As preparation for the upcoming state sports festival, the Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Yemi Lawal, has approved 28 sporting events for the fiesta that will cut across the state. …
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Mercy Sunday: BUK Female Final Year Student Dies In Hostel
A final year student of Bayero University, Kano, identified as Mercy Sunday has been confirmed dead. Mercy, a student in the department of Political Science died in the female students’ hostel on…
Igangan killings: I’m Not Responsible For Igangan Massacre, Don’t Have Mercenaries – Evicted Sarkin Fulani
Evicted Sarkin Fulani of Oyo State, Alhaji Saliu Abdulkadir has distanced himself from the latest attack in Igangan area of the State. Abdulkadir said he would have defended himself if…
Bayelsa Government Activates Open Grazing Law, Impounds 34 Cows
The Bayelsa Livestock Management Committee (BSLMC) on Tuesday said it impounded 34 cows in Yenagoa for alleged violation of the State’s anti-open grazing law. The cows were impounded around the…
We Have Failed Woefully In Securing Nigerians – APC Rep Proclaims
A member of the house of representatives, Oluwarotimi Agunsoye has stated that government has failed woefully in protecting lives and properties of citizens. This was stated by the lagos…
Twitter ban: SERAP files case against President Buhari, hires Falana
The Civil society organisation, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project; and 176 concerned Nigerians have filed a lawsuit against the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), at the ECOWAS…
It’s our plan to conduct census in 2022, says NPC
THE National Population Commission has made it known that population census may be conducted in Nigeria in 2022, once it completes its process of demarcation and administering questionnaire, adding that the exercise…
Commotion in Abia as market set ablazed, one shot dead, five injured
Today, some parts of the Umuahia Timber Market along Ahiaeke Road in Abia State has been set ablaze by angry traders. This was after vigilantes tried…
Man stabs bricklayer to death over N20,000 debt in Ogun.
In Ogun state, One Michael Sunday has allegedly stabbed a 45-year-old bricklayer, Avonse Abraham, to death in the Alli Isiba area of Sango-Ota, Ogun State, over a N20,000 debt. …
Makinde To Federal Government: Allow Amotekun Operatives bear AK-47, other sophisticated firearms
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has demanded the Federal Government to grant governors of the South-West the powers to equip their respective Amotekun operatives with sophisticated firearms like AK-47. Speaking against…