South Korea has declared a national emergency in response to one of the largest wildfires on record. At least one person has died and more than 4,000 people have been evacuated. Thousands of soldiers have been helping firefighters from across…
Kolade’s killing: Command recommends inspector’s dismissal (Punch) The Lagos State Police Command has recommended for dismissal Inspector Olalekan Ogunyemi from the Nigeria Police Force after an orderly-room trial found him guilty of unlawfully killing a football fan, Kolade Johnson, on…
Like play like play, the music changes for dancing senator A Federal High Court in Abuja heard yesterday that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in last year’s Osun State governorship election, Senator Ademola Adeleke, did not sit for the…
Imo: Tribunal orders substituted service on Ihedioha, PDP (Nation) The Imo State governorship and House of Assembly Petitions Tribunal, Thursday granted the application filed by the Counsel to the governorship candidate of the Action Alliance (AA), Okey Amechi for substituted…
The Speaker, Lagos House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has admonished the lawmakers to work towards making the state to stand as a country, such that it will not have to wait for subventions from the Federation Account. Obasa spoke on…
Tragedy struck at a hostel in Imo State, on Tuesday, as two undergraduates of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, were found dead while allegedly engaged in sex romp with a female student of the institution. The Police Public Relations…
The Mexican Football Federation said Wednesday it has opened an investigation into whether Diego Maradona violated its ethics code when he praised Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro after a recent match. Maradona, the coach of Mexican second-division side Dorados, triggered the…
If our series What I Rent is anything to go by, renting in London isn’t all rainbows and sunshine. Nobody dreams of paying hundreds of pounds for a flat share, after all. But frugal Matt Weatherall has a system to…
Some warders of the Nigerian Prisons Service, attached to the Ibara Prison in Abeokuta, Ogun State, are currently being interrogated for allegedly plotting with some convicted inmates to perpetrate different crimes, including defrauding members of the public and escaping from…
The Presidency said on Wednesday that President Muhammadu Buhari had yet to sign the National Minimum Wage Bill just passed by the National Assembly into law, contrary to reports last week that he had done so. The Senate had on…
