Tragedy struck Tuesday in Aba the commercial capital of Abia State, when a 40 – feet container fell off and landed on vehicles trapping many occupants. No fewer than four persons were reported dead on the spot while scores of others were critically injured. The accident happened at the popular Ogbor Hill Aba which has…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has directed its members to join the nationwide strike declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, starting from Monday midnight. ASUU stated this in a circular to its zonal coordinators and chairpersons, signed by Emmanuel Osodeke, ASUU President and obtained by…
Tola King, an Osogbo-based gospel artiste has reportedly died after a brief illness that started during a church concert on Saturday. The Governor of Celestial Performing Artistes Association of Nigeria, in Osun State, Temitope Awosika confirmed the incident on Sunday. Awosika said Tola King was performing alongside his other colleagues at a concert organised by…
Ahmed Usman Ododo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) sweeps Kogi Governorship election, emerging victorious with 446,237 votes. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced the results on Sunday, following the collation process at the State Collation Centre in Lokoja, with Johnson Urama, Deputy Vice Chancellor Academics at the University of Nsukka, serving as the…
Officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) on Saturday arrested a “reckless private car driver” who killed a passerby in a lone accident around the Ogba area of Lagos State. The LASTMA’s Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department, Mr Adebayo Taofiq, who made this known in a statement said that the fatal…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 14 (Fourteen) suspected vote buyers in Otueke, Adawari playgrounds in Bayelsa State and at various polling units in Imo and Kogi States. They were arrested on Saturday, November 11, 2023 in intelligence-driven operations that commenced several days before the ongoing governorship elections in the…
