Tobi Amusan Loses 100M Hurdles World Athletics Championship Crown in Budapest

Defending world champion and record holder Tobi Amusan has lost her world women’s 100 meters title crown to Jamaica’s Danielle Williams on Thursday. Amusan who had won her heat and semi-final ran a time of 12.62 seconds to finish 6th, which by her standards was not a good outing. Danielle Williams,  who previously won the […]

Nigerian Army Troops destroy illegal refinery in Delta State

Troops of the Nigerian Army, Operation Delta Safe have destroyed an illegal refinery site in the general area of Ogbokoko and Atu in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State. According to a statement from the Director of Army Public Relations Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, the troops destroyed eight active ovens used for illegal […]

Isese activist Tani Olohun can barely stand due to severe beatings- Lawyer cries out

The lawyer to Isese activist Adegbola Abdulazeez, a.k.a. Tani Olohun has given an update on the state of health of his client, who was arrested and remanded in a correctional facility in Ilorin, Kwara State. Tani Olohun was remanded for allegedly insulting the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, among other offences. Adedamola Solesi, one […]

Appeal Court sacks Julius Abure as Labour Party’s national chairman

The Court of Appeal in Owerri has sacked Julius Abure as Labour Party National Chairman. The court, in the judgement, recognized Lamidi Apapa as the National Chairman of the party. The court also ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to immediately recognize and publish the names of all the governorship candidates produced by the Apapa-led […]

Rivers State University Students stage protest after armed robbery at Female Hostel

Students of the Rivers State University have staged a protest over the poor security of the school environment and its environs, after hoodlums invaded a female hostel. Reports say hoodlums suspected to be armed robbers, on Thursday morning, invaded a female hostel at the Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, carting away with mobile phones, cash […]

Wike visits site of building collapse, insists on demolition of unapproved structures

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike has visited the scene of a building collapse in the Garki District of Abuja. The building collapse occurred around 11:30pm on Wednesday. Addressing journalists at the incident scene on Thursday morning, Wike reiterated his earlier comment that buildings without proper approval within the nation’s capital […]