LASEMA reveals details of man who jumped into Lagos lagoon
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, says the man who jumped into the lagoon is 22-year-old Daibo Davies. The incident occurred on Saturday around 11 am at the Third Mainland Bridge. Director-General of LASEMA, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, gave an update in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). The official said that LASEMA was collaborating with other agencies in...
BREAKING: Fake CBN Governor Bags 3 Years Imprisonment for N4.5m Fraud
Justice Agatha Anulika Okeke of the Federal High Court, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, on Friday, February 14, 2020 convicted and sentenced one Nwalozie Onyebuchi Julius, alias Dr. Godwin Emefiele, the governor of Central Bank of Nigeria to three years imprisonment without an option of fine. The convict was arraigned by the Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes...
Amaechi To Aisha Yesufu: “I was not attacked”
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has insisted that he was not attacked at the Rigasa Train Station, Kaduna, as alleged. Via his official Twitter handle, the minister had dismissed a report by Daily Nigerian alleging that he was attacked by kidnappers, who had laid in ambush around Mando area and attempted to waylay the passengers including Amaechi, who arrived at Rigasa train...
Court overrules Fayose’s objection to change of witness
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday ruled that the Head of Operations, Zenith Bank, Ado-Ekiti branch, Mr Johnson Abidakun, can testify as a prosecution witness in the ongoing N2.2bn fraud trial of a former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, and a firm, Spotless Investment Limited. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission listed Abidakun as a replacement for...
Canada-returnee shot dead while inspecting project site in Ikorodu
A Nigerian man based in Canada has reportedly been assassinated in Lagos State a few days after returning to the country. According to reports, the yet-to-be-identified-man who has been based in overseas for a long time returned to Nigeria recently and asked his brother whom he has been sending money to build a house for him to take him to...
Amaechi reportedly escapes as kidnappers attack Abuja-Kaduna train
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and other passengers have narrowly escaped an attack by suspected kidnappers on Sunday evening. According to reports, the kidnappers laid in ambush around the Mando area and attempted to waylay the passengers, who arrived at Rigasa train station around 8:15 pm. Sources said no sooner the kidnappers opened fire on the vehicles than mobile policemen...
Gunmen kidnap six passengers in Kogi
Six passengers have been kidnapped on the Lokoja-Kabba road. The victims, whose identities had yet to be ascertained, were reportedly kidnapped around 6 pm on Sunday. A source told our correspondent that the victims were travelling to Kabba when the gunmen struck. Efforts to get the state police command’s comment was not successful as calls to the telephone line of the state...
Doctors to embark on nationwide strike over NUC’s PhD directive
The Medical and Dental Consultant’s Association of Nigeria (MDCAN), says its members will pull out from all Teaching Hospitals in the country if the National University Commission (NUC), fails to withdraw the circular issued to Nigerian Universities that all medical doctors lecturing in the universities and medical colleges must possess PhD certificates before they would be allowed to lecture. The...
Couple Welcome Twins After 31 Years Of Childless Marriage (Photo)
A Nigerian couple identified as Irewole and Ayowole Ajewole, reportedly welcomed their first children after being married for 31 years. The couple who got married in 1989, welcomed a set of twins (boy and girl) on Thursday, February 6. Facebook user Nikeagbeja Adesanya who shared a photo of the couple, wrote; “God blessed this couple with a set of twins, a boy...
Kanu’s Family Members At Thanksgiving Service After Peaceful Burial Of Parents (Photos+Video)
The thanksgiving service for Late HRH Eze Israel Okwu Kanu and Lolo Sally Okwu Kanu the parents to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu took place at St. Andrew’s Anglican Church Isiama Afaraukwu Ibeku Umuahia, Abia State on 16th, February 2020. ABN TV reports that the burial of His Royal Majesty Eze Israel Okwu...
