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Enyioma Foundation Visits Abia Family Who Lost Daughter After Giving Birth To Baby Girl, Makes Donations (Photos, Video)

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An Abia-based non-governmental organisation, Enyioma Foundation Int’l led by the Director General, Arc Chris Nwosu has visited the family of Mr & Mrs Sunday Awa Mba at Eziukwu Irem compound, Umuakpaeme Autonomous Community, Item, Bende Local Government Area of Abia State. A social media user, Promise Uzoma Okoro had taken to his Facebook page to post about the unfortunate demise...

Woman, 80 Burnt To Death As Fire Razes 50 Houses In Benue

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Killings: Benue LG Declares Curfew Over Escalating Security Concerns

An 80-year-old woman has been burnt to death in a fire incident which reportedly razed 50 houses in Tse-Agubor Gyaruwa of Tsambee-Mbesev Council Ward in Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue State. The head of the affected village, Chief Ayatse Agubor, told journalists in Makurdi that the fire started at about 10am on Sunday when the villagers were already...

Mandilas Building Fire Completely Out

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Mandilas Building Fire Completely Out

The popular 10-storey Mandilas building on Broad Street, Lagos Island Local Government Area of Lagos State, was torched in the early hours of Monday.  Properties worth millions were burnt before men of the  Fire and Rescue Service, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Police and other emergency responders raced to the scene. Director of the Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye, said...

Ogun Mother Detained For Throwing 5-Month-Old Daughter Into River

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Dead Motorcyclist Discovered In Ogun

The Ogun State Police Command on Monday said that its operatives on Sunday arrested 30-year-old Olubunmi Ajayi for attempting to drown her five-month-old baby, Imole Anifowose, in RSS River, Sagamu. One Olusola Sonaya, who was around the river, was said to have assisted in rescuing the baby after her mother threw her into the water. This was according to a statement...

President Tinubu Hosts CAN Leaders, Urges Nigerians Not To Make Money Their god

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President Bola Tinubu has urged Nigerians to join hands to fix the country and have a change of mindset towards money. Tinubu spoke on Monday when he received a delegation of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) led by its president Archbishop Daniel Okoh at the State House in Abuja, asking the body to help in preaching against corruption and...

Akeredolu For Interment Feb. 23 As Family Releases Burial Arrangement

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PDP Youths Threatens Lawsuit Against Akeredolu For Not Resuming Office

A former governor of Ondo State Rotimi Akeredolu will be buried on February 23, 2024. This is according to a funeral timetable released by the late Akeredolu’s family on Monday evening. A burial schedule released by Oluwarotimi O. Akeredolu, Jnr. says he would be laid to rest on Friday, February 23, 2024 after a funeral Service at St Andrew’s Anglican Church...

Gov Soludo Reconciles With Obi Of Onitsha, Restores Suspended Monarch

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Gov Soludo Reconciles With Obi Of Onitsha, Restores Suspended Monarch

Anambra Governor Chukwuma Soludo has reconciled with the Obi of Onitsha Igwe Nnaemeka Achebe after a spat over traditional rulers.  The Governor reinstated the suspended traditional ruler of Neni in Anaocha local government area, Igwe Damian Ezeani. The monarch, among others, were alleged to have conferred  unauthorised  chieftaincy titles on some persons, especially Senator  Ifeanyi Ubah, who joined the All Progressives...

Men Storms Hospital, Attack Staffs Over Death Of A Patient

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Men Storms Hospital, Attack Staffs Over Death Of A Patient

A medical doctor at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Lokoja, has revealed how a group of men stormed the hospital on Tuesday over the death of a patient and attacked workers. Sharing videos on his X handle, k_f2d, the doctor explained that the men who were led by an unnamed political leader  demanded to see the doctors on duty on arrival...

4th Mainland Bridge Construction Starts 1st Quarter 2024  — Sanwo-Olu

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Sanwo-Olu: Lagos Not Key Beneficiary Of Tax Reform Bill

The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, said the construction of the long-awaited Fourth Mainland Bridge would begin in the first quarter of this year, “by the end of March or April.” The governor disclosed this in his keynote address during the Lagos West Senatorial District Town Hall Meeting held at the Balmoral Convention Centre, Sheraton, Ikeja. Sanwo-Olu noted...

Power Issue Beyond Our Control – Benin DisCo

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Abuja Power Supply Falls by 250MW As Vandals Destroy Tower

The Benin Electricity Distribution Company has said the power problem being experienced by its customers is beyond its control. The BEDC told its customers in Delta, Edo, Ekiti, and Ondo States that the reduction in supply hours was due to limitations in allocation from the national grid. Poor power supply being experienced nationwide was a result of a continuous drop in the...

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