A kidnap gang leader has been arrested by the police while trying to abduct a prominent chief in Ndokwa East Local Government Area of Delta State. The state police spokesperson, DSP Bright Edafe, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, July 9, said two suspected armed robbers were arrested along …

The management of the University College Hospital, Ibadan has stated that it has reversed its earlier decision to add a N1000 electricity fee to the service charge of every patient admitted in the hospital. This was contained in a statement released in Ibadan by the spokesperson of the hospital, Toye …

Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has chosen his choice of running mate for the 2023 election. SOurces a highly-competent source in the Tinubu Campaign Organisation, who requested anonymity confirmed this on Sunday in Abuja. The source said Tinubu would make the name of the …

Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto and President General Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs has implored Muslims to imbibe the spirit of forgiveness and sacrifices among one another. The assertion was made by Abubakar in his Sallah message to Nigerians on Saturday in Sokoto. Abubakar said Muslim should …

A school bus driver, Odunsa Mandala, has been arrested by the police after two pupils died while others passed out due to suffocation in their school bus in Aguda area of Lagos state. Mandala was taking the pupils back to their homes after the close of school when the incident …

GOVERNOR of Delta State and Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ifeanyi Okowa has urged Nigerians to renew and focus on their hope for a greater country. Okowa implored the Islamic faithful to emulate the Holy Prophet Mohammed by imbibing the ideals of sacrifice exemplified by him, adding that …

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has urged the National Assembly to reject President Muhammadu Buhari’s ‘plea’ for a passage into law of the National Water Resources Bill. Recall that Buhari had, in 2017, presented the controversial Bill to both chambers of the National Assembly, which seeks to transfer the …

Russian-born Elena Rybakina powered back to win the Wimbledon title 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 on Saturday, denying Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur a chance to make African tennis history. World number two Jabeur was in charge at the start of the match but the 17th seed, representing Kazakhstan, regrouped and dropped just four …

Former Jigawa governor Sule Lamido has excoriated ex President Olusegun Obasanjo over the latter’s constant vilification of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Obasanjo and Abubakar were elected as president and vice president respectively on the platform of the PDP upon the return of Nigeria to democracy …

President Muhammadu Buhari has donated 10 rams, two cows and N1 million to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC ) members serving in his home town, Daura, in Katsina State. The President made the donation during the Sallah celebration with the NYSC members on Saturday in Daura. He commended the scheme …