Lagos – Rev. Fr. John Oni, Associate Priest, Saints Timothy and Titus Catholic Church, Isheri-Osun, Lagos, says criminality is not inherited but acquired. The priest also said that those indulging in criminal activities in the country were not born criminals but acquired the evil habit as a result of failure of the families where they […]

Troops are preparing to launch an offensive in a bid retake a strategic town captured by Boko Haram jihadists in northeast Nigeria, security and civilian sources said on Monday. Fighters from IS-affiliated Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) took control of Baga on the shores of Lake Chad on Thursday after over-running military bases. The […]

Germany’s biggest New Year’s Eve party was set to start on Monday, with stages, temporary barriers and concrete blocks put into position at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate. Bonnie Tyler, DJ Bobo, Alice Meron, Nico Santos and Eagle Eye Cherry are all set to perform at the German capital’s celebrations on Monday night, with a fireworksand laser […]

The Governor of Delta State, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has called on Deltans, especially those of Anioma extraction, to forge a common front by being united in order to speak with one voice whenever the need arises. The Governor made the call yesterday  in a goodwill he delivered during the maiden summit of Delta North Progressive Assembly […]

By Etop Ekanem The authentic Urhobo Progress Union, UPU, worldwide youth wing, the apex socio-cultural group in Urhoboland, has absolved Delta State University, DELSU, Abraka of negligence in the murder of Miss Elozimo Ogege, a 300 level student of Mass Communication of the institution. In a letter to the school authourity signed by UPU youth […]

By Vincent Ujumadu Awka—Several corpses deposited at the Enugwu Ukwu General Hospital Mortuary in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State were, weekend, reduced to ashes following a fire outbreak which source was not immediately known. A source said no less than 50 corpses were burnt in the fire, which started from a nearby bush, […]

By Esther Onyegbula The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 40-year-old man for allegedly raping his neighbour’s daughter. It was learned that the incident happened at about 10p.m., Saturday, at Obawole area of Ifako Ijaiye Lagos, while the victim (names withheld) was sleeping in her parents’ apartment. It was gathered that the victim’s father […]

Ibadan – Chief Ademola Odunade, the President of a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan, on Thursday dissolved the eight-year-old marriage between Adedolapo Aderibigbe, an estate surveyor and wife, Mayowa, over adultery and threat to life. Odunade, who said the issues of infidelity and threat to life in marriages were assuming a more worrisome dimension, said […]

…Buhari directs flags to fly at half mast for 3 days By Adekunle Aliyu, Johnbosco Agbakwuru  with agency report The remains of Nigeria’s second republic President, Alhaji Shehu Shagari, were  laid to rest yesterday at his hometown in Shagari Local Government Area of Sokoto State. (FILES) In this file photo taken on May 29, 2015 […]