Author: Dotun Oladipo

Members of the House said this at plenary as they took time to eulogise the former Governor of Lagos State, who recently celebrated his 69th birthday

The 14th edition of the Headies Awards took place at the Eko Hotel and Suites on Sunday. The event had limited attendees due to COVID-19 restrictions. The red carpet began at 5pm, while the main event commenced at 8pm. Fireboy DML was the biggest winner of the night after he clinched five awards to equal the records of Wande Coal and Psquare (Paul & Peter Okoye) for the most wins in one night. The singer clinched the BEST R&B ALBUM with LAUGHTER, TEARS, AND GOOSEBUMPS. He also won the “Best POP Album” with his second album, titled: APOLLO. Fireboy clinched…

The figures for Friday were released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on its Twitter handle

Oshiomhole, following his face-off with Obaseki, had ensured the exclusion of the governor from the APC governorship primaries, thus leading to his defection to the PDP, to which Melaye also belongs

The Senate Joint Committees on Finance and National Planning made the allegation on
Tuesday

That I urge my good people of Edo State, associates and supporters to be rest assured that I remain the person they have ,good neighbourliness who is committed to the promotion of peace, security and orderliness in our society

Akinyele Local Government Area has in the recent time been witnessing series of murder

The Chief Executive Officer of the airline, which licence has been suspended by the Federal Government for violating the restriction on flying owing to COVID-19, Sam Iwuajoku, had on Monday said they flew Naira Marley in error to Abuja

The Federal Government on Wednesday said it was considering adopting morning and afternoon shifts of classes for reopening of schools

She was said to have died on Monday, five days to her 66th birthday on May 23, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control revealed this on its verified Twitter handle on Tuesday night

Gwarzo told the BBC Hausa Service in an interview that the high rate of transmission, as shown by increased testing, was evident when compared to the former situation in the state

The tests were carried out following the death of Tinubu’s Chief Security Officer, Alhaji Lateef Raheem, last week

Police Operatives have arrested a deadly criminal gang responsible for the kidnap and murder of a Catholic Seminarian, Nnadi Michael, of the Catholic Good Shepherd Major Seminary at Gonin Gora, Kakau in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Recall that on January 9, 2020, the criminal gang stormed the Catholic Seminary and kidnapped four seminarians, murdered one of them in cold blood and released the remaining three on January 31, 2020, having obtained a ransom. The remains of the fourth Seminarian were found in a bush where the killers abandoned it. The suspects: Tukur Usman, a 37-year-old father of…

In March, a death threat was left on his garage door, and two days later, two glass bottles, likely filled with alcohol, were smashed in front of his house

The Imam had been leading prayer in the mosque for almost 40 years

This was announced by the State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Cletus Ofoke, while briefing newsmen on Friday in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital

Narrating the development was Corps Assistant Joshua Philip, who was posted to the Infectious Disease Control Centre, Down Quarters, Kaduna South, to provide security services in and around the isolation centre

Sunday Abdu, the National President of Irigwe Development Association, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday that the incident occurred on Tuesday night

The exercise was said to have ended abruptly as many scampered in different directions for safety