The Police in Ogun on Wednesday said they have arrested a suspected Kuje prison escapee, Yakubu Abdulmumuni, at Sango-Ota area of the state. The Command’s spokesperson, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement issued to newsmen in Ota, said that the…
Ahead of the coming July 16 Osun governorship election, hotel accommodations in Osogbo have been fully booked, with little or no space available. A correspondent who visited some hotels in Osogbo on Wednesday, said most of the rooms in several…
Rights activist, Mr Femi Falana (SAN) has told President Muhammadu Buhari how to end the ongoing Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike. Falana urged Buhari to submit a supplementary budget for the appropriation of the sum of N200 billion…
Two men, Danladi Yusuf and Garba Rabiu, were on Wednesday arraigned in a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing 5 bags of rice worth N165,000. Yusuf, 28 and Rabiu, 30, both residents of Kinkinau, are facing two-count charges of…
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) will begin its annual vacation from July 29. The president of NICN, Justice Benedict Kanyip, in a circular released on Wednesday in Abuja, said that full judicial activities would resume Sept. 28. The…
A Makurdi Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered that two unemployed men be remanded in a correction centre for alleged armed robbery on the Lagos-Jalingo highway. The police charged Tyoyila Edward and Anande Ernest with criminal conspiracy and armed robbery. Magistrate…
Three drivers who allegedly stole assorted beverage and spices worth N3. 5 million were on Wednesday docked in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court. The police charged Rasheed Kolapo, 45, Olusola Olowuro, 49 and Moses Adeniyi, 50, with conspiracy and theft.…
A member of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Ademola Olusegun Popoola is dead. It was gathered that Popoola died in the early hours of Wednesday. The lawmaker was representing Ibadan South-East Constituency II at the Oyo State House of…
Nollywood actor, Prince Abuchi Ikpo has been found dead in his Asaba apartment in Delta State. The Police Public Relations Officer in the State, DSP Bright Edafe, confirmed his death on Tuesday. Edafe said the actor was killed in his…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to meet with the Prof. Nimi Briggs-led Committee on negotiation, following his latest ‘enough is enough’ comments. ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osekede, said this in an interview with…
