Former Kenya Rugby Sevens players Frank Wanyama and Alex Olaba will be stand for retrial after winning an appeal over their rape conviction in 2019. Kenyan high court judge Grace Ngenye Macharia ordered the retrail after quashing their 15-year prison…
Lagos: Conversion of school sports fields to bonded terminal continues despite order (Guardian) Months after Lagos State governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, condemned landowners in Ijegun, Amuwo-Odofin council area for selling plots of land used for bonded terminals and tank farms…
At least 561 more Nigerians have tested positive to COVID-19. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Tuesday night announced that the country has recorded 561 new cases of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in…
Nigerians forget all too quickly. Many of my countrymen and women have of course forgotten the bomb of a letter that ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo sent to then President Goodluck Jonathan. Given the volatile political situation in the country today it…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday affirmed the Nigerian government’s commitment to ensure timely delivery of the landmark Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano Gas (AKK) pipeline project within budgetary allocation and specifications. Speaking at the virtual flag-off ceremony of the project at the Ajaokuta, Kogi…
Lagos gives N5m to family of official who died on duty (Nation) The Lagos State Government has presented a N5 million cheque to the family of the late Moshood Ayeni, an official of Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI), who died while…
The Chief of Lagos State, Justice Kazeem Alogba, on Tuesday, freed 18 awaiting-trial inmates of the Kirikiri Medium Security Custodial Centre. The inmates were pardoned at an open court session presided over by the Chief Judge on the premises of…
Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has tested positive for coronavirus. Akeredolu confirmed his status via his Twitter handle on Tuesday. He tweeted, “Today, I tested positive for #COVID19. All is well. I’m asymptomatic and have been self-isolating. Work continues. Your…
The Lagos State police command has arrested 179 people, who allegedly violated the interstate movement restriction in the state. The police in the state also impounded 43 commercial buses and also arrested their drivers. The image maker in charge of…
Derby County defender Andre Wisdom is in a ‘stable’ condition after he was stabbed during an incident of robbery while visiting a relative at the weekend. The 27-year-old former Reds youth-team graduate, who made 22 first-team appearances before joining Derby…
