On Thursday, officers of the Australian Police force apprehended the woman suspected to be the mastermind of the mushroom meal mystery, that left three people dead and a local preacher fighting for his life. Erin Patterson’s arrest is the latest action in the developing story which took place in the small rural town of Leongatha,…
About five persons have been reportedly injured in an accident that occurred around the Redemption Camp area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway when a vehicle allegedly belonging to ADRON Homes and Properties somersaulted due to the unfortunate explosion of the vehicle’s tyre. An eyewitness identified simply as Quadri disclosed this to news correspondents. According to Quadri,…
300 shops were reportedly destroyed in a fire accident that razed the Ladipo plank market, Orile-Iganmu area of Lagos State on Wednesday. The spokesperson for the Lagos State Fire Service, Amodu Shakiru, confirmed this to the media in an exclusive interview. Sources at the scene of the fire accident gathered that the shops which were…
A good number of cocoa farmers at the Oluwa Forest Reserve in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State have reportedly called on the state Commissioner of Police, Asabi Abiodun, to rescue them from the alleged attacks by some suspected hoodlums. The farmers lamented that the attacks against them began after the state High Court…
Alhaji Yahaya Bello, the executive governor of Kogi state, on Wednesday received a delegation from the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, to offer condolences over the death of the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, Dr Ado Ibrahim. This was contained in a statement issued late Wednesday night by the Chief press secretary to the governor, Onogwu…
Anambra State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare, Mrs Ify Obinabo has rescued about twenty girls between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five at a brothel in Oba, Idemili South Local Government Area of the State. The raid was done in collaboration with the police following a tip-off from a whistleblower. Two among the…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has given former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, till January 25 to appear in court to explain the circumstances surrounding the $53m judgment debt arising from the Paris Club refund. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a short ruling on Wednesday, extended another opportunity to Emefiele to…
The Chairman of Economic Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, has abruptly demanded that night sting operations be put to a total stop in all commission’s commands. The crimes commission boss gave the directive in Abuja on Wednesday, in correlation with the arrest of 69 suspected internet fraudsters in Ile-ife, Osun State, by operatives of the…
Governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo has sworn-in Dr. Ebuka Nwankwo as his Special Adviser on Special Projects. Dr. Nwankwo was sworn-in at the Executive Chambers, Government House, Awka. Performing the function, Governor Soludo charged him to deploy his experience in the service of the state. The Governor stated that the oath of…
Barely two years and six months to the conduct of the gubernatorial election in Anambra State, there are strong indications that a plot to stop the second-term ambition of Governor Charles Soludo is said to have been uncovered. This is the climax of the internal cold war within the ranks of one of the shadowing…
