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Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has departed Nigeria on Tuesday afternoon for the European Union-African Union (EU-AU) summit in Brussels, Belgium. According to a statement by Garba Shehu, the senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, the summit which will take place from February 17 to February 18, will have participants deliberate on […]
Continue ReadingLagos businesswoman, Mrs. Uduak Oluyede, has been shot and killed by gunmen who robbed her bakery on Adetola Street, Aguda, in the Surulere area of Lagos State, Nigeria. According to Punch Metro, the 37-year-old Uduak was alone at her shop when the robbers invaded the premises and shot her in the stomach while trying to […]
Continue ReadingGovernor of Oyo State, Mr. Seyi Makinde, has approved the appointment of Chief Lekan Balogun as the 42nd Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oyo State, Nigeria. A statement released by Taiwo Adisa, the Chief press secretary to Governor Makinde, quotes the governor as saying: “I am pleased to announce the appointment of the Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, […]
Continue ReadingFormer Head of the IGP Intelligence Response Team (IGP-IRT) and Deputy Police Commissioner, Abba Kyari, has been arrested by the Nigerian police, alongside four others on Monday, according to Punch. DCP Kyari was arrested hours after the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency declared him wanted over alleged illegal drug links. A senior police officer at […]
Continue ReadingMen of Ogun State police Command on Saturday, February 12, arrested one Kehinde Oladimeji 43years, and his wife Adejumoke Raji 35, for being in possession of alleged fresh different human parts. The couple who are residents of no.72 MKO Abiola way, Leme Abeokuta, were arrested following a report lodged at Kemta Divisional Headquarters by one […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday declared suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari, wanted over alleged links with an international drug cartel. Femi Babafemi, the spokesperson for NDLEA, made the announcement during a short press conference held at the Headquarters of the agency. This announcement is coming amidst the Hushpuppi […]
Continue ReadingActivist Aisha Yesufu, has described Nigerians in the diaspora as the ”most mumuish” set of Nigerians. In a tweet Aisha posted on her Twitter handle, Aisha wrote: “The most mumuish sets of Nigerians are the ones in diaspora. Many of them gloat they have escaped but are imprisoned by the needs of those of us […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has announced Olumuyiwa Adejobi as the new force public relations officer (FPRO). This was disclosed in a statement issued by Benjamin Hundeyin, administrative officer, FPRO department on Saturday, February 12. According to the statement, Adejobi takes over from Frank Mba, who was nominated by the Inspector General of Police (IGP) for […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Supreme Court, on Friday, declared that the Executive Order 10 (EO10) on the funding of State Judiciary and Legislature, was unlawful and unconstitutional. Back in 2020, it was reported that 36 state governments filed a suit against the Federal Government over the funding of superior courts created by Section 6 of the constitution. The […]
Continue ReadingThe Central Bank of Nigeria has revealed that it would stop the sale of foreign exchange to Deposit Money Banks by the end of the year. According to the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, banks must begin to source their forex from export proceeds, hence the need to support non-oil exporters in the country. He pointed […]
Continue ReadingFive soldiers have died while others were critically injured in an accident which occurred in Anambra state. The officers from the 302 Artillery Regiment, General Support, Onitsha, were in an MRAP (mine-resistant, ambush protected vehicle) when it crashed on Tuesday, February 8. They were on their way to Ihiala to join with their colleagues at […]
Continue ReadingArmed bandits have killed a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) named DSP Abdukadir Abubakar Rano, in Jibia local government area of Katsina State, Nigeria, during an attack on Magama section of Jibia town. Katsina State is president Muhammadu Buhari’s home State. According to residents of Jibia, the gunmen attacked the town at about 3a.m. on Wednesday, […]
Continue ReadingThe police in Imo state have arrested two more suspects in connection with the gruesome murder of a retired Chief Superintendent of Police, Christian Kpatuma, killed at his country home in Mgbala, Agwa in Oguta LGA of Imo State, on February 1, 2022. Recall that over the weekend, one suspect, Deberechi Chukwu, an escapee from Imo Correctional Centre […]
Continue ReadingLaunching of the book, from left, Oba Adedokun Abolarin; Commissioner for Education Ondo State, Femi Agagu; former governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola; Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi; author, Dr Lasisi Olagunju and MD/EIC ANN PLC, Mr Edward Dickson. It was, indeed, a celebration of a man of honour going by the array […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has asked the House of Representatives to drop the Student’s Loan Bill, being sponsored by the Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, and currently before it, saying the bill is totally unnecessary. The President of the union, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, gave this position in an exclusive interview with […]
Continue ReadingA young boy was allegedly caught trying to cut the throat of a 3-year-old girl. The alleged incident happened in the city of Touba, Senegal, on Friday, February 4. The teenager was seen walking hastily with the girl towards an abandoned building at about 5pm. The manager of an auto garage noticed the teenager with the […]
Continue ReadingFormer governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and ex-Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, on Monday, said that Nigeria is living on extra time in view of the numerous challenges battling the country. Sanusi noted that the country would be in a deeper hole in 2023, if nothing drastic was done to address the […]
Continue ReadingGovernor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has signed into law, a bill regulating Real Estate transactions in the state. Mr. Sanwo-Olu signed the bill at the Executive Chamber at the Lagos House in the Ikeja area on Monday. In attendance at the signing ceremony were the Commissioner for Housing, Moruf Akinderu-Fatai; the Attorney General […]
Continue ReadingFormer US Vice President, Mike Pence has spoken out against his former boss Donald Trump saying the former president was wrong to say he had the right to overturn the 2020 election as Trump demanded. Pence made the statement in a speech to the Federalist Society in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, on Friday, February 4. […]
Continue ReadingThere are reports that the Government of the Republic of Benin has extended the detention of Yoruba Nation activist Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho by six months. Lead counsel for the detained Yoruba activist, Chief Yomi Aliyyu SAN, said this in a chat, according to Punch. This is in contradiction to what another […]
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