Ajoku: Container-laden truck had no roadworthiness certificate – Lagos VIS

An officer of the Lagos State Vehicle Inspection Service, Hamed Baruwa, on Thursday, told an Igbosere High Court, Lagos, that the container-laden truck which crushed 27-year-old Chidinma Ajoku, Chima Nnaekpe…

Irish minister resigns after breaching COVID-19 rules

Ireland’s agriculture minister resigned on Friday for breaching government coronavirus guidelines by attending a parliamentary golf society dinner. Prime minister Micheal Martin said he accepted Dara Calleary’s resignation after just…

POLICE RESCUE 55-YEAR-OLD KANO MAN IN CAPTIVITY FOR 30 YEARS

The Kano State Police Command on Thursday rescued another 55-year-old man kept in captivity for 30 years in Rogo town of the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP…

WORKER’S HEADLESS BODY FOUND ON COMPANY PREMISES

The family of Kingsley Obot, a member of staff of Ellan Star Marine, has demanded investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death on the premises of the company. The deceased’s…

US ELECTION: EIGHT QUOTES FROM BIDEN’S NOMINATION ADDRESS

Joe Biden on Thursday accepted the Democratic nomination to be the party’s presidential candidate, the culmination of a convention held virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic. Here are some key…

CHINESE LOAN PROBE, OTHERS STALLED AS REPS SUSPEND PANELS’ SITTINGS

The House of Representatives has suspended activities of its standing and ad hoc committees, including panels investigating finances of the Federal Government. The Majority Leader, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa, who made the…

FG RECIPROCATES, BANS EU FLIGHTS FROM NIGERIA

Nigeria will enforce the principle of reciprocity in granting permission to airlines to resume operations into the country as it opens its airspace, the Federal Government said on Thursday. According…

BREAKING: Many injured as APC, ADC supporters clash in Ondo

A violent clash has ensued at the Yaba Area of Ondo town, Ondo State between the supporters of the All Progressives Congress and those of the African Democratic Congress. UGAMATV…

EKWEREMADU’S WATER-FOR-ALL INITIATIVE: BOREHOLE NUMBERS TOLLS UP TO 42

The water-for all- initiative, founded by the former deputy president of the senate, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu has succeeded in birthing not fewer than Forty boreholes in Enugu-west Senatorial District. UGAMATV…

BREAKING: NIGERIA’S POWER TRANSMISSION HITS ALL-TIME PEAK OF 5,420.3MW

The Nigerian power industry achieved another improved all-time national peak of 5,420.30 megawatts, the Transmission Company of Nigeria announced on Thursday It was also gathered that the 5,420.3MW was effectively…