Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has banned the sale of alcoholic beverages in the state. This comes as the Governor accused members of the military and other security personnel of contributing to rising criminality and anti-social vices in Maiduguri and its environs. Zulum spoke on Tuesday during the inauguration of a newly reconstituted committee […] More
Popular Nollywood actress Iyabo Ojo, popularly known as the Queen Mother, has opened up about her recent encounter with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission following an official invitation. In a post shared on her Instagram page on Tuesday, the actress revealed that she was contacted by the anti-graft agency while she was in the […] More
A 22-year-old lady, Joy Tale, has been reportedly killed by her landlord’s son, Odunayo Olomolatan, 41, in Ode-Irele, Irele Local Government Area of Ondo State. It was reported that the tenant was hacked to death on Monday during an argument. DSP Olayinka Ayanlade, the spokesman for the Police Command in Ondo State, confirmed the incident […] More
A fire incident in the early hours of Monday razed a four-bedroom flat located at No. 1 Happiness Close, Akufo Estate, Elebu area of Ibadan. Mr Yemi Akinyinka, the General Manager of the Oyo State Fire Services Agency, disclosed this in Ibadan on Monday. Akinyinka said the agency promptly deployed a team to the scene […] More
Over 1.5 million out of the 1,955,069 candidates who sat for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination scored below 200 in the just-concluded exam. This was revealed in the statistical analysis of 2025 UTME result released by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Monday. The statistics indicated that only 420,415 candidates scored above […] More
A 21-year-old girl, Precious Anegbode has been arrested by the Lagos state police command for allegedly stabbing to death one Damilola, said to be her boyfriend, in the Ijegun area of Lagos. The suspect, it was gathered visited the deceased last Friday where a fierce argument ensued. The argument was said to have degenerated into […] More
A Lagos-based fashion designer, Nofisat Jamiu, has recounted how a cooking gas explosion claimed the lives of four members of her family at a retail shop where her mother worked as a sales attendant. She listed the victims as her one-year-and-three-month-old daughter, her mother, sister, and father, who had only stopped by his wife’s shop […] More
A distraught woman, Fijabi Omotayo, has raised the alarm over the disappearance of her son, Oladipupo Siwajuola, a student of Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State. Omotayo, in a Facebook live video, said she dropped her son off at the university on Sunday evening, April 27, 2025, but had not been able to reach or locate […] More
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has threatened to restrict access to the two social platforms in Nigeria following fines by local regulatory authorities. Last year, three regulatory bodies in Nigeria fined the US-based social media firm over $290 million for breaching various laws and regulations. Meta’s recent effort to contest the rulings […] More
In a strategic move to improve healthcare access to diagnostics and reduce dependence on the importation of in-vitro diagnostic kits, Codix Pharma, a Nigerian pharmaceutical company, is set to commission Codix Bio. Codix Bio is the company’s second in-vitro diagnostics factory in Nigeria, dedicated to the manufacture of rapid diagnostic test kits for Malaria, HIV, […] More
Fire has gutted Popular Samlove Hotel in Okitipupa, headquarters of Okitipupa local government Area of Ondo state. The hotel is located at Mayowa street, Okitipupa in Ondo state. An Eyewitness who sent some video clips to Terry A news said the fire which engulfed the hotel building began around 9pm on Wednesday. READ ALSO:TRAGEDY: Nigerian […] More
The nursing community is mourning the heartbreaking loss of Nurse Miriam, who was found dead in her apartment in Leeds, United Kingdom. Her last shift was on last week Sunday and her friend tried reaching out to her from Sunday but no response so she filed a missing report only for police to find her […] More