Ogun: Two arrested for gang-raping, filming Adolescent The suspects, according to the command’s spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi were arrested after the incident has been reported in Sango police station by the sufferer. The victim, Oyeyemi stated, had reported that the two suspects, with whom the victim lives in precisely the same compound, dragged her to the area of one of them, …
Police Detain five armed robbery suspects in Abuja The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command says that it arrested five armed robbery suspects in Abuja last Wednesday. Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Yusuf Mariam, said in a statement on Sunday that they had been arrested around Wuse from the morning following a distress call. She said the suspects were detained …
Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma on Sunday ordered workers to Remain at home until further notice following the upsurge at Covid-19. He also disclosed in the state broadcast that with 920 new confirmed cases recorded in December alone in the country, the state has listed six deaths. Read also: Nigeria: Covid-19 – NCDC Releases New Strategies for Public Health Leaders, Business …
In a statement by the factional State Publicity Secretary of the party, Raphael Adeyanju, the PDP advised ‘that the Oyo State Governor to display maturity expected by someone occupying his exalted office and grow over childishness and pettiness. The party said:” It is rather unfortunate that someone such as Governor Makinde, that was never a secure member of the PDP …
Describing Conor McGregor, the first person to maintain titles in two weight divisions at the same time at the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), Arnold Schwarzenegger said the Irish was ‘greater than a fighter’ The legendary actor, retired professional Realtor and former Governor of California equally said of the former UFC’s featherweight and lightweight champion: “he is more than an athlete …
Authors recreate Air for national development The 39th global convention of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) that held in Ilorin, Kwara State, penultimate week, offered writers, young and old, the opportunity to recreate air for a national discourse on literature, national growth, creativity, and more. Edozie Udeze was at the convention THE function of a writer in a society …
THE management of Ultimus Holdings, a Pan-African investment company has hinted of plans to invest over $40m in real estate within the following 10m decades. The President/Chief Executive Officer of Ultimus Holdings, Dr. Ifeanyi Odii made this disclosure during the official compilation of one of its new subsidiaries, The Classroom, a lavish showroom in Lagos from the Commissioner for Physical …
THE strategic stakeholders of the economy have cried out that the 3 tiers of government must grant them tax vacation as it might help the ailing industry to heave a sigh of relief against the catastrophic impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. Ukatu stressed the hostile business environment has been compounded with the escalating exchange rates and forex deficiency combined with …
Sagbama and Southern Ijaw local authorities regions of Bayelsa State are poised to solve the age-long land dispute and protracted litigations involving Isoni and Azama communities at both LGAs. In a peace accord meeting traditional rulers and crucial stakeholders, the council chairmen thanked the Bayelsa Commissioner of Police, Mike Okoli, due to their intervention. Read Also: Buhari on Saturday headed a …
INEC: Senate Reduces Verification of Buhari’s aide, Asks New nominee The room has reached out into the presidency to substitute Onochie, whose nomination has split senators. The Presidency is now weighing its options onto her but it can nevertheless re-present the nominee based on a political position. Onochie’s destiny is delaying the confirmation of others on the record submitted to …
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday headed a lengthy queue of notable Nigerians in paying tributes into the Declaration of Leadership Newspapers, Sam Nda-Isaiah, who died late Friday. Buhari expressed shock and despair at Nda-Isaiah’s departure. Even the President commiserated with the press sector, the Nda-Isaiah loved ones, associates and friends of the deceased, stating”the nation has lost a man of …
The stolen mace in the Ogun State House of Assembly was regained at Lagos State, the authorities said on Friday. According to a statement from the Public Relations Officer of the Lagos State Police Command, Muyiwa Adejobi, the mace was retrieved round the Abule Ado region of Lagos. “The authorities operatives connected to Trade Fair Station of the Lagos State …
The Nigerian ambassador to the United States of America, Sylvanus Adiewere Nsofor is Lifeless, ThisDay reports. Nsofor expired on Thursday at Maryland hospital, Washington DC at Age 85. Nsofor, a retired justice of Nigeria’s Court of Appeal, assumed office since Nigeria’s ambassador to the USA on November 13, 2017. He triumphed Prof. Adebowale Adefuye, who died towards the end of …
Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President Muhammadu Buhari, says Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, who recently defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), is eminently qualified to contest for president in the 2023 elections. Adesina, in a piece titled “Dave Umahi’s Heart of Lion” posted on his Facebook series, “From the Inside” and …
Ehanire, who revealed this in the daily media briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 at Abuja, said the initial group of inheritance could be medical employees who had been exposed to the chance of COVID-19 disease daily basis. He, however, stated any vaccine which could be administered from the nation could be exposed to certification from World Health …
Secondus, who disclosed this to journalists in Abuja, said that the party could take the decision after reviewing its operation in the 2019 general elections. He explained PDP has a strategy for carrying out its actions, adding that the exact same principle would be applied for its 2023 elections. The chairman stated: “Following the general election, we put up a …
President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Director-General, National Directorate of Employment (NDE), Dr Nasiru Mohammed Ladan Argungu. Dr Argungu was relieved of his post in a memo issued last week Friday, December 4, 2020, taking effect from Monday, December 7. According to a statement issued by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, President …
President Muhammadu Buhari said on Tuesday Nigeria’s boundaries with other neighbouring states in West Africa would be declared soon. The president, according to a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, stated this during a safety meeting with the 36 state governors held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He explained closed of Nigeria’s land …
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) said the Nigerian Crude oil export earnings rebounded by 116 percent in November from 77 percent in April 2020. The OPEC Secretary General Mohammad Barkindo revealed this in the Virtual 19th Nigeria Oil and Gas Conference on Tuesday. The Theme of the Conference is’fortifying the Nigerian Gas and Oil for Financial Stability and …
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has granted a waiver to all new members of the party and others planning to join its fold from various political platforms. This formed part of the resolutions adopted on Tuesday at a virtual emergency National Executive Council meeting of the APC presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House in Abuja. It …
