WOMAN SLUMPS: WHILE FACING TRIAL FOR FACE MASK VIOLATION IN OSUN

A woman, Tolulope Olagunju, who is standing trial before an Osun State Magistrates’ Court in Osogbo, for not wearing a face mask on Tuesday slumped during court session. Olagunju was…

LASWA IMPOUNDS ENGINES OF SIX ERRING BOAT OPERATORS

The Lagos State Waterways Authority has impounded engines of six passengers’ boat operators in its renewed efforts to sanitise waterways to prevent boat mishaps. Its General Manager, Mr Oluwadamilola Emmanuel,…

FORD CEO: JIM HACKETT TO STEP DOWN AFTER 3 YEARS IN TOP ROLE

Ford announced Tuesday that Jim Hackett would resign as chief executive and be replaced by longtime auto executive Jim Farley as the car giant pushes further into digital and electric…

BREAKING :COVID-19 KWARA DEPUTY GOV WIFE TEST POSITIVE

Kwara Deputy Governor Kayode Alabi and his wife Abieyuwa have contracted coronavirus. This was made known in a statement by the state’s Technical Committee on COVID-19 spokesperson, Rafiu Ajakaye, on…

EDO: 2020 WIKE TASKS INEC SECURITY AGENCIES ON NEUTRALITY

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission and security agencies to be apolitical in the September 19, 2020, governorship election in Edo State. Wike,…

stamp duties: account illegal, FIRS attacks NIPOST

The Federal Inland Revenue Service has alleged that the Nigerian Postal Services was collecting stamp duties illegally. The Director of Communication and Liaison, FIRS, Abdullahi Ahmad, made the claim in…

US gives conditions for Boeing 737 MAX to fly again

US aviation regulators on Monday spelled out new requirements for the Boeing 737 MAX before the grounded jet is permitted to fly again. The Federal Aviation Administration will require a…

Katsina: TWO nurses arrested for Stealing Newborn Baby

Three women, including two nurses, have been arrested by the Katsina State Police Command for the alleged theft of a newborn baby girl abandoned in a private hospital in the…

Two dead in Somalia restaurant blast

At least two people died and one was wounded on Monday in a suspected suicide bombing outside a restaurant in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, police and witnesses said. “The blast occurred…

Failed landing of UN plane injures 11 people

A United Nations plane careened off the runway while touching down in the northern Malian city of Gao on Monday, the international organisation said, injuring 11 people. In a statement,…