OPC expels members

THE Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, has expelled some of its members for engaging in what it described as anti-congress activities which portrayed the group as a lawless organisation.

OPC members expelled include: Marruf Salami (Kwara) Adeola Adeagbo (Oyo), Rotimi Akinsowon (Ondo), Boye Mayungbe (Baba Odua) and Akeem Ologburo (Bayelsa), all former coordinators.

Ooni’s guard shot dead Read more

Suspected armed robbers, Monday night, killed Marcus Olatunji, an official of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, attached to the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi.

India police arrest goat for grazing in garden

Police in central India arrested a goat and its owner for repeatedly damaging a senior bureaucrat’s garden, a local official said Tuesday.

Police in Chhattisgarh state sprang into action on Monday, registering a case against the man and his animal for chewing up the district magistrate’s garden.

My husband wants to kill me, woman tells court

A housewife, Kafilat Mukaila, has accused her husband, Olaoye, of attempting to strangulate her to death before an Osogbo Customary Court .

The woman also accused her husband of neglecting her and her children and battery whenever he saw her with any man.

South African mayor awards scholarships to virgin women

A South African mayor has awarded college scholarships to 16 young women for remaining virgins to encourage others to be "pure and focus on school," her spokesman said Sunday.

Chibok girls can no longer be rescued – Poll

On Friday we asked if Nigerians believe that the more than 200 schoolgirls who were kidnappedfrom their school on April 14, 2014 can still be rescued.

Ambode mourns death of ex-gov’s wife

The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has expressed sadness over the death of the wife of Brig.-Gen. Mobolaji Johnson (retd.), the first Military Governor of Lagos State.