Osun: Suspected addict stabs one and hurts another
After fatally stabbing one Rofiyat Rasaki in the Kajola part of the town, Abdulafeez Shorinmade, a suspected drug user, was detained by officers from the Osun State Police Command in…
Student at Kwara Poly jailed for $9,891 fraud
On Friday, a Kwara State High Court in Ilorin sentenced Bashiru Azeez, a student at the Kwara State Polytechnic in Ilorin, who is 31 years old, to six months in…
IMF advises FG to use fuel subsidy funds to assist vulnerable households.
The Federal government has been urged by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to use fuel subsidy funds to assist needy households in order to lessen the effects of food shortages…
In Cairo, Nigeria and Egypt ink a $30 million economic deal.
Business organizations in Nigeria and Egypt have inked partnership agreements worth $30 million in an effort to improve their bilateral ties. The collaboration was formally established during Cairo’s just finished…
Banditry increases in Zamfara, as the government locks down three LGs
Following a rise of kidnapping and other types of criminality in the areas, the Zamfara State government has declared the complete lockdown of Anka, Bukkuyum, and Gummi local government areas…
Concerns about declining education standards Bida Old Girls of FGGC
The decrease in educational standards seen in Nigeria is not unique to the nation, according to Mrs. Bukola Olatunji, the global president of the Federal Government Girls’ College (FGGC), Bida,…
Eight people are thought dead in the Niger Delta when a flood sends hazardous marine creatures and pythons into nearby settlements.
Pythons and other hazardous reptiles have entered communities in some sections of Delta State as a result of the disastrous rains. Residents are currently running for cover out of fear…
Ooni of Ife marries his fourth wife and plans to wed two more women.
The fourth wife of the Ooni of Ife, Princess Ashley Adegoke, was wed by Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi. As a longtime concubine of the queen, Princess Ashley reportedly considers this to…
Ujah will be considered for selection after doping ban, says UK Athletics director
UK Athletics technical director Stephen Maguire said Chijindu Ujah will be considered for selection after his 22-month doping ban expires but added that it would be hard for the sprinter…
In River State, Governor Wike plans to assign 50,000 special aides to political units.
Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, the governor of Rivers State, has increased the amount of Special Assistants on Political Units he will appoint from the 28,000 he initially announced on Wednesday to…
