4-year-old Pamilerin Babatunde, kidnapped in Ikorodu
A four-year-old girl, Pamilerin Babatunde, has been declared missing by her mother few hours after she was asked to plait her hair at their hairdresser’s shop few houses from their home situated at No. 3, Agboola Street, Lambo Lasunwo road, LASPOTECH first gate, Ikorodu area of Lagos State, on Sunday, February 16, at about 3:00 p.m. The mother of the...
EU threatens to impose tough visa rules on Nigeria over illegal migration
The European Union says it can impose restrictive visa implementation rules on Nigeria if it fails to play its part in the return and readmission of its nationals staying illegally in the EU. The EU, which comprises Germany, Italy, Spain, France and 23 other countries, further stated that although it would not place a visa ban on Nigeria, it could...
‘Come and carry your son’ lady tells mother inlaw, after cutting off husband’s body in Owerri
The fear being generated in marriages in recent times has again been heighten as a doctor with the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Owerri is now battling for his dear life after his wife brutally attacked him on Tuesday night after unresolved issues. According to the victim's friend who gave his name as Jones, the doctor's wife cut off his...
FG, USTDA sign $1.1m grant for Abuja independent power project
Mele Kyari, group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says electricity is a luxury only the elite in the country can afford. Kyari made the statement at the Nigeria International Petroleum Summit in Abuja on Tuesday. The summit with the theme, ‘Widening the integration circle: technology, knowledge, sustainability partnership’, saw the signing of a $1.1 million grant...
Court orders release of Dasuki’s passport
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Maitama, Abuja, on Wednesday ordered the release of the passport of a former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd). Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf at Maitama made the order to enable the ex-NSA to renew the expired passport and secure a visa to travel abroad for medical consultation. Dasuki had deposited the passport in...
Civil Servant arrested for not reporting salary overpayments
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) has arrested and arraigned a former staff of the Ondo state command of the Nigerian Correctional Service (formerly Nigerian Prison Service), Mrs Opadule Caroline Abimbola on a seven-count charge bordering on dishonesty and corruption. Abimbola was accused of concealing the receipt of salary overpayments at various times in 2012 while...
Obaseki bags Governor of the Year, Extraordinary Personality awards
The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki has been honoured with the 2019 Governor of the Year award by two national newspapers, Daily Independent and the NewsDirect. The governor also received the Silverbird Group’s 2019 Extraordinary Personality award. Receiving the notification of the awards during the State’s Weekly Executive Council Meeting held at Government House in Benin City, the governor said...
EU threatens to impose tough visa rules on Nigeria over illegal migration
The European Union says it can impose restrictive visa implementation rules on Nigeria if it fails to play its part in the return and readmission of its nationals staying illegally in the EU. The EU, which comprises Germany, Italy, Spain, France and 23 other countries, further stated that although it would not place a visa ban on Nigeria, it could...
‘Come and carry your son’ lady tells mother inlaw, after cutting off husband’s body in Owerri
The fear being generated in marriages in recent times has again been heighten as a doctor with the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Owerri is now battling for his dear life after his wife brutally attacked him on Tuesday night after unresolved issues. According to the victim's friend who gave his name as Jones, the doctor's wife cut off his...
Court orders release of Dasuki’s passport
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Maitama, Abuja, on Wednesday ordered the release of the passport of a former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd). Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf at Maitama made the order to enable the ex-NSA to renew the expired passport and secure a visa to travel abroad for medical consultation. Dasuki had deposited the passport in...
