By Femi Atolagbe | Sunshine Stars Football Club will go all out today to tackle Plateau United in a must win midweek match day 36 of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL). Sunshine Stars’ coach ,Deji Ayeni while reacting to his side loss to Nasarawa United in the match day 35 said ,”we have been […]
By Femi Atolagbe | Rivers United Football Club has officially petitioned the League Management Company (LMC) over the use of ineligible player in the club’s matchday 34 encounter with Jigawa Golden Stars in kaduna, according to the Rivers Commissioner for Sports, Boma Iyaye. Jigawa Golden Stars had featured one Christopher Richard in the NPFL fixture […]
By Kayode Olabanji, Okitipupa | Leaders of oil producing communities in Ondo state have strongly kicked against the provision of 30 percent earmarked for exploration of oil in the northern part of the country and three percent for the oil producing communities as contained in the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, passed by the National Assembly. […]
Days after arrest of embattled Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho at the Cardinal Bernardin International Airport, Cotonou Benin Republic, the legal battle which would determine his release, will be decided today. The 48-year-old agitator has been in the eye of the storm since he was arrested. He is being held after he […]
By Runsewe Solomon & Damilola Akinmolayan | Many Nigerians and major groups in the Southwest region of the country have reacted to the admittance by the State Security Service (SSS) that its operatives invaded the home of a leader of a group clamouring for a Yoruba nation, Sunday Adeyemo (also known as Sunday Igboho), in […]
From Sade Adewale, Ondo | A yet-to-be-identified man suspected to be a kidnapper has abducted a 12-year-old girl, Abibat Saani, in Ofosu, Ore in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State. The victim was reportedly kidnapped by the hoodlum while hawking groundnut in the neighbourhood on Monday afternoon. Narrating the incident to The Hope Metro, […]
By Fisayo Akinduro, Osogbo | An auto crash that occurred at Ikirun/Ila-Odo road, Osun State, on Saturday, has claimed the life of an infant. The Hope Metro gathered that the accident was caused by a head-on collision between a Toyota Corolla car with number plate LND 509 EJ and a black Corolla with number plate […]
By Victor Akinkuolie, Ado-Ekiti | Ekiti State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a middle aged man for allegedly parading himself as a traditional ruler and lawyer. The suspect identified as Rufus Ajayi, a native of Rore in Irepodun local government of Kwara State allegedly paraded himself as a traditional ruler of Gbomina Ekiti […]
By Damilola Akinmolayan & Ayodele Popoola | The Ondo State Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun Corps has dragged a man, John Samson Bidemi, before an Akure Magistrate’s Court for attempting to kill a 70-year-old woman and for escaping from lawful custody. The prosecution said Bidemi attempted to kill the 70-year-old woman, Victoria Omotayo, by stabbing […]
By Fisayo Akinduro, Osogbo | Men of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Osun State Command, FRSC on Saturday escaped death as a trailer rammed into their patrol vehicle along the Osogbo/Ilesa expressway. The FRSC spokesperson in Osun State, Mrs Agnes Ogungbemi in a statement in Osogbo, said the trailer marked KSF 614 XU carrying Cement […]
