Council officials block Lagos road, assault drivers
Hope James A truck driver, Muhammad Adejumo, was on Saturday assaulted by some council officials who mounted a roadblock at the Isheri Roundabout in the Alimosho Local Government Area of…
2023: Police charge Politicians to caution supporters over cyber-bullying
Hope James The Nigeria Police Force has advised all politicians to shun violence and caution their supporters against threatening voices of dissent, online bullying and opposition in the run-up to…
I am still single, DJ Cuppy reveals
Gloria Ogbu Nigerian music star and Popular Disk Jockey, Florence Otedola also known as DJ Cuppy, has revealed her status on a post, saying “she is still single.” Cuppy, while…
Insurance Trust Fund on fire as Termites consume N17b
Adebayo Adenrele The Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund(NSITF) are currently being questioned in the Senate for failing to justify its spending of N17.158 billion in 2013 with required evidential documents,…
Gunmen kill Teacher, injure one
Adebayo Adenrele Auta Nasela, a worker at the Government Science Secondary School, has been reportedly killed by gunmen in the Nasarawa Eggon Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. NEWSTODAYNG garnered…
Gunmen kill man over leakage of illegal deeds
Adebayo Adenrele Some gunmen have killed one Okechukwu Nwonodi, burnt three houses in Rundele community in the Emuoha Local Government Area of Rivers State. NEWSTODAYNG garnered that the assailants went…
Katsina Newspaper gifts Policeman N250k for returning $800
Adebayo Adenrele Katsina City News, an online Newspaper has gifted N250,000 to a policeman, Nura Mande, who returned missing 800 dollars belonging to a female pilgrim in Katsina State. NEWSTODAYNG…
Ikeja court sentences Pastor, Bricklayer to death for beheading minor
Precious Oham Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of a Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, sentenced one Pastor Erinmole Adetokunbo and his bricklayer accomplice, Adedoyin Oyekanmi, to death for killing a…
Court remands seven for murder, others in Ondo
Precious Oham Seven suspected armed kidnappers have been remanded in prison for allegedly involving in kidnapping, murder and armed robbery. The Ondo State Magistrate Court, sitting in Akure, the state…
Oyetola sets to challenge electoral results
Stephen Dunmoye The governor of State of Osun, Gboyega Oyetola has decided to challenge the outcome of the July 16 governorship election at the tribunal as a “welcome development and…
I’ll start from where Fayemi stops, says Oyebanji
Adebayo Adenrele The Governor-elect of Ekiti State, Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji has promised Ekiti Residents that his administration would progress the good work of Governor Kayode Fayemi once he assume office…
NUJ lauds Oyebanji for keeping promise
Adebayo Adenrele The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Ekiti State Council, has lauded the Governor-elect, Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji, for installing Two standing Air Conditioners in the Secretariat barely 24 hours…
Shun religious division, Akeredolu urges Nigerians
Adebayo Adenrele Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has enjoined Nigerians to shun religious difference to avoid sparks of quarrel among them. This is contained in a statement released by…
2023: Tinubu did well as Lagos State Governor, he will do same as President – Sen Adeyeye
Gloria Ogbu The National Chairman, South West Agenda for Asiwaju Tinubu (SWAGA 2023), Sen. Dayo Adeyeye, has said that the All progressives congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu will…
Buhari reappoints former media aide
Gloria Ogbu President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed his former Personal Assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, as Special Assistant to the President on Digital Communications. The Secretary to the President,…
2023: SERAP urges INEC to allow Nigerians complete PVC registration
Gloria Ogbu Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately give seven million Nigerians who have carried out their voter registration online…
MAPOLY Beauty Queen slain by Kidnappers
Adebayo Adenrele The crowned Beauty Queen of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), Abeokuta, Ogun State, Happiness Odeh has been reportedly abducted and killed by some Kidnappers. NEWSTODAYNG garnered that Odeh, an…
Bandits demand 2 Bikes for release of victim
Adebayo Adenrele The bandits responsible for the abduction of people at Millennium City, Cikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, have demanded for two motorcycles for the release of the…
Assailant stabs S3x Worker to death
Adebayo Adenrele A commercial sex worker identified as Miss Confidence has been stabbed to death by an unknown assailant at a popular brothel in Ughelli, headquarters of Ughelli North Local…
Man kills grandmother over reprimand for smoking marijuana
Adebayo Adenrele A grandson identified as Vincent, has reportedly murdered his 66 year-old grandmother, Florence Olaloye, at Labeta, Sabo in the Ondo West council area of Ondo State for allegedly…
Salman Rushdie may lose one eye, says Agent
Adebayo Adenrele The British Author of “The Satanic Verses”,Salman Rushdie, who has been on the Ventilator at the Hospital for emergency surgery after being stabbed at a literary event in…
2023: Buhari’s poor performance, a challenge to Tinubu’s chances – Dino Melaye
Gloria Ogbu Spokesperson of the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, Dino Melaye, has said the poor performance of the President Muhammadu Buhari has ruined the chances…
Court sentence Monarch to death by hanging for murder in Akwa Ibom
Gloria Ogbu Akwa Ibom State High Court, presided by Justice Edem Akpan, has sentenced 82-year-old Village Head of Efen Ibom in Ika Local Government Area of the State, Chief Essien…
Call off strike now, Buhari tells ASUU
Stephen Dunmoye The President of Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has urged the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off the ongoing strike. Buhari made the call…
APC Elders’ Forum urges Oyebanji to Consolidate on Continuity Agenda
Adebayo Adenrele The All Progressives Congress (APC) Elders’ Forum has tasked Ekiti State Governor-elect, Mr Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji on consolidation of the continuity agenda. Oyebanji met with members of the…
I’m too angry to be obedient, says Femi Kuti
Adebayo Adenrele Femi Kuti, a popular Nigerian Afrobeat Singer has stated on his Twitter Handles to be too angry at his age to be obedient. He added that if the…
I will fully implement my six-point agenda, says Oyebanji
Adebayo Adenrele Ekiti State Governor-elect, Mr Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji, has promised to think outside the box to drive development and fully implement his Six- point agenda. Oyebanji stated this during…
Ilorin High Court forfeits Corps Member’s property over cybercrime
Adebayo Adenrele Justice Ibrahim Yusuf of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin, has ordered the forfeiture of a 3-Bedroom flat acquired by a serving corps member in Ogbomosho,…
‘Ero Ajike’ Balm Maker escapes kidnap plan by Ex-employee
Adebayo Adenrele The maker of a local balm known as ‘Ero Ajike’, Falilat Oyetunji has escaped a kidnap attempt led by her ex-employee in Olorunda Village in Iragbiji, Osun State.…
Members exit Country as FG fails in education sector, says ASUU President
Stephen Dunmoye The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Victor Osodeke has disclosed that many lecturers in Nigerian Universities left the country to pursue their careers…
Best friend kills man over Corn in Ekiti
Adebayo Adenrele Abiodun Oke has shot his friend, Bayo Ogunlana dead in Igbara Odo, Ekiti South West Local Government, Ekiti State for allegedly stealing corn on a farm. According to…
Save families of ASUU from starvation- Uzor Kalu
Hope James Following inundating calls from students and other stakeholders in education, Orji Uzor Kalu, Senator representing Abia North, has pleaded with the Federal Government to consider paying the striking…
Ekiti Forests need Investment to generate revenue, says Expert
Gloria Ogbu A retired Federal Director of Forestry, Abuja, Michael Osakuade has indicated the need for Ekiti State forestry to be funded in order to generate revenue for the State.…
Promote equity, fairness – Sambo tells Shippers Council
…As FG inaugurates Nigerian Shippers’ Council governing board Hope James The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, on Thursday, charged the governing board of the Nigerian Shippers Council to discharge their…
2023: We won’t promise Nigerians what we can’t fulfil – Tinubu-Shettima
Gloria Ogbu The ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu-Shettima, and his running mate, Kashim Shettima, have assured Nigerians that they will be honest in their campaign…
Gunmen kill Okada Rider in Ekiti
Adebayo Adenrele A 35-year-old Abejide Ojo has been shot dead by suspected Gunmen along Ilemeso- Isan Ekiti road. Abejide, who a Commercial Motorcyclist was said to have conveyed a passenger…
Minister of Power commends Fayemi for constructing 132 KV Power Projects
Adebayo Adenrele The Minister of Power, Alhaji Abubakar Aliyu has commended Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State for flagging off the construction of work on 132/33 KV power substations in…
Prioritize breastfeeding support policies, programmes – UNICEF, WHO tells govt
…says only 44 per cent infants are exclusively breastfed Rotimi Olaleye The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF and the World Health Organization, WHO, have urged government at all strata to…
I was mocked when my son died – Adeboye
Gloria Ogbu The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has said that some people mocked him when he lost his son. The preacher,…
My Father in law sleeps with my mother!! Woman cries out
Hope James A woman who pleaded anonymity has lamented on how her father in law sleeps with her mother and that her husband sees nothing wrong in it. “I am…