DSS Officials Invade Ogun Court, Arrest Defendants
The men of the Department of State Services have invaded an Ogun State High Court sitting in Ilaro and arrested two defendants despite the judge’s warning. The court was presided over by Justice AA Shobayo on Tuesday. The defendants, who were simply identified as Alhaji Isiaka Fatai and Samuel Oyero, were tried in a suit marked HCP/IC/2023 between the State vs...
FG Moves To Restructure NYSC
The Minister of Youth Development, Dr Jamila Bio-Ibrahim, has hinted that the federal government would review, restructure and reform the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to meet the demand of the future. Speaking Monday in Abuja at the opening ceremony of the maiden meeting of NYSC management with Heads of Corps Producing Institutions in Nigeria, she announced that the team...
Hon. Ogah Mourns Death Of Colleague, Isa Dogonyaro
Chairman, House Committee on HIV/AIDs, Tuberclosis and Malaria Control, Hon. Amobi Godwin Ogah has expressed deep shock at the sudden death of Hon. Isa Dogonyaro, who until his death was the Deputy Chairman House Committee on HIV/AIDs, Tuberclosis and Malaria Control. Hon. Ogah in a Statement signed by his media Aide, Elem Chukwuemeka, says the news of his death came...
Jigawa Reps Member, Dogonyaro Dead
Member representing Garki/Babura federal Constituency of Jigawa State, Rep. Isa Dogonyaro, is dead. One of his colleagues, Mohammed Bello El-Rufa’i disclosed the death of the lawmaker on his Facebook wall Friday morning. He wrote, “Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji’un. Earlier today, we lost colleague in the House of Representatives, a brilliant parliamentarian and an overall good man. May Allah SWT...
He’s An Impersonator, Ooni Denies Man Claiming To Be His Son
The palace of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, on Thursday, disowned a claim by a man in a viral video, who said the monarch was his father. A statement by the monarch’s spokesperson, Moses Olafare, said the man in the viral video engaged in an act of impersonation, noting that the matter had been reported to the security...
TUC Threatens Nationwide Strike Over Cybersecurity Levy
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has threatened a massive protest that will shut down the Nigerian economy should the Federal Government fail to cancel the controversial cybersecurity levy recently introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria. The TUC in a statement signed by its President, Festus Osifo, on Wednesday, slammed the directive by the CBN to banks imposing a 0.5...
Police Dismiss Inspector For Allegedly Struggling ‘Side-Chick’ With DPO
A rather bizarre scenario is currently playing out at the Lagos State Police Command over the dismissal of two police Inspectors suspected to be dating each other. But the officers have been given seven working days to appeal their dismissal. The affected officers are Inspectors Adedoyin Damilola with AP/NO 289317 and Makanjuola Modupe with AP/NO 234465, who served at the Bariga...
FG Considers Reviewing Law Imposing Jail Sentence On Suicide Attempt
The Federal Government has pledged to review the law imposing sentencing for suicide attempts. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, said FG would liaise with the 36 States to reappraise the extant laws prohibiting suicide. The AGF, in a statement he made available to newsmen on Sunday, said he gave the assurance when he...
Kidnap Of Archbishop Of Brotherhood Of Cross And Star Did Not Happen In Abia – CP
The Commissioner of Police in Abia State, CP Kenechukwu Onwuemelie says the abduction of Archbishop of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star, Uka Uka Osim by gunmen did not happen in the State, rather in Anambra. The Abia police boss in a statement signed by the PRO of the command, ASP Maureen Chinaka, and made available to ABN TV...
16 Perish In Enugu Road Crash
Sixteen passengers onboard a Toyota Hummer bus were burnt beyond recognition when the bus burst into flames after plunging into a fence along Enugu/Opi/Nsukka Road in Ekwegbe in the Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area of Enugu State. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, revealed this in a statement on Tuesday night. According to the police spokesman, the...
