Category: News

By: Bayero Ade A senior officer in the Ogun State Police Command has revealed that the driver responsible for the hit-and-run accident that claimed the life of Professor Oladipupo Ademuyiwa, a lecturer at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), is suspected to be an internet fraudster, commonly referred to as a “Yahoo boy.” According…

By: Bayero Ade Resident doctors at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, have suspended the indefinite strike they commenced a day earlier. According to Top Newspaper, Dr. Uthman Adedeji, General Secretary of the UCH Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), confirmed the suspension in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday. The…

By: Bayero Ade Apostle Ezekiel Oyediran Oyedele, the spiritual leader of Christ Gospel Apostolic Church (CGAC) Worldwide, has called for a nationwide three-day fasting and prayer session, citing a divine revelation about an impending crisis. According to Top Newspaper, Speaking at a press conference in Lagos on Tuesday, the cleric urged Nigerians, regardless of religious…

By Bayero Ade The Anambra State Police Command has initiated a manhunt for two suspects linked to the murder of Justice Azuka, a member of the Anambra State House of Assembly, who managed to escape from police custody. According Top Newspaper, Confirming the development in a statement on Tuesday night, the command’s spokesperson, Superintendent Tochukwu…

By Bayero Ade Former Anambra State Governor and 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has emphasized that credible elections in Nigeria will only be possible when individuals of integrity oversee the process. According to Top Newspaper, Speaking in Abuja at the launch of two books on internal security and election security, authored by former…

By Miracle Ogunde March 10 has been fixed for the hearing of an appeal filed by the embattled National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Samuel Anyanwu. The Supreme Court on Tuesday fixed the date. At Tuesday’s proceedings, Njemanze represented Anyanwu, while Paul Erokoro appeared as the first respondent. Joshua Musa (SAN) announced his appearance…

By Miracle Ogunde Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Tuesday inaugurated the newly completed Abule Egba Bus Terminal in the Orile-Agege Local Council Development Area. This was just as he announced a 30 per cent reduction in the fare price of the Red Line rail service. The governor, who made this known in a…

Group threatens public protests against Finance Commissioner A group of civil activists from the Organisation of Justice for Equity Sustenance has demanded that Mrs. Omowunmi Isaac, the Commissioner for Finance in Ondo State, provide proof of her claim that Betty Akeredolu was responsible for the death of her late husband, former Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. The…

Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has distanced himself from the petition leading to the scrutiny and possible prosecution of Barrister Wale Omolegbon over alleged cyberbullying. Aiyedatiwa, in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Prince Ebenezer Adeniyan, maintained that he neither authorised nor influenced any move to petition the police against Omolegbon or any…

Legal practitioner, Wale Odusola, who was recently arraigned before an Akure Magistrate Court over alleged defamation of Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has broken his silence, describing his ordeal as reminiscent of military-era repression. In a social media post on Wednesday, Odusola lamented the alleged clampdown on free speech, stating, “I just remember Decree No.…