Barely two weeks to the end of the 9th Assembly, the Ondo State House of Assembly has said it has passed no fewer than 63 bills into law in the last four years. The House also disclosed that the anti-grazing law and the bill that established Amotekun Corps were “positively controversial”. However, the House noted […]

The Enugu State Police Command, on Wednesday, said it has arrested four Automated Teller Machine card-swapping fraudsters for defrauding a 63-year-old man N495,000. The suspects, who are three males and one female between the ages of 18 and 36 were arrested on May 6, 2023, at about 4.30 pm, by operatives serving in Hawk Tactical […]

A lọ sí àgbègbè Apọ́nrin, Agbowó, ìlú Ìbàdàn, níbi tí oníwàásù Owen Abraham ti ṣe ìsọjí ọlọ́jọ́ márùn-ún, tó sì kó ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ẹ̀rọ Ìbànisọ̀rọ̀ àwọn ọmọlẹ́yìn rẹ̀ lọ lẹ́yìn àwọn ìlérí asán tó ṣe fún wọn. A bá díẹ̀ nínú àwọn ọmọlẹ́yìn rẹ̀ ọ̀hún sọ̀rọ̀, wọ́n sì sọ bí ìṣẹ̀lẹ̀ ọ̀hún ṣe ṣẹlẹ̀ gan-an. Read […]

A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered that one Adamu Isah‎ be given eight strokes of the cane for stealing 10 live chickens. The Magistrate, Ibrahim Emmanuel, warned him to desist from committing crimes and be of good behaviour henceforth. The convict pleaded guilty to criminal trespass and theft and begged the court for […]

The chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (retd.) has cautioned young Nigerians against the use of illicit drugs. The NDLEA boss made the call on Wednesday in Abuja, while speaking on the topic: “Culture, drug abuse and the future of Nigerian youths” at the National Institute for Cultural Orientation’s […]

BREAKING: CBN votes to raise interest rates to 18.5% The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria, on Wednesday, unanimously voted to increase its monetary policy interest rates to 18.5 per cent. The MPC of the apex bank cited evidence that raising rates was reducing inflation which may have risen to as high […]

Arsenal sensational winger, Bukayo Saka, has said that losing the 2022/2023 English Premier League title to Manchester City. Saka said this in an interview with Arsenal’s legend Ian Wright on Premier League Extra on Wednesday. “It really hurts so much to even think about how we’ve ended this season and what could have been. “But […]

Did you know that the brain of Albert Einstein, the Nobel prize-winning physicist who gave the world the theory of relativity and the law of the photoelectric effect, was stolen after he died? Before he died on the 18th of April 1955 of an abdominal aortic aneurysm, Einstein had given specific instructions regarding his remains. […]

Sixty-three members-elect of the 10th House of Representatives in opposition parties have endorsed the anointed candidates of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Tajudeen Abbas and Benjamin Kalu for Speaker and Deputy Speaker, respectively. The spokesman for the Coalition of United Political Parties, Ikenga Ugochinyere, who led 62 other members-elect in minority political parties, announced the […]

The Delta State Commissioner for Water Development, Chief Samuel Mariere, has stated that the government awarded a contract for 123 water schemes within the past 10 months. Mariere provided this information while briefing journalists on the ministry’s activities in Asaba on Wednesday. He stated that 40 out of the 123 water projects were to be […]