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An Ekiti State High Court on Tuesday sentenced five persons to death by hanging for the offences of armed robbery and murder.   The five defendants were also sentenced to 21 years’ imprisonment each for the offences of conspiracy.   The defendants, Ojo Tope, Damilola Christopher, Joshua Adegoke, Aderopo Temitope ...

Legendary Juju musician, King Sunny Ade, has dismissed widespread speculations about his safety and whereabouts, declaring on Tuesday that he was neither missing nor kidnapped.   The music icon made this known in a live video shared by one of his wives, Mrs. Bose Olubo-Adegeye, following a social media storm ...

The Labour Party in Delta State has tackled Governor Sheriff Oborevwori on the wasteful defection ceremony.   The National Vice Chairman South-South of the Labour Party, Chief Tony Ezeagwu, stated this on Tuesday while reacting to the defection of the entire Delta PDP members in Asaba, Delta State.   Ezeagwu ...

The Indigenous Igbo Women Assembly, says, if the Chief of Defense Staff, General Christopher Musa is genuinely committed to the restoration of peace in the zone, he should ‘move his men to the bush to combat the killer herdsmen killing farmers and raping women and girls.’   The women made ...

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested a popular Lagos socialite, Emeka Okonkwo Daniel (a.k.a. E-Money), for allegedly abusing the Naira note.   Our correspondent gathered that he was arrested on Monday night at his residence in the Omole area of Lagos.   Sources within the commission ...

Shade, the wife of billionaire businessman Razak Okoya, has revealed that she did not miss out on anything in life despite marrying her husband at the age of 21.   Okoya stated this during an interview with BBC Yoruba about her marriage on Sunday.   The socialite noted that she ...

The Oyo State Government, on Tuesday, waded into the simmering public altercations over the boundary dispute between Osun and Oyo states.   A statement by the state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Dotun Oyelade, in Ibadan, the state capital, said the government urged both sides of the divide to stop ...

The National Emergency Management Agency, Lagos Operations Office and other stakeholders on Monday received 203 vulnerable Nigerian returnees from Libya.   This was according to a statement shared on NEMA’s official X handle on Tuesday. The agency, in the statement, noted that the returnees were received at the Murtala Muhamed ...

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday ordered businesswoman Aisha Achimugu to appear before it on Wednesday in connection with an ongoing investigation involving her.   Justice Emeka Nwite issued the directive after also ordering Achimugu to report to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday and subsequently ...

The Oyo State Police Command on Tuesday said that the video of the alleged invasion of the state by suspected Boko Haram currently circulating on social media was recycled.   The command’s spokesman, CSP Adewale Osifeso, stated this in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Ibadan, the ...