The Osun State Government demolished two floors marked from two buildings razed by fire at Akindeko Market Alekuwodo Osogbo, the capital of Osun State on Thursday. The midnight inferno razed a popular complex, Art Deco, where furniture materials, interiors, and…
Chief Rueben Fasoranti has described as false the report circulating in the social space that he said Chief Ayo Adebanjo is no longer the acting leader of Afenifere, saying the false report was designed to cause confusion and polarise the…
A senior officer in the United States Army, Amanda Azubuike, has been promoted to Brigadier General rank. Amanda, whose father and mother hail from Nigeria and Zimbabwe, serves at a military base in Fort Knox, Kentucky. US Army Futures Command…
Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has commended Pa Reuben Fasoranti, former leader of Afenifere, for endorsing All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Ahmed Tinubu, as his preferred presidential candidate for Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election. MURIC, in a statement by its director,…
A coalition of over 73 civil society organisations in Northern Nigeria under the auspices of Concerned Northern Forum (CNF), has opined that the move, as announced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, to redesign and print new currency…
Nicolas Aina, a Nigerian man has reportedly stabbed his mother, Caroline Adeyelu to death at the family home in Dagenham, East London. The incident occurred on the 30th of October. Aina, 28 had stabbed his sister, Angel Adeyelu, 33, severally…
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister, Imran Khan was on Thursday shot and wounded in an assassination attempt in the eastern city of Wazirabad. He was shot and wounded in the leg during a protest march. Khan, 70, ousted as prime minister…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted a petrol tanker conveying contraband rice. It was reports that the Adamawa/Taraba Zonal Command of the NCS said at its headquarters in Yola on Thursday that the said tanker had 358 50kg bags…
Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Thursday presented a budget of N310 billion for 2023 to the State House of Assembly for approval. Presenting the budget, tagged “Budget of Sustainable Development”, Makinde said that the figure was made up…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday informed that its operatives arrested the Kogi State House of Assembly candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Ismaila Yusuf Atumeyi, with N326million and $140,500 cash in a sting operation…
One major thing the present administration in Oyo State has done repeatedly without concrete result is the evacuation and relocation of beggars and destitutes in some parts of Ibadan, the State capital. The investigation revealed that since the inception of…
The high drama unfolded at the weekend in Sukhumvit Soi 11, downtown Bangkok, when the officers were acting on a tip-off that the Nigerian man was dealing in cocaine. Earlier, they had arrested a 29-year-old lady identified as Catherine, who…
Sunday Igboho, the famous Yoruba nation agitator, real name, Sunday Adeyemo, has bagged an honorary doctorate from the Triune Biblical University. The university is based in Brooklyn, New York, United States of America. Recall that Igboho was arrested in Cotonou,…
The Lagos State Police Command has taken 51-year-old Austin Kanu into custody for allegedly abducting four teenage boys. A statement on Tuesday by the Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin said operatives of Surulere Division arrested Kanu. The victims –…
Parts of the clothing section of the popular Tejuosho market in the Yaba area of Lagos was on Tuesday razed by fire. Margaret Adeseye, director of the Lagos Fire and Rescue Service, said that the fire gutted the “Tailor market…
One person was killed yesterday in a fire incident that occurred at 1114, Adeola Odeku Street, by Eletu Ogabi Close, Victoria Island, Lagos. The Guardian learnt the fire also affected a Toyota Saloon passenger car belonging to the Rapid Response…
A building located on Adeola Odeku in Victoria Island, Lagos, is currently on fire. The fire was started, according to sources, by a generator explosion that occurred early on Tuesday. According to witnesses, a car with three people inside that…
Ifeanyi Adeleke, the 3-year-old son of artist Davido and his fiancee, Chioma Rowland, has reportedly passed away. The terrible death occurred on Monday, October 31. Ifeanyi allegedly drowned at his father’s house on Banana Island. He was rushed to Evercare…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has declared Lagos socialite Ademola Afolabi Kazeem (a.k.a. Alhaji Abdallah Kazeem Muhammed) wanted. The owner of Adekaz Hotels is wanted for alleged offences bordering on exportation, trafficking of illicit drugs, and money laundering.…
Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello has presented the 2023 appropriation bill of over N238bn (N238,924,457,782.47) to the state House of Assembly. Bello christened the appropriation bill, the ‘Budget of Consolidation and Transition’ in Minna. The 2023 Budget, which is…