A middle-aged man lost his life while many others sustained various degrees of injuries in fatal multiple crashes that occurred in the popular Upper Iweka area of Onitsha, Anambra state on Tuesday, July 27. The crash, which occurred on Tuesday evening, involved two Mercedes trucks and Mitsubishi L300 bus with 15 persons on board.…
Governor Mohammed Matawalle of Zamfara state has warned that banditry ravaging the Northwestern region of Nigeria can swallow the entire country if efforts are not made now to tackle it. The governor issued the warning while presenting a lead paper entitled “The Fight Against Banditry in Northwest Nigeria: Challenges and Solutions” during the inauguration of…
Bandits who struck on Sunday July 25 at Sokoto-Gusau road, abducted at least 50 travelers. While eyewitnesses claimed that most of those abducted boarded buses belonging to the State Transport Authority, simple known as SPORA, Yahuza Chika, the general manager of the Sokoto Mass Transit told Journalists that only one of their buses was…
Saliu Adetunji, the Olubadan of Ibadanland, says he has sent a delegation to Cotonou, Benin Republic, to observe court proceedings in the trial of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho. Igboho is standing extradition trial in Cotonou today, July 26, after he was arrested with his wife at Cotonou airport…
The dismissal of over 40 pastors from Winners Chapel is still trending on social media and OAP Freeze has joined in the conversation. A few pastors had taken to social media to claim that they were sacked because they were not generating enough income for the church. Winners Chapel founder, Bishop David Oyedepo addressed the…
Activist Deji Adeyanju has taken to Twitter to comment on what he feels the aftermath of the “show of wealth” at the burial ceremony of Obi Cubana’s mother will look like. Deji in a tweet he shared, claimed that Obi Cubana will now be watched every time he’s travelling abroad as a “person of interest”.…
The Nigerian military has said that it’s not its duty to stop agitations across the country. Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor said this in Owerri, Imo State capital, during an interactive session with retired senior military officers from the South East geo-political zone. Speaking after former Chief of Army Staff, Maj.-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika…
Five passengers have been rescued in Lagos, after a boat they boarded capsized. The boat which left the Five Cowries terminal in Ikoyi area of the state en route Badagry on Friday July 16, developed a technical fault five minutes after if left the terminal. The passengers were rescued and brought back to the terminal safely.…
The federal government has said that Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Igboho, is trying to obtain a new passport to escape from Nigeria after being placed on the stop-list in order to facilitate his arrest. The FG said this in a letter dated July 9 and signed by A.B. Baba, assistant comptroller general of immigration, investigation and compliance, on…
Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has said that the senate is not against electronic transfer of election results which 52 All Progressives Congress senators voted against. Answering questions from journalists after delivering a keynote address titled, “Nigeria’s Democratic Experience Since 1999: The Imperative of Reforming The Electoral Process” during the 16th convocation ceremony…
