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…
An early morning fire on Saturday destroyed goods worth millions of naira in Oja Tuntun, the biggest market in Ile-Ife, Osun State. Before this latest incident, between July 2019 and December 2020, the market experienced three fire incidents which destroyed many shops and goods. Although the cause of the latest incident was not known yet,…
A 35 years old man identified as Umar Hassan, has been shot dead at Agala Ogane polling unit in Anyigba, Kogi East Senatorial District. The deceased was allegedly shot dead by some political thugs whom APC loyalists termed as oppositions. APC supporters in the polling unit and the ward in general have protested this senseless…
