Assailants kill businessman over cigarette lighter in Ondo hotels

The Ondo State Police Command, on Monday, said it had begun investigation into the alleged killing of a businessman, Babatunde Olubasa, who was said to have been shot dead in a hotel in Akure on Boxing Day.

The 38-year-old Olubasa was allegedly murdered at the Helena Hotel in the Ijapo area of Akure, where he had lodged for the Christmas holiday.

Lai Mohammed Trying To Use Propaganda To Demonize Bishop Kukah Over Buhari – HURIWA

 The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has rebuked the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, for saying some religious leaders are silently trying to remove President Muhammadu Buhari from power.

Adebanjo: Buhari Presidency Unreliable, Intolerant Of Opposition, Criticisms

 Elderstatesman and Afenifere leader, Pa Ayo Adebanjo has said that the President Muhammadu Buhari presidency is unreliable and intolerant of opposition and criticisms.

Adebanjo also said he is in support of Bishop Hassan Kukah’s position on the state of nation, especially as it relates to President Muhammed Buhari’s administration

Adebanjo lauded Bishop Kukah for speaking truth to power.

Breaking: Fire Razes Ketu Plank Market In Lagos

 A fire has broken out in the Ketu Plank Market, Lagos State on Sunday destroying goods and shops worth millions of naira.

Third Mainland Bridge Closed For Three Days Amid Christmas Holiday

 

Lagos residents might be faced with traffic difficulties amid the Christmas holiday following the full closure of Third Mainland Bridge on the midnight of Christmas Day.

The bridge will remain closed until midnight of December 28 as it is undergoing repairs.

Bakare Didn’t Defend Tinubu; He Defanged Him - Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D

 

Pastor Tunde Bakare’s trending video on Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for which he is receiving caustic flak from the Nigerian online commentariat, isn’t the deodorization of Tinubu’s smelly underbelly that many people say it is. It is, on the contrary, an effective denunciation of Tinubu and a deep, lasting, strategic delegitimization of his “omo Eko” bona fides.

Gunmen kidnap traveler in Ekiti State as Amotekun Corps, police rescue

 Gunmen kidnapped a traveller on the Isan-Iludun-Ekiti highway in Oye Local Government Area of Ekiti State on Friday.