By Akin Orimolade
Ondo State is uniquely blessed in many ways. It is the only State that shares territorial boundaries with four States and the ocean. In addition, it is one of the few States blessed with cash crops, mineral...
By Osaro Akpata
As Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State prepares for poll, he appears oblivious of more traps that may scuttle his ambition
Three weeks ago, he started what is seen as the process of clearing the impediments for his...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed the Edo State governorship election for September 19. Assistant Editor LEKE SALAUDEEN writes measures that should be put in place by the agency to avoid violent and inconclusive election.
The people of...
Adeyinka Akintunde
Wednesday night saw former housemates of the Big Brother Naija Pepper Dem edition thrash out an issue that happened in the hotel between Mercy Akide (Tacha) and Chinonso Opara (Kim Oprah).
Kim Oprah accused Tacha of “trying to intimidate...
A Nigerian Army officer, Second Lieutenant Abdullahi Alhassan, has been killed by Improvised Explosive Device during an ambush by Boko Haram fighters along Maiduguri-Damaturu Road in Mainok.
Two others sustained various degrees of injuries while a patrol vehicle conveying troops...
Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court, Asaba, Delta State, has struck out an application by the Department of State Services seeking to stop a trader, who was awarded N10m from enforcing payment of the money.
The Federal High...
The Nigerian Government has reversed its earlier announcement on schools resumption.
Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, disclosed this while speaking with journalists at the end of the Federal Executive Meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday.
Adamu said that...
The Department of Petroleum Resources has refused to acknowledge a letter it received from a coalition of civil society and media organisations asking it to reform the guidelines it released for the recently announced bidding rounds for marginal oil...
A non-governmental organisation, Center for Advancement of Civil Liberties and Development, has called on the Nigerian Senate to halt its plan to go on annual recess until the passage of the Electoral Reform Bill.
The group said though the decision may not...
Yohana Mutani, a farmer, has been hacked to death by suspected Fulani herdsmen with a machete when he went to tend to his farm.
The 43-year old father of six children left his residence in Gengere, Maraban Kajuru in Kaduna...
Nigerians stranded in India numbering 162 have been evacuated back to the country.
Geoffrey Onyeama, Minister of Foreign Affairs, made the announcement in a tweet on Wednesday.
He said, “The third batch of 162 evacuees have departed New Delhi, India by...
By Okodili Ndidi, Abuja
No fewer than 17 Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters were killed and several others wounded when troops of 25 Task Force Brigade deployed at Damboa in conjunction with elements of...
Ifekwe Udo, the pastor in-charge of Assemblies of Light Bearer Greater Church of Lucifer
Vincent Ikuomola, Abuja
No fewer than 162 Nigerians stranded in India have been evacuated, it was learnt.
The evacuees are the third batch to have been evacuated from India.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama disclosed this in a tweet on...
By Sunny Nwankwo, Umuahia
A pastor in-charge of Assemblies of Light Bearer Greater Church of Lucifer, popularly known as Church of Satan, Ohafia, Abia State, Ifekwe Udo, has narrowly escaped being lynched by angry youths of Ebem Ohafia community.
Udo is...
From Ernest Nwokolo, Abeokuta
The Police have arrested a-44-year old pastor of Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Ogo Oluwa parish, Oluwafemi Oyebola, for allegedly raping his biological daughter.
Pastor Oyebola was arrested following a complaint by his 24-year-old daughter, who asked to...