TRAGEDY AS BEDC STAFF ELECTROCUTED WHILE CARRYING OUT OFFICIAL DUTIES IN ADO-EKITI
By: Muftau Fatimo A staff member of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) was electrocuted over the weekend while repairing a fault on an electricity...
BANDIT KINGPIN, 60 OTHERS KILLED AS DSS, VIGILANTES FOIL DEADLY KATSINA ATTACK
By: Muftau Fatimo More than 60 suspected bandits, including a notorious kingpin identified as Idi Abasu Aiki, were reportedly killed during an intelligence-led security operation...
NIGER GOVT WARNS ILLEGAL MINERS OF ARREST, PROSECUTION
By: Muftau Fatimo The Niger State Government has directed all individuals, groups and companies engaged in illegal mining activities to cease operations immediately or risk...
‘I’M DEEPLY SADDENED’ – KWANKWASO MOURNS KANO POLITICAL SINGER KOSAN WAKA
By: Muftau Fatimo The vice presidential candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC), Rabiu Kwankwaso, has expressed grief over the death of Kano-based political singer...
PASTOR PAUL ENENCHE: AFROBEATS MUSICIANS SING ‘RUBBISH,’ CORRUPT NIGERIAN YOUTHS
By: Muftau Fatimo Dr. Paul Enenche, Senior Pastor of the Dunamis International Gospel Centre, has criticised the Afrobeats genre, alleging that many of its songs...
TWO DEAD AS HELICOPTER CRASHES IN GREECE, OFFICIAL SAYS
HOTJIST NEWS Two crew members aboard one of two firefighting helicopters that collided in Psatha, west of Athens, died in the incident, Greece's Fire Service...
POLICE PROBE VIRAL VIDEO OF ASSAULT ON GOLD SELLER BY OFFICERS
HOTJIST NEWS The police leadership in Lagos State has started looking into claims that some officers attacked a person.This comes after a video went viral...
SOLDIER, POLICE OFFICER KILLED AS ARMY RESCUES 9 ABDUTEES
A Nigerian Army officer and a police officer were killed when soldiers from Operation FANSAN YAMMA stopped a terrorist attack at a Forward Operating Base...
OSUN ELECTION: NO POLITICIAN NEEDS BLOODSHED TO WIN POLL- AFENIFERE CHIEFTAIN
Chief Deji Wellington, Lagos State Chairman of the Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, has urged politicians in Osun to shun violence, saying no political office is...
ANAMBRA SECURITY OUTFIT DISLODGES GUNMEN’S CAMPS, RECOVERS ROCKET LAUNCHER
BY JENN NOMAMIUKOR The Agunechemba Security Squad, which is part of Anambra State's security forces, claims it has taken down suspected gunmen’s hideouts in Orumba...