directed the state government to treat Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky’s wife, Zeenah for COVID-19. Last week the son of the duo raised the alarm that his mother has contracted the virus. At the commencement of the ...

The President, Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide, Apostle Johnson Suleman has said that there is no such thing as a probe ordered by the Inspector General of Police on him. Apostle Suleman made the reaction after media reports emerged on Monday ...

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Three medical doctors died while 53 others contracted the Covid-19 virus since its outbreak in the state, the state chairman, Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Dr. Usman Ali has said.   Usman in an interview with newsmen said the recent death ...

The Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 announced the extension of phase three of the eased lockdown by one month. The chairman of PTF, Boss Mustapha, announced this at the weekly briefing of the task force in Abuja. He said, “The ...

  The Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC says 1430 fresh cases of COVID19 were recorded in Nigeria on Monday, January 25.   According to statistics released by the agency, Lagos recorded 744, the highest for the day.   Plateau recorded ...

The Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brig. Gen. Mohammed Marwa (retd.), has ordered the state commanders of the agency to mop up illicit drugs across the country. He also hinted that the agency would seek government’s approval ...

Officers of Ondo Security Network, popularly known as Amotekun have arrested a woman, Seun Oladayo, for allegedly selling her newborn baby for N10,000. The 22-year-old sold the baby shortly after giving birth to a Pastor, identified as Olawale who reported ...

Several aides to the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom including his aide-de-camp, personal physician and orderly have tested positive for Covid-19. Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Terver Akase, made this known on Monday while reacting to a media report ...

The Osun State Government with the Nigerian Police have rescued a 20-year-old girl, Opeyemi Olatoke locked up for five years in an abandoned house at Alfa Fire area, Ikirun in Ifelodun Local Government Area, Osun State. The father of the ...

Governors of the South-West on Monday banned all forms of open grazing in the region. The decision was taken today when the governors met with the leadership of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria as well as security ...

Orlu Local Government area of Imo State was in turmoil yesterday as military men allegedly went on rampage, killing several civilians in revenge for their dead colleagues. It was gathered that a group, Eastern Security Network (ESN) said to be ...

According to a twitter report by Jack Obinyan, gunmen masquerading as herdsmen allegedly attacked this passenger bus on Benin-Ore- Sagamu road and abducted all passengers.   He said this happened yesterday. The tweet claiming the abduction below…      

The mother of three siblings, all undergraduates of the Adekunle Ajasin University, were among those crushed to death by a Dangote truck in Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, on Saturday, died immediately she learned of her children’s death. Two of them ...

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has revealed the State Government’s plan on Coronavirus vaccine rollout and the effort to bolster mass vaccination of residents in the State. Sanwo-Olu disclosed, he is aiming to achieve 60 per cent vaccine rollout ...

Dino Melaye has dedicated a track to Sunday Igbowo, with the Yoruba leader becoming the latest person Melaye will sing for. In the song released on his Instagram page as usual, Melaye praised him saying  he is a true son ...

Twitter users have tagged policemen in Lagos in a video shared on twitter, which saw beggars knocking on motorists’ cars windows begging for alms. Damilare Asiri, a popular comedian had raised the topic saying the way beggars now beg in ...

The Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brig. Gen. Mohammed Marwa (retd.), has ordered the state commanders of the agency to mop up illicit drugs across the country. He also hinted that the agency would seek government’s approval ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has lost the money laundering case against Uyiekpen Giwa-Osagie, a lawyer to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.   Uyiekpen, a senior lawyer in the firm of Africa Law Practices (ALP), and his brother, ...