Hundreds of commercial motorcycle riders, otherwise called Okada have barricaded the Iyana-Iba road leading from Lagos State University (LASU) main gate to protest against alleged seizure of their motorcycles. According to Sun, the riders made several bonfires along the expressway. The protesters are lamenting harassment they suffer in the hands of men of the state…
The Nigerian Army said it destroyed 46 illegal bunker sites in Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa and Rivers at the just-concluded Exercise Crocodile Smile II. Col. Aminu Iliyasu, Spokesman of 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, said in a statement that several wooden boats and barges loaded with huge quantities of crude oil were seized. Iliyasu said…
The Inspector General of Police (IG), Mr. Ibrahim Idris, Wednesday dared the Senate by refusing to respond to any queries or make any comment before the ad-hoc committee charged with investigating him on allegations of corruption levelled against him by Senator Isa Misau (Bauchi, APC). According to him, the matter was already before a court…
–As DTSG Moves To Seal Businesses, Apprehend Residents That Fail To Comply As part of his sincere desire to provide an effective waste management mechanism, and the dire need for a cost friendly waste bin for the proper disposal of municipal solid waste in the State, the Executive Governor of Delta State, Sen. Dr. Ifeanyi…
An early morning fire on Thursday ravaged and destroyed a popular mobile phone shop located at Police Station junction in Abraka, with goods worth over 6 Million Naira consumed in the inferno. According to reports, the tragic incidence believed to have started by an electrical fault, began at 1 a.m., and sympathizers unable to put…
The Commissioner of Police, Delta State Police Command, CP Zanna Ibrahim has successfully flagged off the Ughelli Area Command Community Policing project. Represented by the Command’s Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Ngozi Onajekon at the occasion on Wednesday in Ughelli, Ibrahim said that the move is geared towards involving “all stakeholders and the citizenry…
Esakkimuthu (27), a daily wager from Kasidharmam village in Tirunelveli district along with his wife, Subbulakshmi, and their two daughters, Mathisaranya (4) and Akshayabaraniya (2), set themselves ablaze after their complaints against an usurer went unheard by the district collector and the police. BTLS Entertainment reports that the practice of ‘Kanduveti’, lending money at inflated…
The Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has pledged to reconstruct the Benin – Abraka Road in Orhionmwon Local Government Area within 24 months to boost economic activities in the area and state in general. Obaseki made the pledge at Abudu, headquarters of Orhionmwon LGA during his thank-you-tour of the local council on Tuesday.…
Embattled Chief Joseph Omene has said that he remains the President-General of Urhobo Progress Union, UPU, Worldwide. Speaking to journalists in Mosogar recently, he stressed that his election since December till date was not challenged in any court by any individual or group because they have no ground to. He quizzed: “You can have an…
The Peoples Democratic Party councillorship candidate for Uduophori Community in the January 6, 2017 local government elections in the State, Okoro Oghenevwegba, has said that the construction of the Uduophori Road by the Okowa-led government is a project that has wiped tears from the eyes of those dwelling in the community. Oghenewegba who spoke to…