Barely three weeks to the Osun State governorship election coming on July 16, the Chairman, National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Osogbo Branch, Osun State, Comrade Kazeem Oyewale, popularly known as Asiri Eniba, has cried out over threats to his life. According to Asiri Eniba, the Peoples Democratic Party …

47-year-old former Super Eagles captain, Sunday Oliseh, is now the new head coach of German Regionalliga West club Sav Straelen. The club’s president Hermann Tecklenburg, who made the disclosure said the former Nigeria international has already signed a one-year contract. And he is expected begin work this week. “Yes, Sunday Oliseh will …

Following a fatal road accident in Bayelsa State, Vice President of the National Union of Urhobo Students Worldwide (NUUS) Jennifer Omoerere Ubiri, has died. Jennifer Omoerere Ubiri, who was in her final year in the University of Port Harcourt, was burnt to death in the accident which occurred on Monday …

Government of Anambra has disclosed that an insulting statement made by Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, the commissioner for education, was provoked by an applicant’s “uncouth” language. Recall that there were reports over the weekend that there was chaos in Nnewi, one of the venues for the second phase of the teacher recruitment exercise …

No fewer than five Internet fraudsters have been convicted by both federal and state high courts in Ibadan, Oyo State, and Osogbo, Osun State. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, in a statement on Tuesday by the Head, Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, said the cases were prosecuted by its Ibadan …

The World Bank has disclosed that Nigerian states will likely lose N18.8bn in oil and gas revenues in 2022, as worsening revenue collection at the federation level increases budgetary pressures for the states. This was made known by the Washington-based bank in its Nigeria Development Update report, titled, ‘The Continuing Urgency …

Pensioners in Abia State have bemoaned the refusal of the state government to pay them their entitlements. The aggrieved pensioners expressed their displeasure at the manner the state government is treating them during a protest yesterday. They appeal to the Federal Government to prevail on the state government to save their …

70-year-old mother of the All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial candidate for Jigawa Southwest zone, Tijjani Gaya, has been kidnapped by gunmen. Hajiya Jaja was taken away from her house in Kiyawa town, Kiyawa council of the state. The state police spokesman, Lawal Shisu, who disclosed this said the incident happened …

Gunmen have kidnapped twenty-one prospective pilgrims on their way to the permanent Hajj camp for airlift to Mecca in Sokoto State. The pilgrims from Isa local government were whisked away by gunmen yesterday night from Gundumi village. According to The Nation, incident left families, friends and relatives of the intending pilgrims …

A Bolt driver, Sunday-Francis Adedokun, has explained why he returned 4,050 dollars (about N1.6 million) belonging to a passenger, Mrs Tajudeen Toyin-Oke in Abuja. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Adedokun said the passenger was involved in a traffic accident and he offered to take her home. “Mr …