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Osun State Chief Judge, Adepele Ojo, on Tuesday threatened to transfer the case of Hilton Hotels owner, Ile-Ife, Dr. Ramon Adedoyin, and six of his staff, standing trial over the death of a Masters student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Timothy Adegoke to another judge. Justice Ojo, who handed down the …

The Federal Government has dismissed threats by foreign airlines to suspend operations in Nigeria over their inability to repatriate their blocked forex from the country. The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, on Monday, said that Nigeria would fare better if foreign airlines boycott the country, as the government has …

The United States is considering sending its outdated HAWK air defense equipment from storage to Ukraine to help it defend against Russian drone and cruise missile attacks, two U.S. officials have revealed.  The HAWK interceptor missiles are an  upgrade to the Stinger missile systems – a smaller, shorter range air …

An Iranian man nicknamed the “dirtiest man in the world” for not taking a shower for decades has died at the age of 94, state media reported on Tuesday. Amou Haji, who did not wash for more than half a century and was single, died on Sunday in the village of Dejgah …

Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi on Monday took Temitope Adesegun as his sixth wife. The marital rites were performed at a ceremony in Magodo, Lagos. With the fulfillment of marital rites, Olori Temitope officially becomes the sixth wife of the Ooni of Ife in barely two months. Below are six things …

President Muhammadu Buhari has given the Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, 90 days to develop a comprehensive plan of action for the prevention of flood disaster in Nigeria.  Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu said Buhari gave the directive in a letter signed by his Chief of Staff, Ibrahim Gambari.  uhari …

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state has said that Nigeria will break up if the All Progressive Congress (APC) wins the 2023 presidential election.  Obaseki who spoke during the swearing-in of members of the Edo state Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign council management committee on Monday, October 25, said that ‘nobody …

The National Human Right Commission (NHRC) and the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Imo State chapter have called on the Imo State Government and the Nigeria Police Force to immediately arrest and prosecute one Mr Confidence Amatobi, for allegedly assaulting his 2-month-old baby, Miracle.Mr Amatobi was said to have assaulted …

The Management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has announced the date for the 2022 Batch ‘C’ Stream One Orientation Course. This online news platform understands that statement by the scheme said that the 2022 NYSC Batch C Stream 1 Orientation Camp would commence on Wednesday 2nd November 2022, and end …

Barely one week after the traditional ruler of Yoruba Kingdom, Ile-Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ife, got married to his fifth wife, the king has married another bride, Princess Temitope Adesegun on Monday. Ooni’s new bride is a princess from Ijebu.