Gas plant in Ogun estate a disaster, residents raise safety concerns
Residents of Lonex Gardens Estate in Isheri North, Ogun State, have called on relevant authorities to urgently intervene in the operation of a gas plant within the estate. The residents,…
Court freezes firm, MD’s accounts over alleged accumulated N9.05 billion debt
The Federal High Court, Lagos, has frozen the accounts linked to Petrocam Trading Nigeria Limited and its principal, Patrick Ilo, over an alleged N9.05 billion debt to Zenith Bank Limited.…
How Weak Safety Nets Make Senior Citizens Street Beggars, Destitute
By In the twilight of their lives, many senior citizens in South-West are resorting to alms soliciting as they face the grim reality of neglect, poverty, failed government policies and…
Stella Oduah prays for plea bargain deal over N2.5b fraud
A former Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, and a co-defendant have opted for a plea bargain arrangement in the alleged N2.5 billion fraud case against them before the Federal High…
Benin Monarch raises concern over U.S. forces in Nigeria
By NAN Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II. Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, yesterday, expressed concern over the presence of United States (U.S.) security forces…
‘How Tinubu used diplomacy to manage Nigeria-U.S. crisis’
By Mansur Aramide, Joel Oladele Director-General (DG) of Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies (MINILS), Ilorin, Kwara State, Isa Aremu, has explained how President Bola Tinubu calmed United States…
Cross River Assembly suspends draftsman lawmaker over domestic violence
Cross River State House of Assembly has suspended the member representing Obubra I State Constituency, Agbor Ovat Dickson, indefinitely over allegations of domestic violence. The decision followed deliberations on a…
Delta communities battles over alleged fake ‘Supreme Court judgment’
Fresh tensions have erupted between the people of Ogwashi-Uku and neighbouring Ibusa community in Delta State, with Ogwashi-Uku leaders accusing Ibusa of misleading the public by parading what they described…
Killaboi Trial : Mother, 56, recounts chilling final call before Augusta’s alleged murder
A 56-year-old civil servant, Mrs Cordellia Onuwabagbe, yesterday told a Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere how a romantic relationship between her daughter and Benjamin Best Nnanyereugo, popularly known as…
Jeyifo: What Is Left When The Left Left Us?
By Tunji Olaopa The past few weeks have been dedicated to the news of the demise of elder intellectual and scholar, the late Professor Biodun Jeyifo, and to the celebration…