Governors of the Southern states in the country are currently in a meeting in Lagos state to discuss issues concerning the state of the nation. The meeting which is being hosted by Lagos Governor Bababjide Sanwo-Olu, has in attendance Governor Seyi Makinde (Oyo); Dapo Abiodun (Ogun); Gboyega Oyetola (Osun); Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti) and Nyesom Wike…
Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have rescued nine travellers who were kidnapped at Igieduma village along the Benin-Auchi Road on Sunday morning, July 4. Spokesperson of the command, Kotongs Bello, who disclosed this in a statement said their men swung into action upon receiving the distress call about the incident and engaged the…
Media personality, Dele Momodu has reacted to allegation of supporting anyone who is against the present administration and anyone who mocks the President. The exchange ensued after the media personality shared an old video of wanted secessionist leader, Sunday Igboho dancing with the caption “Happiness is FREE… OOSA.” When accused of being in support…
Faith Academy, a secondary school owned by Living Faith Church Worldwide founded by Bishop David Oyedpo, came under attack in the early hours of Monday July 5. The attack at the school which is not far from another boarding school where many students were abducted in Chikun local government area of Kaduna State, was foiled…
Chairman of Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission, Muhuyi Magaji Rimin Gado has been suspended by the state house of assembly. Magaji was suspended for rejecting an accountant sent to the commission by the state’s Accountant General. This came after the lawmakers considered a petition from the Office of the Accountant General of the…
Pastor Daniel Olukoya, General Overseer of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) has been ordered by a United States district court in Maryland to pay $7,320 within 30 days to Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters. Olukoya had filed a lawsuit against Sowore in 2018 after a 2017 report of his church members in Maryland accusing him…
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has ordered an investigation into the killing of a 14-year-old girl in Ojota during the Oodua Republic Mega Rally on Saturday. Recall a young girl was found dead at the scene of the rally at Ojota with claims that she was killed by a stray bullet, a claim that…
Wole Soyinka has asked the Federal Government of Nigeria to apologize to Sunday Igboho after officials of the Department of State Services invaded his home. The DSS invaded Igboho’s house in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Thursday, July 1, and two of his associates were killed during the invasion. Igboho has been calling for a…
Governor Nasir El-Rufai has said that he is too old to become the country’s President. Speaking in an interview with BBC in Kaduna, the Governor also said that he is fed up with being linked with the presidency as has been the case in the last 15 years. El-Rufai said; “Governing Nigeria is a serious…
A Kenyan man has been fined and sentenced to three months in prison for insulting his mother and threatening to beat her. David Oduor was found guilty of causing a disturbance in a manner likely to cause a breach of peace. He was handed the penalties by senior resident magistrate Charles Mwaniki of Kibera law courts…
