MALI CRISIS: ECOWAS LEADERS IN A VIRTUAL CONFERENCE

West African leaders kicked off a virtual summit on Mali’s deepening political crisis on Monday, officials said, after two efforts at mediation this month ended inconclusively. Heads of countries in…

pictures speaks: chief of airstaff, bello, others pay last respect to arotile

The remains of Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile have arrived at the military cemetery on Airport Road as the funeral rites commenced. At the burial to pay final respects to Nigeria’s…

NASARAWA BIG MAN, KIDNAPPED BY GUNMEN

Some gunmen have kidnapped a traditional ruler in Nasarawa State, Alhaji Mohammed Dankawo. Our correspondent gathered that Dankawo, who is the Ardo Udege in the Udege Local Council Development Area…

ONDO2020: APC DELEGATES ACCREDITATION COMMENCES

The accreditation of delegates that will vote at the ongoing governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress has commenced at the International Event Centre, Akure, the venue of the…

ONDO2020: TWO MORE GUBER ASPIRANTS STEP DOWN FOR AKEREDOLU

A few hours to the commencement of the primary of the All Progressives Congress in Ondo State, two more aspirants have stepped down from the race to support Governor Rotimi…

COVID-19: 525 Nigerians return from US, Cyprus

Five hundred and twenty-five Nigerians stranded by the coronavirus lockdown in the United States of America and Cyprus have been repatriated home by the federal government. https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js Three hundred and…

10 cultists sleep with new female member during initiation –Girl

A 19-year-old girl and member of a cult known as the Marine Girls, Blessing David, on Thursday confessed to having slept with 10 men after she was initiated into the…

AKPABIO DENIES SEXUAL HARASSMENT ALLEGATIONS

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, on Wednesday, denied all the allegations made against him by a former acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Joi…

I spoke with Tolulope at 1pm but at 5pm, I was told she was in mortuary – Father of Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot

Akintunde Arotile, the father of the first Nigerian female combat pilot, Tolulope, in this interview with GBENGA ODOGUN, says Tolulope from childhood planned to be a pilot https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js Tell us briefly…

Man, 28, rapes 14-year-old girl

The police in Ekiti State on Tuesday arraigned a 28-year-old man, Shola Oguntuase, before an Ado Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly raping a 14- year-old girl. The police prosecutor,…