Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have killed a member of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Daniel Adejuyigbe in Iju, Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State. It was gathered that the deceased was part of the search team organised to secure the release of a farmer, Solomon Akinmeji, who was kidnapped at Okeji farm settlement last…
Kidnappers have killed an Atlanta, Georgia-based Nigerian man, Prince Eloniyo Dennis Abuda, after payment of N10m ransom to secure his release and that of other family members. The decomposing body of Abuda was found in a bush near the small town of Agbanikaka, Ovia North East Local Government Area of the state on Tuesday, February…
Tuface Idibia has questioned why Africans look down on those who speak English with an African accent and see as superior those who have an accent from the Western countries. He tweeted: “Why do we as Africans laugh or look down at us that can’t speak English proper or don’t have the accent? …
A German veterinary clinic has reportedly trained sniffer dogs to detect coronavirus in human saliva samples with 94% accuracy. The dogs are conditioned to pick up the “corona odour” that comes from cells in infected people, said Esther Schalke, a vet at Germany’s armed forces school for service dogs. Filou, a three-year-old Belgian…
Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has apologized to the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, for describing him and other Youruba leaders as ”Fulani slaves”. Igboho in a virtual meeting on Tuesday February 2, accused the Ooni of failing to tell President Buhari the truth about the plight of Yorubas during a meeting…
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state has again reignited the call for a state police following increased criminal activities across the country. The Governor who hosted representatives of lawmakers of the All Progressives Congress South-West caucus in the House of Representatives who paid him a courtesy visit in his office on Tuesday February 2, stated that…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday night, reportedy asked the Inspector-General of Police Mohammed Adamu to hand over. The Nation reported that Adamu who completed his 35 years service on Monday February 1, was expected to have handed over to the most senior officer at the close of work on Monday, but he did not, fueling the feeling that…
A lawsuit challenging the demolition and acquisition of the disputed land of late Dr Olusola Saraki (Ile Arugbo) by the Kwara State Government, has been struck out by a Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin. The lawsuit instituted by Asa Investment Limited against the state government, was struck out for want of diligent prosecution. …
The Kogi government has accused the Presidential Task Force on COVID19 of trying to scare investors away from the state after classifying the state as a ”High Risk” state for COVID19 in Nigeria. The PTF gave the classification on Monday, February 1 following the state’s unwillingness to acknowledge the existence of the disease, report tests…
Luck ran out on three suspected ritualists in Igueben Local Government Area of Edo State after they were allegedly caught trying to use a girl for money ritual. According to a post by Igueben LG chairmanship aspirant, Eromose Eboghoye, the three ‘strange’ young men wearing white robes were caught in Idumeka community on Tuesday,…
