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Hotel Owner Who Went Missing Found Dead Inside His Car Trunk (Graphic Photos)
A popular hotel owner aka hotelier in Ogun State who went missing on Monday night has been found dead inside his car trunk along Owode-Idi-Iroko Road. Alhaji Jimoh Bello, the owner of Uncle J. Bee Hotel located at 168, Lagos-Idiroko Road, Owode, Yewa South Local Government area of Ogun State, was found after three days of intensive search for him. It...
Lockdown: Youth Protest As Pregnant Woman In Labour Dies In Police Checkpoint
Aggrieved youth on Thursday staged a protest in Abigi, Ogun State, following the death of a pregnant woman, Mrs Opeoluwa Waidat Adedeji, at a police checkpoint. The protesters, who stormed the Abigi Divisional Police Headquarters, blamed policemen manning the checkpoint for her death. The mother of six lost her life while on the way to the hospital for delivery. The deceased pregnant...
Igbo Group Gives 21 Day Ultimatum For Almajirai To Leave South-East
An Igbo social-cultural pressure group, Igbo National Council (INC) has given a twenty-day ultimatum to almajirai that have in the past few weeks moved into the south-east zone from their various abodes in the north. ABN TV reports that According to a press statement by the national president, Chilos Godsent made available to newsmen in Owerri yesterday, he claimed that...
Northern Governors Ask President Buhari For Special Fund To Combat COVID-19
The Northern Governors Forum has asked for a special fund from the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to combat the spread of COVID-19 in the region. President Buhari had approved N10bn for Lagos. In a communique issued after the Northern Governors Forum held a teleconference on Wednesday, the governors said their states have 54 per cent of the total COVID-19 cases...
Kaduna Polytechnic To Conduct All Lectures Online
The management of Kaduna Polytechnic has announced that it will be moving all classroom lectures online due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Rector of the Kaduna Polytechnic, Professor Idris Bugaje, disclosed this to reporters on Thursday in Kaduna. He explained that the measure has become necessary due to the challenges posed to physical learning by the COVID-19 crisis. As part of the...
Northern Youths Migrating To South Not Almajiri — Tanko Yakassai
Former Liaison Officer to President Shehu Shagari, Alhaji Tanko Yakassai, says the northern youths flooding the South are not Almajiri. Yakassai, who tried to set the records straight regarding the influx of northern youths to the South, insisted the youths were not Almajirai while calling for an investigation. “You need to investigate those who are sending these Almajirai. Is it...
FENRAD Slams Prisons Service Over Shooting Of Inmates In Aba Failed Jailbreak
A Human Rights Group in Aba Abia State, Foundation For Environmental Rights Advocacy & Development FENRAD has expressed displeasure over the shooting and injure of inmates recently by officers of Nigeria Correctional Service in a failed attempt to break the jail, saying it is a violation of rights of the inmates. While condemning the attempted jailbreak, the group said the...
11 Trucks Of Almajirai Entering Cross River Intercepted By Task Force
No fewer than 11 trucks conveying Almajirai’s into Cross River State have been intercepted at the Gakem-Benue border in Bekwarra Local Government Area of the state. Cross River Government in collaboration with Peace Corps Nigeria intercepted and sent back the 11 trucks carrying Quoranic education pupils “Almajiri” at the Gakem-Benue border in the state. Head of the taskforce team at the...
Almajirai Should Go Back To Their States – Umahi
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State yesterday insisted that Almajirai should go back to their states as the government will not give them access to the state. ABN TV reports that Umahi, who stated this immediately after the State Security Council meeting at the new Government House, Abakaliki, explained that “We will not be afraid to say there were no...
Catholic Archbishop Ask FG To Consider Herbal Remedies For COVID-19
Alfred Martins, Catholic archbishop of Lagos Diocese, has called on the federal government to consider herbal remedies in the quest of a cure for COVID-19. The Catholic Archbishop made the appeal during a press conference held at the Holy Cross Cathedral hall in Lagos, on Wednesday. He said Herbal Remedies are known for its potency against several diseases. Martins said Madagascar’s herbal...
