Rainstorm plunges 40 Ogun communities into darkness
A raging rainstorm on Sunday wreaked havoc at Sango-Ota, in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State, plunging over 40 communities into darkness. The storm pulled down electric poles and cables, disrupting traffic on the Sango-Ota highway on Sunday…
Do you know her? Nigerian crowdfunders search for lady who embraced prostitution to raise goitre surgery fee
Nigerians are searching for the 26-year-old lady featured in a viral video where she disclosed turning to prostitution to fund her goitre surgery. The lady, whose identity is yet to be ascertained, was featured in a video interview by a…
How I slumped, underwent two surgeries in Nigeria – Zack Orji
Veteran Nollywood actor Zack Orji has opened up about a harrowing experience that left him undergoing two brain surgeries in Nigeria. In an interview on Channels TV on Sunday, Orji recounted the events that unfolded when he slumped in the…
Gunmen invade Ogun event centre, kill Babcock lecturer, abduct two
About eight gunmen dressed in black were said to have invaded Ajadeh Event Centre in Iperu Remo along Sagamu road, killing a lecturer from Babcock University Ilisan Remo, Yinka Olowojobi while two others were equally abducted during the invasion.ce The…
Recapitalisation: ICAN counsels CBN, seeks retained earnings exclusion
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria to reconsider its exclusion of retained earnings as part of the capital base of banks. This was disclosed in its position paper on the new…
A’Ibom communities worry over cultists, kidnappers’ activities
Palpable fears have gripped communities in Mkpat Enin Local Area of Akwa Ibom State following the activities of cultists and kidnappers in the area. It was gathered that about 13 communities, including Ikot Abasi Akpan, Ekpuk, Nya Odiong, Ndon Utim,…
Proprietor bags 10 years jail term for fraud
The proprietor of the Uyo Cybercrime Training Centre, also known as Hustle Kingdom, Ikemesit Edet, has been sentenced to ten years in jail for fraud. The Uyo Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Wednesday, arraigned Edet…
Marketers eye N700/litre diesel after Dangote price cut
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria says it is expecting that the Dangote refinery will reduce the price of its diesel further to say about N700 per litre. The National Vice President of IPMAN, Hammed Fashola, stated this on…
Motorists, residents stranded as flood overruns Lagos, Ogun roadways
Residents and motorists in several parts of Lagos and Ogun states were on Sunday left stranded due to the hours of intense rain, with major roads overrun by floods. Our correspondents who visited Agege, Akowonjo, and Egbeda areas in Lagos…
Five children suffocate to death in Niger abandoned car
Three children of the same parents and two others, ages ranging from 5 to 10 years, died in an abandoned Honda Civic car with Registration No. GO 778 ABC in Niger State following suffocation after they locked themselves inside the…