A Makurdi High Court on Monday adjourned the suit seeking to remove the embattled National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Iyorchia Ayu to 28th April. The suit was filed by a member of the party, Conrad Utaan. Justice Wilfred Kpochi however announced that he would be returning the case file to the Chief Judge of Benue State …

An Upper Area Court in Gwagwalada, Abuja has dissolved a 15-year-old marriage between a public servant, Okpanachi Yahaya and his estranged wife, Zainab Adejoh over infidelity. The judge, Malam Abdullahi Abdulkareem dissolved the marriage according to Islamic Law, following Yahaya’s prayer for divorce on grounds of infidelity. Abdulkareem ordered Adejoh to observe “Iddah” (waiting period) of three months according to …

No fewer than five persons were on Wednesday killed by a speeding truck, along the Epe/Ijebu-Ode expressway of Ogun State. It was gathered that the crash involved an unmarked truck, a low-bed Benz belonging to a construction company, marked BWR 281XC and a motorbike. The State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement (TRACE) Corps confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta. TRACE …

All 15 occupants of a Toyota bus were killed and burnt beyond recognition on Saturday when the vehicle had a head-on collision with a Mercedes truck on the Port Harcourt-Enugu highway. Spokesman of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Assistant Corps Marshal Bisi Kazeem confirmed the accident in a statement he issued on Sunday in Abuja. Kazeem stated that the …

A volunteer traffic warden identified as Chukwuka Monye at Rumuokoro Junction was shot dead while controlling traffic in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. The incident happened at about 6 pm on Saturday evening when the deceased was said to be controlling traffic in Rumuokoro, an outskirt of Port Harcourt. He was said to be assisting in clearing …

No fewer than 10 students have been kidnapped by bandits in the Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State. In a statement on Monday, the state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan said that the students were from the Government Secondary School, Awon (day secondary school). The commissioner also explained that the exact location of the …

Two bodies were yesterday, recovered from the Ikpoba river in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State as their vehicle was said to have fallen into the river on Sunday night while heading towards Ramat park from the Ring Road axis at high speed but lost control and rammed into a pavement by the river. It was gathered that the …

Seven persons were injured after a commercial bus somersaulted in Lagos on Monday as the driver tried to dodge an oncoming vehicle. The spokesperson for the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Adebayo Taofiq said the crash occurred at Super, inward Ile-Epo, in the Abule Egba area of Lagos State. “It involved a blue Mazda Bus with registration number AGF …

Nigeria’s indigenous airline company, Air Peace, has expanded its international connectivity with the launching of direct nonstop flight services to Mumbai, the capital city of Maharashtra State in Southwestern India. The direct nonstop Mumbai service according to the West and Central Africa’s major carrier is a respite to Nigerians and Indians who have to travel for so many hours to …

There was palpable tension in Osogbo, the Osun State capital on Thursday, as a truck conveying inmates to the State High Court hit a commercial minibus, injuring two persons. The incident immediately sparked violent protest, as commercial motorcyclists and some angry youths blocked the popular Olaiya Junction in protest. Witnesses said the correctional truck driver refused to obey a traffic …