The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, on Wednesday said former Super Eagles defender Yisa Sofoluwe who died on Tuesday was somebody who came before his time. Dare, in a statement issued by his Media Office, said he…
The state’s Emergency operations centre has advice people waiting for their test result to self-isolate, as the state records 23 new Covid -19 infections. Reports state that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, in its daily update has verified it…
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Makurdi on Tuesday, ordered that three suspected cultists, who allegedly attacked a man during a Christmas party, be remanded in a correctional centre. The police charged Terkuma Iorunde, Lubem Akusu and Kwaghbo Ndermen, all who…
The Lagos State Government (LASG) has announced the closure of the Yaba Overpass temporarily from Tuesday to Feb. 23 to commence soil testing for the Red line rail. The Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, said in a statement on…
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, a group has called for the zoning of governorship seat to Kwara North senatorial district. The group, Kwara North Leaders Forum, declared that they would use all possible means to ensure that an indigene…
A 28-year-old bartender, Ifeanyi Ibekwe, on Tuesday appeared in a Grade I Area Court, Kubwa, Abuja, for allegedly misappropriating N126,500 belonging to his employer. The police charged Ibekwe with criminal misappropriation and theft. The prosecution counsel, John Okpa, told the…
The Nigerian Air Force has inaugurated another batch of 203 Special Forces (SF) and Integrated Combat Operations (ICO) personnel to boost security operations of the country. Air Vice Marshal Idi Amin, the Air Officer Commanding Ground Training Command (AOC GTC)…
An Ile-Tuntun Customary Court in Ibadan on Tuesday, dissolved a 14-year-old marriage between a hair dresser, Morufat Erioye on grounds that her husband, Ahmed was addicted to alcohol. In her petition, Erioye also accused her husband of infidelity. Delivering judgment,…
The Senate on Tuesday, received President Muhammadu Buhari’s request to confirm former Service Chiefs as non- career ambassador designates to Nigeria foreign missions. Buhari’s request for confirmation is contained in a letter addressed to President of Senate Ahmad Lawan and…
On Tuesday, a 39-year-old man, Anslem Achunine, stood before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, for allegedly forging eight copies of Stanbic IBTC Bank letterhead to collect N1.7 billion. Achunine, who resides st Shomolu area of Lagos, is facing…
