The Ogun Government says it has started the registration of 20,000 vulnerable individuals across its 20 local government areas for free and qualitative healthcare services in government-owned facilities. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, made this known on Tuesday,…
A 23-year-old man, Afeez Bioku, who allegedly attempted to rape a 21-year-old woman, was on Tuesday remanded in correctional centre by a Badagry Magistrates’ Court. The Chief Magistrate, Mr Patrick Adekomaiya, said the case file should be duplicated and sent…
A 22-year-old bus conductor, Isaiah Olaniyan, was on Tuesday brought before an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court charged with the theft of two phones valued at N74,000. The defendant, whose address was not provided In the charge sheet, is standing trial on…
A non-governmental organisation, Care for Welfare International, has called for enhanced interpersonal communication to promote effective policing. The group made the call on Tuesday in Calabar during a one-day training designed to enhance interpersonal communication between officers and men of…
Australian Open boss Craig Tiley said most players supported being locked down in hard quarantine with the local government reporting three new cases of COVID-19 linked to participants of the Grand Slam on Tuesday. Victoria health officials said two previous…
Stephen Curry bombed in Golden State’s final points on a 3-pointer with 1:07 remaining and the Warriors forced LeBron James into an errant 3-pointer at the horn, completing a shocking, 115-113 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night.…
Justice Raliat Adebiyi of an Ikeja High Court,on Tuesday, reserved judgment in a suit filed against a lawyer, Yetunde Sousa, accused of stealing N50.2million from Dominos Stores and Ozone Cinemas. The judgement was scheduled to be delivered earlier in the…
Two employees – Taofeek Afolabi, 25, and Lamir Yinusa, 37 – on Tuesday in Lagos appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, charged with stealing a container of goods valued N60 million. The defendants are being tried for conspiracy and stealing.…
A man, Muhammad Rabiu, on Tuesday dragged his former mother-in-law before a Sharia Court in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, seeking custody of his seven-year-old daughter. In a petition, Rabiu, through his counsel, N.Y. Zakariyya, said that his client divorced his…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Oyo State chapter, says it is in support of the state government’s decision to close down any church that flouts the COVID-19 prevention protocols. Oyo State government had in December 2020, before the Christian…
