OIL LEAK POLLUTES FARMLANDS, RIVERS IN BAYELSA COMMUNITIES
An oil spill from an 8-inch crude delivery pipeline at Oil Mining Lease 29 has polluted Nembe communities around the Santa Barbara River in Bayelsa....
POPULAR TIKTOKER FACES JAIL TIME IN KANO OVER CONTROVERSIAL VIRAL VIDEO
BY MUNIRAT BALOGUN A Magistrate Court convened in Kano has mandated the detention of renowned TikToker, Ashiru Idris, popularly recognized as Mai Wushirya, at...
OWODE ONIRIN TRADERS PROTEST OVER KILLING OF SEVEN PERSONS
BY MUNIRAT BALOGUN Traders at the Owode-Onirin Motor Spare Parts Market have urged the Lagos State House of Assembly to establish an autonomous investigative panel...
TEENAGE BOY FOUND DEAD AFTER SUSPECTED SUICIDE IN MAKURDI
By Aishat Momoh. O. A teenage boy identified as Tersoo Veregh was found hanging from the roof of his father’s house on Lorkyaako Street,...
LAGOS WATERWAYS FOUNDATION FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH – SANWO-OLU
By Sunmisola Shodayo The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday, revealed that the city’s waterways constitute a fundamental basis for its future economic...
‘JIHAD IS TO STRIVE, NOT TO KILL’ — SULTAN OF SOKOTO
By Sunmisola Shodayo The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, has elucidated that jihad in Islam does not entail the killing of non-Muslims,...
WIKE LAUNCHES FREE MOTHER–BABY KITS, SAYS NO WOMAN SHOULD FACE CHILDBIRTH WITHOUT SUPPORT
By Sunmisola Shodayo The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has initiated the complimentary distribution of Mother–Baby Kits as part of events...
JUST IN: MANY FEARED DEAD IN OGUN TANKER FIRE EXPLOSION
An unspecified number of individuals have perished in a tanker fire incident that transpired at midnight on the Abeokuta–Sagamu Expressway. The representative of the Ogun...
BODY OF 15-YEAR-OLD BOY RECOVERED FROM POND IN JIGAWA
By Aishat Momoh. O. The body of a 15-year-old boy, Sunusi Abubakar, has been recovered from a pond in Gabari village, Garki Local Government...
TRADE FAIR DEMOLITION: LASG DENIES ETHNIC TARGETING, URGES TRADERS TO OBEY LAW
Following the contentious dismantling of unauthorized edifices at the Trade Fair Complex in Lagos, the state administration has refuted assertions that the initiative was aimed...