Police investigate sporadic dawn shooting in Bayelsa community
The Bayelsa Police Command, in concert with other security agencies in the state have commenced investigations into the sporadic gunshots that ruptured the peace of the sleepy community of Oluasiri,…
Look forward to a re-jigged Electoral Act – Reps Spokesman
The House of Representatives is taking due steps to amend the Electoral Act (2010), and ensure that it reflects the country’s current challenges. The Chairman, House Committee on Media, Mr…
Businessman remanded for allegedly defiling 3 minors
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered that a 42-year-old businessman, Godstine Okere, who allegedly defiled three minors, be remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Centre. Magistrate M.E. Kubeinje, who did not…
Mali Political crisis: Buhari, ECOWAS leaders in emergency summit
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday joined other Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in an emergency virtual extraordinary summit over the ongoing…
Troops abort Boko Haram/ISWAP attack on Kukawa community –DHQ
The Defence Headquarters says military troops had successfully thwarted attempt by the Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists to scuttle the resettlement of Kukawa community in Borno on Tuesday. The Coordinator, Defence Media…
We’re not afraid of coronavirus, we still eat bushmeat – Epe wet market vendors
Just a few months after Epe Fish Market was under lockdown to stem the spread of the new coronavirus, vendors at the site in the southern Nigerian state of Lagos…
Over 200 APC members decamp to PDP in FCT
More than two hundred members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Wednesday, decamped to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Kuje Area Council, FCT. The APC decampees were received…
COVID-19: Eight OOUTH laboratory workers test positive
The management of the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH) has confirmed that eight of its laboratory workers have tested positive for COVID-19. Chief Medical Director of the teaching hospital,…
Mali: France demands immediate release of ousted president as U.N. Security Council urges soldiers return to barracks
France has asked on Wednesday for the immediate release of Mali’s president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, as well as of his government, detained after a coup led by soldiers on Tuesday….
COVID-19: Nigerian High Commission shuts down embassy in Canada, says citizens chose to abuse system put in place
The Nigerian High Commission in Ottawa, Canada, has shutdown activities indefinitely following the abuse of a system it put in place to attend to a limited number of persons due…