MURDER: Two final year students of Adeleke varsity remanded in Ilesa prison A magistrates’ court in Osogbo, Osun State, on Friday, ordered that two final year students of Adeleke University, Ede, be remanded in prison custody over the alleged murder of a 200 level student. The accused, Akanbi Ademola Khalyd …

  OSUN:   COURT REMANDS 23-YR-OLD OVER ATTEMPTED  SUICIDE          An Osogbo Magistrates ‘ Court in Osun on Friday remanded a 23-year-old man, Andrew Peter, in Ilesa Prison over alleged attempted suicide while in police custody. The Magistrate, Mr Olusegun Ayilara, ordered the defendant to be kept …

Keeping phone in breast pocket is bad for heart —Expert Although mobile phones have become an inseparable part of our daily life, an expert in heart medicine, Professor Oluranti Familoni had cautioned against keeping these phones in breast pockets, warning that the electromagnetic waves it emits are bad for the …

SEX-FOR-MARKS SCANDAL: OAU suspends Professor Richard Akindele indefinitely The management of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, has suspended Prof. Richard Akindele, whose telephone conversation in which he demanded for sex from a female student was recorded and released on social media. A member of the committee who pleaded anonymity confided this to …

UCH records 1,680 mental health cases in 1 year ...Sixty-five per cent are women and girls   Prof.  Olayinka Omigbodun, a Consultant Psychiatrist and Head of  Child and Adolescent  Mental Health  Department at the University College Hospital ( UCH ), Ibadan, says more than 1,680 cases of mental illness were …

  ANAMBRA: Visually impaired NYSC award winner pledges to assist colleagues       Miss Chikaodi Ejiogu, a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Governor’s Award winner in Anambra, has pledged to assist the physically challenged persons in the society by making life better for them through her NGO. Ejiogu, a …

    SHOOTING AT ENUGU BURIAL: One woman killed, another wounded      The Police have commenced investigation into an alleged accidental shooting at an Enugu burial ceremony which led to the death of a woman and wounding of the chief mourner on Saturday. The Enugu State Police Command’s spokesman, …

NIGER: Three jailed for stealing dog     A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Minna, Niger State, on Friday sentenced three men to four weeks imprisonment each for stealing a dog. The convicts – Isaac Saba, Philip Daniel and Ayo Ojo – were earlier arraigned on a two-count charge of conspiracy …

    BENIN:    8-month-old baby found dead inside drum of water       An eight-month-old baby simply identified as Abdulaziz, was on Thursday found dead inside a four-feet drum of water in Benin. The incident occurred early Thursday morning at number 53 Obakhavbaye Street, Benin City. It was …

Osun govt declares Monday April 16 work free day for voters’ registration exercise, collection of PVCs OSUN State government has declared Monday, April 16 a work-free day for workers in the state, with a view to providing ample opportunity for eligible voters to participate in the ongoing Continuous Voters Registration (CVR), being undertaken …