Mama Boko Haram, Two Others Bag Ten Years Imprisonment Over N40m Fraud
Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court, sitting in Maiduguri, on Monday, February 12, 2024, convicted and sentenced Aisha Wakil (otherwise known as Mama Boko Haram), Tahiru Daura and Lawal Soyade to 10 years imprisonment. This was disclosed in a statement by the Head of Media and Publicity of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Dele Oyewale, late...
Lekki Gas Explosion Destroys Acres Of Makeshift Structures
Tragedy struck Sunday midnight into Monday morning as a gas explosion caused a fire outbreak in residential makeshift structures covering over two acres of land at Star Road, by Horizon Heights, Ikate-Elegushi, Lekki area of Lagos State. The incident, which was attributed to negligence on the part of the occupants, destroyed properties worth millions of naira in the process. According to...
Fire Raze Down Kano Police Station
The police command in Kano State says the Divisional Police Office in Nasarawa Local Government Area has been gutted by fire. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Usaini Gumel, disclosed in Kano that the incident occurred in the early hours of Monday. “At about 05.45 a.m. the Divisional Police headquarters was engulfed by fire and a major part of the building...
Abuja nurses Protest New Rules For Verifying Certificates
Nurses under the aegis of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, Abuja chapter, on Monday, protested against the new verification certification guidelines released by the Nigeria and Midwifery Council of Nigeria. The nurses expressed displeasure over what they described as an attempt to hinder their freedom to pursue career opportunities, asking the council to address nurses’ welfare, salary...
Lawmaker Lifts Constituents
The lawmaker representing Lagos Mainland in the House or Representatives, Moshood Oshun, has distributed food packs to 8,500 residents in line with President Bola Tinubu’s directive to support vulnerable persons. Beneficiaries were drawn from community development associations, schools, religious groups and work associations. Oshun said the gesture was a directive by President Tinubu to lawmakers, with support from the Ministry of...
Plateau Crisis: Representative Promises To Restore Calmness
The member representing Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency of Plateau State, Mr Daniel Asama Ago, has expressed his commitment to restoring peace in the state. Asama, who was declared the winner of the recent re-run election in the state, said his priority also included uniting the state and empowering the people. He made this known while speaking with reporters in Abuja. The lawmaker...
Sanwo-Olu Set To Launch Trader Money
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu will on Wednesday launch the N50, 000 cash transfer to 15,000 beneficiaries under the Lagos Market TraderMoney initiative. Commissioner for Agriculture Ms. Abisola Olusanya said this at the weekend during a one-day sensitisation for traders at the Lagos Fresh Food Agro-Hub in Idi-Oro, Mushin. Over 500 market men and women from Ikeja and Oshodi Local Government Areas attended...
Helicopter Crash: I Begged Wigwe To Take Me Along — Osita Chidoka
A former Aviation Minister, Osita Chidoka, has recalled his last moment with the late Group Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings PLC, Herbert Wigwe. Chidoka, in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday, said he was supposed to meet with Wigwe last Thursday and he begged the late banker to take him along his many trips overseas. “We had an...
Growing Poverty In Nigeria Contradicts Our Campaign Promises, Ex-Vice Chairman Of APC, Lukman Laments
A former National Vice Chairman, Northwest, of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Salihu Moh. Lukman has lamented the growing hardship in the country, saying it is unfortunate that today’s existential realities are different from the campaign promises of the party. In a statement issued Sunday in Abuja and titled ‘Heartbreaking Reflections’, Lukman urged President Bola Tinubu to sit up...
High Cost Of Living Protest Spreads To Lagos
Lagosians have joined the number of states where there have been protests against High cost of living in the country. In Lagos, market women and youths protested in the Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos State on Saturday. They carried placards with the inscriptions such as “Baba Tinubu, Nigerians are hungry”, and ‘Tinubu, come and rescue us”, among others. The protest is the latest...
