August 2024
Four soldiers killed, military vans burnt in Sokoto ambush
Bandits have killed four soldiers and set two military operational vehicles ablaze in the Gudu Local Government Area of Sokoto State. It was learnt that the bandits laid an ambush for the troops in a border town of Sokoto, killing four soldiers in the attack on Saturday. The Sole Administrator of the Gudu Local Government […]
Ladoja receives ceremonial beaded crown today
The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin, will today present the ceremonial beaded crown to the former governor of Oyo State and the Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, High Chief Rashidi Ladoja. The event, scheduled for the Olubadan Palace at Oke Aremo in Ibadan, will see Otun Olubadan joining fellow kingmakers as a beaded-crown-wearing monarch in […]
Seven family members die of food poisoning in Sokoto
No fewer than seven persons from the same family in the Runjin Barmo village of Kajiji District in the Shagari Local Government Area of Sokoto have reportedly died as a result of consumption of contaminated cassava delicacy. This is contained in a statement signed by the Information Officer, Sokoto State Ministry of Health, Nura Bello, […]
UNIBEN probes sexual harassment allegations against professor
The management of the University of Benin, Edo State, has set up a committee to investigate allegations of sexual harassment against a Professor in the Department of Philosophy. This was contained in a circular issued by the investigation committee’s Secretary, B. D. Jonathan, and made available to journalists on Saturday. Although the professor’s name was […]
Anxiety as Kogi varsity students’ abductors demand N50m ransom
The abductors of two students of Kogi State University, Kabba have reduced their ransom demand to N50m for their release. The students were kidnapped on August 2, 2024, at the same spot, and the same day the Caretaker Chairmen of the Kabba/Bunu Council area, Dare Micheal, and his three aides were abducted. While the Caretaker […]
27 states, FCT yet to set up minimum wage panels
Twenty-seven states and the Federal Capital Territory have yet to set up committees to implement the recently approved N70,000 minimum wage. The states are Plateau, Kebbi, Sokoto, Nasarawa, Bayelsa, Delta, Osun, Ekiti, Zamfara, Benue, Enugu, Taraba, Gombe, Kogi, Enugu, Adamawa, Niger, Anambra, Imo, Ebonyi, Oyo, Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Katsina, Kaduna, Cross River and Yobe. However, […]
Osun vows to clamp down on tax defaulters
Osun State Internal Revenue Service has said it would begin to clamp down on business premises that have failed to fulfill their tax obligations to the government. In a statement he issued on Saturday, OIRS Information Officer, Oluwaseun Ayeni, said the agency chairman, Mr Adesola Adewumi, gave the warning during an awareness campaign held in […]
Cultists kill Ogun community leader’s son, one other
Some suspected cultists on Friday night reportedly killed a 48-year-old Point-of-Sale operator, Fatai Kehinde, under Kuto bridge, Abeokuta. The PoS operator popularly called Faity and son of the Baale of Kuto Community, Abeokuta, was said to have been butchered by his assailants who chased him from his shop inside Kuto market to Kuto under bridge. […]
Celine Dion slams Trump for playing ‘Titanic’ song at rally
Celine Dion took a jab at Donald Trump on Saturday for using at an election rally the song she wrote and sang for the disaster movie “Titanic,” about the ocean liner’s sinking. The Republican presidential candidate has been lampooned on social media after playing the 1997 track “My Heart Will Go On” at a rally […]