Zamfara to spend N1bn on religious programmes in 2021
The Zamfara State government says it has earmarked N1 billion in its 2021 budget for the construction and renovation of Juma’at mosques, Isl [...]
Boko Haram kidnaps 35 passengers on Damaturu-Maiduguri road
At least 35 passengers were on Friday abducted by Boko Haram insurgents along Damaturu-Maiduguri road.
Military sources who disclosed the inc [...]
Breaking: Tanker explosion rocks Otedola bridge again
A tanker this evening has exploded on the Otedola bridge in Lagos which is on the Lagos Ibadan Expressway, a route used by commuters living on the [...]
Woman pours hot water on daughter for refusing to hawk in Lagos
Anger got the better of a food vendor in the Oshodi area of Lagos, Mrs Mary Omifunto, when she emptied a pot of hot water on her 14-year-old d [...]
MacKenzie Scott, Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife gives away $4.2bn in four months
MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, said during the week that she has given $4.2 billion to groups helping the vulnerable as th [...]
How NDDC procured rotten food items with N6.2bn – PDC chairman reveals
The Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission COVID-19 Palliatives Distribution Committee, Chief Sobomabo Jackrich, has alleged that some und [...]
FG paid ransom for Katsina schoolboys’ release – Afenifere
Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, yesterday, alleged that the Federal Government paid ransom to the terrorists who abducted ov [...]
Covid-19: Lagos State returns restriction order on churches, mosques, bans carnivals
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu who currently isolating after coming in contact with a Covid-19 patient, has returned the order r [...]
10-year-old girl throws stepbrother in well to avenge maltreatment
A 10-year-old girl, Suliya Abubakar, said she threw her stepbrother, Usman Abubakar, aged 20 months, inside a well because her step mother maltreats h [...]
End siege on Seun Kuti’s residence, Ayo Ademiluyi tells Police
Foremost human rights activist and legal practitioner, Ayo Ademiluyi, has called for the immediate withdrawal of the policemen laying siege to the res [...]