Buhari receives Edo 2020 National Sports Festival torch
President Muhammadu Buhari has received the Edo 2020 National Sports Festival torch, as activities hot up for the staging of the national sports fiesta from March to April 2020 in Edo State. President Buhari was presented with the torch by Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki and Minister of Sports, Mr Sunday Dare, in Abuja. The sports festival would be hosted...
Bishop Oyedepo denied visa by US Embassy
A mild drama, Thursday, played out at the Lagos office of the Embassy of the United States as the founder of Faith Tabernacle in Ota, Ogun State and Living Faith Church Worldwide, otherwise known as Winners’ Chapel International, Bishop David Oyedepo was denied a visa. But an ace comedian, Abovi Ugboma, popularly known as Bovi was lucky with the embassy...
Bishop Oyedepo denied visa by US Embassy
A mild drama, Thursday, played out at the Lagos office of the Embassy of the United States as the founder of Faith Tabernacle in Ota, Ogun State and Living Faith Church Worldwide, otherwise known as Winners’ Chapel International, Bishop David Oyedepo was denied a visa. But an ace comedian, Abovi Ugboma, popularly known as Bovi was lucky with the embassy...
Delta poly students protest driving ban on campus
Students of the Izoro Polytechnic in the Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta State have protested the management’s ban on driving on the campus. The students blocked the main entrance gate to the institution and the busy Ughelli/Asaba Expressway over the introduction of some new policies. The commuters plying the route were stranded for over four hours as the protest...
UNICAL suspends 3 students over possession of hard drugs, threat to lecturer
The University of Calabar has suspended three undergraduates for sending threat messages to one of their lecturers and for the alleged possession hard drugs suspected to be Indian hemp. While Uzoagba Chinaemerem Goodluck, a 200-level of the Department of Physics, was suspended for allegedly being caught smoking weed suspected to be Indian hemp, Messers Onyi Echu Owor and Agwu Ekeh,...
Amotekun to complement Police, not to replace it – Gov Makinde
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has cleared the air on the role meant to be played by the security outfit being put in place by governors of the South-West geopolitical zone, codenamed Operation AMOTEKUN, saying it was not to replace the functions of the Nigeria Police Force or the community policing in the country but to complement them. Governor...
Delta poly students protest driving ban on campus
Students of the Izoro Polytechnic in the Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta State have protested the management’s ban on driving on the campus. The students blocked the main entrance gate to the institution and the busy Ughelli/Asaba Expressway over the introduction of some new policies. The commuters plying the route were stranded for over four hours as the protest...
Plateau govt to immortalise UNIMAID student brutally murdered by Boko Haram
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State has promised to immortalise the Plateau student, Mr Ropvil Dalyep, who was recently killed by Boko Haram terrorists while on his how way to resume school in Maiduguri. Lalong made the promise on Thursday during his condolence visit to the family of the deceased in Jing community in Lankan District of Pankshin Local Government...
JUST IN: Senate confirms Kingsley Obiora as CBN deputy gov
The Senate on Thursday, January 30, 2020, confirmed the appointment of Dr Kingsley Obiora as a Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) had asked the Senate to confirm the appointment of Dr Obiora as the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. The request was contained in a letter addressed to...
Police nab dismissed cop, six others for extorting motorists
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a dismissed spy policeman, Taiwo Falodun, and six others for allegedly extorting motorists on the LASU-Igando Expressway. It was gathered that Falodun and the other suspects, Mukaila Atanda, Adedire Olaniyi, Chibuzor Eze, Akinseye Alex, Rasak Eko and Aro Dotun, acted as local government traffic officers to extort motorists, who had to part with...
