Edo Government says it will meet the Oba of Benin, Oba Eware 11 over the anticipated return of the stolen artefacts from Europe to Nigeria. Gov. Godwin Obaseki made this known, in a statement, on Monday in Benin. The statement…
Forty-nine people were arrested and 19 police officers were injured in London on Sunday under a policing operation for England’s Euro 2020 final against Italy at Wembley. The Metropolitan Police said early on Monday that a total of 49 people…
Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Kwara chapter, says two jabs of the COVID-19 Astrazeneca vaccine are about 92 per cent effective against the Delta variant of the virus. The Chairman of the Kwara NMA, Dr Baba Issa, made this known at…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has prohibited Mobile Money Operators (MMOs) from accepting airtime as a deposit or form of payment, as the country strives to expand banking coverage through MMOs. The CBN stated this in a new set of…
The death of Sound Sultan (Olanrewaju Fasasi) is “a great loss not just to his family and the Creative Industry, but to Nigeria as a whole’’. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said this in a statement…
Haiti’s national police have announced the arrest of the suspected mastermind in the assassination of President Jovenel Moise. A Haitian doctor living in the U.S. state of Florida was arrested, police Chief Leon Charles said at a news conference. The…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) will today, Monday July 12, 2021 arraign Ebisintei Awudu, the former Surveyor-General of the Federation, before an Abuja High Court, according to sources. The case was halted last Monday due…
A driver, Obinna Loveday, on Monday pleaded with an Upper Area Court in Mararaba, Nasarawa State, to dissolve his marriage to his wife, Esther, on grounds that she was ill- tempered and violent. Loveday in his petition said that Esther…
The Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) has raised alarm over increasing theft of transformer oil and cables in its franchise. A statement signed by KEDCO Head of Communications, Mr Ibrahim Shawai, on Monday in Kano, urged communities and individuals to…
A 38-year-old driver, Adigun Olaonipekun, was on Monday charged before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly knocking down a pedestrian to death. The defendant, who lives at 5, Igbara St., Imude Ajangbadi, Lagos, is being tried for reckless driving…
