An Oyo State Family Court sitting in Ibadan has remanded a 35-year-old Olufunke Sakiru at Abolongo Correctional Centre, Oyo town, for allegedly strangulating her son to death. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Patricia Adetuyibi, who did not take the plea of the defendant, ordered her remand at Abolongo Correctional Centre pending the outcome of the legal advice from the state Directorate ... Read More »

Nigerian security agencies have intercepted a drone which they said was imported into the country by the Indigenous People of Biafra from an Asian country for surveillance and combat purposes. Newsthumb learnt that the drone, which was already delivered and put into use, was modelled and imported as an agricultural instrument to be put into urgent use by farmers in ... Read More »

Justice Kayode Agunloye of the Federal High Court, Lugbe, on Friday, summoned the Heads of the Old and New Keffi Correctional Centres, Simon Kaigama and Alao Moses to account for the whereabouts of a suspect, Suleiman Mohammed, who was allegedly involved in the murder and robbery of Mr. Gabriel Adukwu. Vanguard learned that the suspect was charged before the court ... Read More »

A receptionist at Hilton Hotel, Ile-Ife, Osun State, where Timothy Adegoke, OAU’s postgraduate student was allegedly murdered, Adedeji Adesola, has disclosed that the hotel’s Managing Director, Roheem Adedoyin gave her a fresh receipt to sign and was used to replaced original one issued to the deceased. Adesola, also a defendant along with Dr Rahman Adedoyin and five other workers in ... Read More »

The Secretary of the Presidential Campaign Council, (PCC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), James Faleke, has warned Nigerians to be wary of cyber criminals asking unsuspecting online users to pay the sum of N18, 500 to access the empowerment fund from the PCC. Faleke, a member of the House of Representatives, representing Ikeja Federal Constituency, issued this warning, ... Read More »

Ordinarily, we consider it beneath us as well-bred media professionals to continue to engage in public spat with Mr. Nduka Obaigbena, a congenital blackmailer and hustler, especially in deference to ceasefire calls by well-meaning leaders and elders. The interventions followed our statement on Monday entitled “Obaigbena and His THISDAY/ARISE News’ Hypocritical Grandstanding On Public Morality”. But we crave the indulgence ... Read More »

The announcement which was made by his children indicated he died in Spain today, December 15, 2022 surrounded by his family. Ademola razak seriki, CON, was born on 30th November 1959 A Nigerian politician, teacher, businessman, and public administrator was appointed the Nigerian ambassador to Spain, since January 2021, with concurrent accreditation as a permanent representative of Nigeria to the ... Read More »

….says owner of ‘waste papers’ already questioned The Benue State Police Command has debunked a video trending on social media purported to be bags of rotten naira notes discovered in a store at the Police Barracks in the Wadata area of Makurdi town. In the said video, some residents of Wadata were seen pulling out bags of what looked like ... Read More »

Stanbic IBTC Holdings, a member of Standard Bank Group announced it had adopted Kurba Community Primary School in Yamaltu Deba LGA in Gombe state school as part of its Adopt A School Programme. The school, which was established in 1975, and with a current population of 400 students was selected to become part of the programme. Stanbic IBTC Adopt A ... Read More »

The All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential Campaign Council, PCC, Director of Media and Publicity, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, and Adviser, Media and Communication, Mr. Dele Alake have reacted to the statement credited to the Board of Editors Thisday/Arise Tv. Onanuga and Alake in a joint statement sent to Vanguard condemned Thisday/Arise Tv Board of Editors and Obaigbena’s submission that they (APC ... Read More »