A 43-year-old man, Yusuf Hassan, has confessed to the police in Ogun State why he decided to set his ex-lover’s apartment on fire to burn her to death. Hassan said the ex-lover, Busayo Falola, had turned down all efforts to reconcile them, saying he felt the next thing to do …

THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State has called on security agents to take note of the threat by the Labour Party in its efforts to pursue and reclaim its mandate, alleged to have been stolen through over-voting, ballot stuffing and electoral malfeasance …

OYO North Senatorial District candidate of Accord, Hon. Shina Abiola Peller, has revealed why the party formed a coalition with Governor Seyi Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Peller made the disclosure while speaking at a stakeholders meeting of the party on Saturday in Ibadan, the state capital. The …

SURVIVORS and aggrieved families on Saturday narrated their ordeals in the hands of suspected killer-herdsmen that invaded Mgban Primary School on Friday. The district head of Nyiev Community, Bernard Shawa, said he lost two of his sons to the attack. Narrating her ordeal as well, one of the survivors, Mnenna …

A Saturday fire at a paints shop in Ilorin razed two adjoining residential buildings and destroyed properties worth millions of naira. The fire destroyed five other shops beside the paint shop. The spokesman for Kwara Fire Service, Mr Hassan Adekunle, stated that “a paints shop suddenly caught fire and destroyed …

ISRAEL Adesanya has reclaimed the UFC middleweight title from Alex Pereira in the main event of UFC 287 at the FTX Arena in Miami, Florida on Sunday morning. The knockout came from nowhere as Pereira was initially on the offense. Pereira was unleashing body hooks and a knee to the …

A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Olisa Agbakoba, tells ONOZURE DANIA his thoughts on the judiciary and some issues around the elections You expressed disappointment over the judgment of the Supreme Court which declared the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, instead of Bashir Machina as the senatorial …

A former military Governor of Kaduna State, Dangiwa Umar, has prayed that the United Kingdom court should grant the letter written by the former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, pleading it pardons former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and wife. In a letter dated April 3, 2023, and addressed to the Chief Clerk …

FORMER Niger Delta militant, Asari Dokubo, has suggested why it would be difficult for a Christian to become Nigeria’s president. Dokubo said politicians who have promoted religion more are Christians, hence it would be difficult for them to produce Nigeria’s president in the nearest future. Speaking on Facebook live, Dokubo …

A former Judge of the International Court of Justice, Hague, Netherlands, Prince Bola Ajibola, is dead. Ajibola, who was also a former Attorney-General of Nigeria, died at 89. Ajibola, the founder of Crescent University, Abeokuta, died on Saturday midnight after a long-time illness as a result of old age. The …