Popular social media activist, Martins Otse, widely known as VeryDarkMan, has secured release from the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.   His release was confirmed on Wednesday by his legal counsel, Deji Adeyanju, who simply told our correspondent, “He has been released.”   Otse has been ...

            Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has demanded adequate maintenance for the state’s firefighting equipment and vehicles to prolong their lifespan.   Adeleke also disclosed plans to buy at least one fire truck for each of the 9 Federal Constituencies in the state at the ...

  Public health researcher and advocate, Doyin Olatunji, has raised the alarm over Nigeria’s poor maternal health insurance coverage, calling it a “silent crisis claiming the lives of thousands of women annually.”   Olatunji, who leads the Maternal Health Insurance Advocacy campaign under the Non-Governmental Organisation, The Public Health Place, ...

  The outgoing Director of the National Orientation Agency in Oyo State, Olukemi Afolayan, on Wednesday, commended the state governor, Seyi Makinde’s administration for supporting the agency through the establishment of the state Mobilisation Agency for Socio-Economic Development which has helped to ease the agency’s operations and infrastructural development.   ...

  The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has set up a special unit of the police for the protection of the elite. The unit is called the Special Protection Unit.   According to the Niger State head of the new unit, Hassan Sani, it is designed to meet the ...

  An 18-year-old apprentice has allegedly impregnated 10 girls in just five months, including his master’s daughter and a salesgirl in Anambra State.   Reports say he was first sent to learn a trade under a master, but within three months, he got both his boss’s daughter and a salesgirl ...

  The Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, says 24 federal institutions have been powered by solar energy under the “Energising Education Project” of President Bola Tinubu’s Administration.   Alausa, who disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja at the Collaboration Agreement Signing Ceremony with the vice chancellors of beneficiary institutions, added ...

  The Senator representing Kano South Senatorial District under the platform of the New Nigeria People’s Party, Senator Kawu Sumaila, has defected from the party to the All Progressives Congress.   President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, read the letter of the lawmaker’s defection at plenary on Wednesday.   According ...

  With the defection of the Edo State House of Assembly Speaker, Blessing Agbebaku and other Peoples Democratic Party members to the All Progressives Congress on Tuesday, the member representing Oredo East Constituency, Frank Omosigho, has reaffirmed his loyalty to PDP.   In a statement released in Benin on Wednesday, ...

  The Chairman of Bariga Local Government Area of Lagos State, Kolade Alabi, on Wednesday, suddenly slumped at the All Progressives Congress stakeholders’ meeting held at the party’s Secretariat in Ikeja, the state capital.   PUNCH Online reports that Alabi, who is the state chairman of the Association of Local ...