‘I’m Not A Politician’, Ondo CP Speaks On Drama At State House
The Ondo state commissioner of police, Bolaji Salami, says his policing style will not be influenced by sentiment. The CP made this known while reacting to criticisms which trailed his encounter with Agboola Ajayi, deputy governor of the state, on Saturday night. Salami and a group of police officers had prevented the deputy governor from moving out of his official quarters at the...
Collapsed Building: Lagos To Prosecute Developer For Illegal Construction
The Lagos State government has ordered the prosecution of the developer of a three-story building that collapsed in Onike area of the State, on Saturday. Recall that a three-story building under const...
Buhari Fires NECO Registrar, Four Other Management Staff
President Muhammadu Buhari has terminated the appointment of Prof. Charles Uwakwe as the Registrar/Chief Executive of the National Examinations Council, (NECO). Similarly, he has dismissed four other Management Staff of the Council for various offences. In a letter dated 11th May 2020 and signed by the Permanent Secretary Federal Ministry of Education, Arc. Sonny Echono on behalf of the Education...
Court Jails 5 For Circulating Ex-Speaker’s Nude, Obtaining N38m
Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel of the Federal High Court in Osogbo, Osun State, on Tuesday, sentenced five men tried for cyber-stalking and defrauding ex-Speaker of Osun State House of Assembly, Timothy Owoeye, of a sum of N38m. Sometime in 2018, a 13-second nude video of Owoeye had gone viral on the Internet. In the video, Owoeye was accosted by some people, who...
Femi Adesina Warns Agents Of Disunity, Says Buhari Trekked From Southeast To Cameroon To Unite Nigeria
Special Assistant to the President on media, Mr Femi Adesina, has warned those attempting to cause dismemberment of the country, saying President Buhari trekked from South-east to Cameroon border to keep Nigeria one and will not sit idle, let some people dismember the country. Adesina made this disclosure in Abuja on Friday, when the Black Apple Media Group, a production...
Kaduna State Two And Half Times Bigger Than All South East States — El-Rufa’i
The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, said on Thursday the state was two-and-a-half times bigger than all the five states in the South-East. The governor, who stated this at the inaugural edition of the Fountain Summit organised by the Ekiti State government in Ado-Ekiti, expressed fear that the Boko Haram insurgents would relocate to the North-West. He called for the cooperation...
FENRAD Writes Abia Govt, Insists On Justice For Those Killed During Lockdown
The Foundation for Environmental Rights, Advocacy and Development, FENRAD, has urged the government of Abia State to expedite action in serving justice to all citizens and residents who were victims of extrajudicial killings in the state during the recently relaxed lockdown. The state government has imposed a restriction of movement in the state as a measure to curtail the spread...
Only Those Who Encourage Their Children To Go For BBNaija Condemn Madrasa Students Flogging — Islamic Cleric
The Director and Founder of the Muslim Rights Concern, Professor Ishaq Akintola, on Monday urged Nigerians not to jump to conclusions over the viral video of some madrasa students being brutally flogged in Kwara State. Although he noted that the punishment meted out to the students was ‘too harsh’, Akintola said that those condemning the brutal flogging encourage their children...
I Still Carry Bullets On My Body – Lekki Shooting Survivor Cries Out
For survivors of Lekki Toll Gate shooting and their families, Tuesday, October 20 will remain etched in their memories for a long time to come. ADEBAYO FOLORUNSHO-FRANCIS returns to the hospital to see how those on admission are faring One of the survivors of the shooting that marred the #ENDSARS protest at Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos, Meshack Esanibi, says...
FG considers $2.8 billion external loan for 2020 budget
The Debt Management Office (DMO) on Friday said the Nigerian government was considering taking a loan from foreign sources to fund the 2020 budget signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari a month ago. On December 17, 2019, Mr Buhari, who travelled to the United Kingdom today for an investment summit starting next Monday, signed the 2020 Appropriation Bill into...
