News

The National Grid has collapsed for the third time this week. Power generation went off around 8:16 a.m. on Saturday, October 19.    Recall that the grid tripped off on Monday and on Tuesday this week and then it was restored.   At 8 a.m., power generation was 3,042 megawatts and peaked at 3,968MW at 7 a.m. However, it dropped …

Liam Payne may have been under the influence of a powerful drug, known as “cristal,” when he died, according to police in Buenos Aires, Argentina.    Authorities told TMZ that their operating theory is that the former One Direction star was high on the substance, which is notorious for causing psychotic attacks, hallucinations, and extreme mood swings.    These effects …

Blac Chyna is officially engaged to rapper Derrick Milano after he popped the question during Howard University’s homecoming celebration, Yard Fest.    According to TMZ, Derrick got down on one knee in front of thousands of spectators, offering Chyna a dazzling ring — and she happily said “Yes!”   Chyna, who has been dating Derrick for over a year, accepted …

APC Chieftain has expressed concern over the recent report by the World Bank that Nigeria’s currency, the Naira, is the weakest in Africa.    In a post shared on his Facebook page this morning, October 18, Igbokwe wondered how this has happened when Nigeria is the ‘’most endowed country in Africa with the most educated people with excellent weather and …

The Kwara State Police Command says the three police officers, Abiodun Kayode, Mr James Emmanuel, and Mr Oni Philip, who were recently dismissed over the k!lling of a student of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, Qoyum Abdulyekeen Ishola, have been charged to court.    A statement released by the command’s spokesperson, DSP Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, today October 18, says the dismissed officers …

The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested two secondary school students, Hamza Sadiq and Adamu Ahmadu, both 15, for robbery.     Operatives from the Operation Restore Peace (ORP) unit, following a thorough investigation, arrested the suspects in connection with a robbery incident at a mobile phone shop in Wunti Market, Bauchi.     The spokesperson of the command, SP …

An Israeli drone captured Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar’s last minutes alive.   Sinwar, who was the mastermind of the Oct. 7 attack on Israelis, swung a piece of wood in a futile attempt to take out the device before he was k!lled, officials said.      Shocking footage shows the moment a drone is deployed to check a building in …

A Kwara State Magistrate Court on Thursday, sentenced six members of a family to jail for assault, intimidation and stealing of the property of one Mr. Ajayi Oluwafemi, who was the husband of their daughter, Mrs. Temitope Oluwafemi.   The court presided by Mrs Kudirat Yahaya convicted six members of the family including a father and his wife and four …

A labourer d!ed of electrocution while working on the premises of a private university located in the Ajebo area of Ogun State.   Monday Koja lost his life on Wednesday, October 16, following a wrongful wire connection that led to his electrocution.    Koja, a native of Benue State, while working with some bricklayers on the premises of Macpherson University …

A Federal High Court judge in Abuja, Justice Binta Nyako, has advised Lucky Okodeh, a former caretaker chair of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area in Bayelsa State, to consider an out-of-court settlement with the Nigerian Army.    Okodeh had filed a lawsuit against the military after his photograph was published among those declared wanted in connection with the killing of …