The apprentice of a welder, Daniel Omoniyi has died of electrocution at his boss’ workshop in the Mile 12 area of Lagos State. It was reported that after Omoniyi was electrocuted around 7pm on Wednesday. His colleagues rushed him to a nearby hospital for prompt treatment, but he, however, died on the way to the hospital. Omoniyi’s mother reported the …

A “man of God and prophet”, who blamed the devil for raping his 10-year-old stepdaughter in Akwa-Ibom State, has been sent to prison for 21 years. Justice Okon Okon of the State High Court while delivering judgment, described as despicable and reprehensible the conduct of the prophet, who serves at the Restoration Bible Church in Uyo, the state capital. Okon …

The Police command in Oyo State has said that it has arrested 11 suspects in possession of nine dry human skulls, one fresh human head, intestines and other vital body parts. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, Superintendent Adewae Osifeso disclosed this on Thursday in Ibadan, while briefing journalists. Osifeso who disclosed that the suspects were arrested in …

The Federal Government declared on Thursday that 1,940,004 vulnerable Nigerians are currently receiving N5,000 cash gifts each every month. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Hajia Sadiya Farouq, stated this at a One-Day Stakeholders’ Retreat On National Social Investment (Establishment) Bill organized by the Senate Committee On Social Duties. Farouq was represented on the occasion by …

Former Nigerian President Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will headline other African greats who are set to be honored at the maiden edition of The African Heritage Concert and Awards slated to hold in Kigali, Rwanda, on 1 April. Former President of Tanzania, late John Magufuli; Vice President of Liberia, Chief Dr Jewel Howard-Taylor; former President of Botswana, Lt. Gen. Seretse …

The Federal Government has summoned the Burkina Faso envoy to Nigeria, Pascal Gouba over the alleged murder of 16 Nigerians who were on a pilgrimage to Kaolak, Senegal over a month ago. The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Zubairu Dada, made this known on Thursday in a statement signed by the Special Adviser on Media, HMOS, Ibrahim Aliyu. Recall …

President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the 50 megawatts (MW) Maiduguri emergency power project. Speaking at the occasion on Thursday in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno, Buhari said the project was a testament to his administration’s innovations in the power sector. He said the project showed yet another example of an immediate solution to moving the power sector forward in order …

Former military Head of State, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida has returned to Nigeria following two months in Switzerland for medical checkups. It was gathered that the former president flew on a chartered airplane on Thursday and arrived at Minna, his hometown, on his way to Abuja. It is important to remember that General Babangida left the country on Saturday, January …

In a bizarre scene, a mobile police sergeant allegedly killed his suspected woman friend and later shot himself dead at a school premises in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The deceased female friend, and mother of one, was simply identified as Tosin. According to sources, the incident, which happened early in the morning of Thursday near the gate of a …

The Yoruba Leadership and Peace Initiative (TYLPI) has urged the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to use the period between now and his inauguration on 29 May to ruminate on the challenges of insecurity, economic downturn and disunity facing the country and come up with lasting solutions to them. In a letter of congratulations to Tinubu on his election as …