Peter Dada, Akure Men of the Ondo State Police Command have arrested a houseboy, identified as Emmanuel Akpan, for allegedly killing his boss and stealing some personal items of the deceased. Some of the items allegedly stolen from the deceased are N3,500, two phones, jewellery and a generator.Parading the suspects at the headquarters of the […]
Continue ReadingOluwatosin Omojuyigbe and Dennis Naku An Instagram comedian and social media influencer, Nwagbo Chidera, also known as Pankeeroy, has been arrested for alleged Internet fraud.Chidera was arrested alongside 34 others at the James Court in the Lekki area of Lagos State by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for alleged involvement in computer-related […]
Continue ReadingOlalekan Adetayo, Daud Olatunji, Godwin Isenyo and Olufemi Olaniyi The Minister of Defence, Major General Bashir Magashi (retd.), on Thursday said the Federal Government knew that the killing of Chad’s President, Idriss Deby, was capable of causing security problems for Nigeria and other neighbouring countries.The minister, who spoke at the Presidential Villa, Abuja during the […]
Continue ReadingOkechukwu Nnodim, Abuja The Federal Government on Thursday said about N1.8tn of its N2.3tn COVID-19 economic stimulus package would be funded by financial institutions.It also disclosed that about N288bn from the N500bn of the package funded through the 2021 budget has so far been released, adding that it was currently in the process of releasing […]
Continue Reading..No going back says Jegede. The Ondo State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Hon. Fatai Adams has led leaders of the party to pay solidarity visit to the party’s gubernatorial candidate at the October 10, 2020 governorship election in Ondo State, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede SAN over the Election Petition Tribunal’s judgement of Tuesday […]
Continue ReadingSunday Nwakannma The Senate on Wednesday started a fresh process to further amend the nation’s Electoral Act with a view to making the use of card reader compulsory for elections in Nigeria.Tagged ‘The Electoral Act (amendment) Bill, 2021 (SB. 680),’ the proposed legislation passed first reading on Wednesday.The Senate spokesperson, Senator Ajibola Basiru (Osun Central), […]
Continue ReadingDeji Lambo A driver, Eban-Prince Bekom, and his motor boy, Abiola Okon, are on the run after allegedly diverting goods worth over N16m belonging to their boss, Lateef Taofik.PUNCH Metro gathered that Taofik assigned the duo to convey confectionaries from FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria Plc in the Ikeja area of Lagos State, to his warehouses in […]
Continue ReadingAdelani Adepegba and Edward Nnachi The United Kingdom has said that all asylum and human rights claims from Nigerian nationals are considered on their individual merits in accordance with its international obligations.The British government states that it has a proud history of providing protection to those who need it, in accordance with its international obligations […]
Continue ReadingBola Bamigbola The Osun State Police Command, on Wednesday, said it had commenced investigation into the reported suicide by a 200-level student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Emmanuel Adedeji.Emmanuel of the Department of Management and Accounting died on Tuesday after he allegedly consumed a poisonous substance.The deceased was said to have left a suicide […]
Continue ReadingKayode Oyero Samuel Achi, a former lecturer at the Kaduna State University, Kaduna, explains to KAYODE OYERO how his son, Sunday, was killed at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University mosque in Bauchi State when the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, was the Chief Imam of the university’s mosqueA former lecturer of Industrial […]
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