The two Ekiti lovers who were kidnapped on Sunday, less than a week to their wedding, have regained their freedom. Sources said that the two lovers were set free in the bush around Ayedun area of Ekiti State on Thursday evening after payment of ransom. “Their wedding activities were billed […]
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu today received the Guinness World Records certificate as holder of the world’s largest anniversary logo made with cupcakes mosaic. The record was in respect of Lagos State Government’s celebration of the 60th independence anniversary of Nigeria with 60,011 cupcakes mosaic anniversary logo in the world, on October […]
The federal government says there will be heightened security activities in the days leading to the country’s 61st Independence Day anniversary. A statement was released to this effect by Lai Mohammed, the minister of information and culture, today. The minister asked residents of the federal capital territory (FCT) and its […]
Kazeem Abonde, chief superintendent of police (CSP), was killed during a clash between commercial motorcyclists, popularly known as okada riders, and police officers in Ajao estate area of Lagos state. It was learnt that the incident happened yesterday when the police officers visited the area for an operation — to […]
Toyin Abraham, Ini Edo, and Iyabo Ojo have featured in a forthcoming comedy series titled ‘Okirika’. ‘Okirika’, produced by Muka Ray, was unveiled on Wednesday at a Lagos event which united prominent actors and Instagram skit makers. The Nollywood actresses will be joined by a cast of other film stars […]
Three suspected kidnappers of students of Bethel Baptist High School, Damishi, Kaduna, have been arrested. Frank Mba, police spokesperson, said the three suspects are part of the 25-man gang that kidnapped the students. He said the police has obtained sufficient intelligence to facilitate the arrest of other members of the […]
President Muhammadu Buhari says the closure of the country’s borders for over one year helped Nigeria “tremendously”. The federal government had, in August 2019, ordered a closure of the country’s land borders over illegal importation of drugs, arms and agricultural products into Nigeria from neighbouring West African countries. In December […]
Pensioners in Ogun, yesterday, protested the alleged non-payment of N68 billion outstanding gratuity, said to have accumulated over 10 years. The pensioners, identified as members of the local government pensioners association (LOGPAN), blocked the two main gates to the state secretariat in Oke-Mosan. Tokunbo Talabi, secretary to the state government […]
Some members of the house of representatives are currently stranded in the Aminu Kano international airport, Kano state. The lawmakers were said to have arrived the airport to board an Azman airline flight, scheduled for 12:30pm yesterday, en route Abuja. The lawmakers — members of the committee on petroleum upstream […]
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has revealed plans to provide free food and antenatal care to 5,000 pregnant women under the Mother, Infant and Child initiative. Speaking during the rollout of the initiative in Ikeja yesterday, Sanwo-Olu said the target was to reach 5,000 underprivileged pregnant women across the 57 […]
