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A 22-year-old man identified as Sodiq Mustapha, has drowned in Agba Dam in G.R.A area of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The deceased, who hailed from Kankatu Okelele Area of Ilorin, at Sheji Compound, was brought out dead by personnel of the state fire service on Tuesday morning, August 17. The Head of Media and…

Globally recognized footballer, Cristiano Ronaldo has issued a statement about his future amid reports in Spain linking him with a return to Real Madrid. The 36-year-old Portuguese and Juventus striker has 12 months remaining on his contract with the former Italian champions and has not informed the club that he wants to leave. Juventus have…

Ogun State House of Assembly has threatened to issue a warrant of arrest against popular Nollywood actor, Goriola Hassan, for refusing to honour its invitation over his purported claim to the traditional stool at Imobi-Ijebu, in Ijebu East Local Government Area of the state. The stool has been a subject of controversy. The Assembly said…

A staff of Guarantee Trust Bank, Babatunji Lawal on Tuesday uesday narrated how the bank’s CCTV captured one of the suspects withdrawing money from the account of the slain Olajide Omowumi Blessing, a 300 level student of the University of Ilorin. Lawal, who was led in evidence by the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice,…

No fewer than three students of the University of Jos (UNIJOS) have been feared killed and two missing after the attack on commuters along Rukuba road on Saturday. According to The Nation, five other students are receiving treatment in hospital in the State capital as a result of injuries sustained in a reprisal attack after…

Full transcript of United States President, Joe Biden’s remarks on Afghanistan Good afternoon. I want to speak today to the unfolding situation in Afghanistan, the developments that have taken place in the last week and the steps we’re taking to address the rapidly evolving events. My national security team and I have been closely monitoring…

A former Deputy Senate President, Alhaji Ibrahim Mantu, is reportedly dead. The cause of his death was sketchy as at time of filing this report. The late Sen. Mantu represented Plateau Central Senatorial district on the platform of the PDP at the return of democratic governance in 1999. He was born in Chanso village, Gindiri…

A New footage has surfaced on social media showing the Taliban militants wining and dining in the presidential palace formerly occupied by President Ashraf Ghani and his cabinet. Some of the militants sat ontop the sofa while others could be seen eating as they chatted and laughed in the palace. The Taliban have taken total…

The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for assenting to the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). President Buhari had, earlier on Monday, assented to the bill, which provides legal, governance, regulatory and fiscal framework for the Nigerian petroleum industry, the development of host communities, and related matters. OPEC, in a letter,…