London’s Mayor Sadiq Khan on Saturday secured a record third term, dealing the Conservatives another damaging defeat in their worst local election results in recent memory months before an expected general election. Khan, 53, beat Tory challenger Susan Hall to end Tory hopes of winning the UK capital for the first time since 2016. The…
A young boy who sells Sachet water, Ugwu Augustus, has been awarded a full university scholarship after scoring 309 in the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. Founder of, an organisation that prepares candidates for UTME, Educate Alex Onyia who revealed also said that Augustus left school two years ago. He added that he was, however,…
Ahead of the WAFU B U-17 tournament in Ghana, some invited players have been asked to leave the camp after failing the Magnetic Resonance Imaging, MRI, test. Chief Coach of the Under 17 team, the Golden Eaglets Manu Garba confirmed this to newsmen Garba is facing challenges finalising his squad after the MRI tests saw…
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, PLateef Fagbemi, SAN, has promised a review of the law punishing suicide attempts. He said this when he received a delegation from the Asido Foundation, a non-governmental organisation promoting mental health advocacy and reforms to improve awareness, reduce stigma and discrimination and empower persons with…
The Police in Edo state have arrested five women for stripping another woman Christabel Akhigbe naked over alleged phone theft in Benin City. Edo State Commissioner of Police, Funsho Adeboye, who disclosed this to newsmen in Benin City, said the women also videoed the victim’s nakedness and uploaded it on social media platforms. Adegboye said…
The prominent Cole family of Victoria Island, Lagos, has denounced the recent marriage of their son, Taiwo, to actress and comedian, Wofai Ewa, in a traditional ceremony in Ugep, Cross River State. In a statement issued by the head of the family Kunle Cole, which has since gone viral, the family dissociated themselves from the…
The Lagos State Government says property owners whose buildings hindered the flow of drainage in Mende, Maryland were served “requisite notices” before their buildings were removed from the System 1 Drainage Right of Way. Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources in Lagos State, Tokunbo Wahab, made this known on a live television programme According to…
Top officials of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Sunday, showered glowing tributes on the late ex-President Umaru Yar’Adua 14 years after his death Yar’Adua was Katsina State’s governor in Nigeria’s North-West geopolitical zone from May 1999 to May 2007. He won the 2007 presidential election and was sworn in to succeed his ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo….
In its efforts to sort out and address double land allocation issues, Abia State Commissioner for Lands and Housing, Mr. Chaka Chukwumerije has announced that the recertification exercise of all existing titled documents would commence in the state from June 1st, 2024. The Commissioner who also assured that the exercise would be seamless and effective,…
The general public have been advised to disregard a misleading online report alleging that gunmen on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, abducted an Archbishop of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star, Uka Uka Osim in Abia State. According to a press release signed by Kazie Uko, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor on Sunday,…
