Police in Ogun have arrested a pastor for allegedly defiling a 14-year-old choir member at Agbado area. Police spokesman in the state, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, stated on Sunday that the 38-year-old pastor is the General Overseer of the church. His arrest followed a complaint lodged at the Agbado Divisional Headquarters of the police by the mother of the victim. Mr …
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has warned the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP stakeholders in the state to steer clear of the political feud between the presidential candidate of the party, Atiku Abubakar and the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike. Speaking shortly before a stakeholders’ meeting he held with chieftains of the party behind a closed-door, the governor advised all …
A Director in the civil service of Ondo State who had been missing since last Thursday has been found dead. The body top civil servant identified as Mr. Gbenga Olofingboyegun was discovered on Sunday with his head already cut off. Olofingboyegun, who was the Director of the Department of Research and Statistics, Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM), was declared missing on …
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted 32 travellers around Ifon in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State. The victims were said to be returning from a burial ceremony in Edo State on Saturday when the incident happened. It is not yet established whether the kidnappers have reached out to the families of the victims for payment of ransom …
Troops of 1 Division, Nigerian Army, on anti-banditry operations in the Northwestern part of the country, have killed three bandits and recovered two AK 47 rifles. The soldiers also recovered nine magazines, seven Baofeng communication radios, one Tecno mobile phone, 120 rounds of 7.62 mm special ammunition, one power generator, and one motorcycle from the criminals. Director, army public relations, …
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) says premium motor spirit (PMS) will cost consumers N462 per litre without the Federal Government’s subsidy. This is according to a statement by the NNPCL Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division Mr. Garba Deen Muhammad on Sunday. “The NNPC Ltd notes the average daily evacuation (Depot truck out) from January to August …
Child health experts have urged mothers to breastfeed their newborns within the first 30 minutes to one hour after delivery, noting that doing so is of great health benefit to the baby. According to them, not breastfeeding early can give room for newborns to develop irreversible health complications and infections. The experts, Idi-Araba Prof. Edamisan Temiye, a Consultant Paediatric Haematologist …
So, I’ve been thinking about the government-ASUU standoff that resulted in the closure of Nigerian universities for more than six months. This is not a new phenomenon; anyone who has graduated from a Nigerian university has experienced the ‘ritualistic festivity’ known as the ASUU strike. What exactly is the problem with Nigeria’s education sector, and why does ASUU enjoy keeping …
Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Works and Housing, will deliver the keynote address on the 2023 elections at a democracy lecture organised by TheNiche, an online news platform, on Thursday. TheNiche Annual Lecture 2022 will be held at the Agip Recital Hall of the Musical Society of Nigeria Centre in Onikan, Lagos. This was revealed in a statement made public. Fashola, …
President Muhammadu Buhari’s former media assistant and member, House of Representatives, Shaaban Ibrahim Sharada, on Saturday declared his interest in the governorship election in Kano. Sharada, who used a street campaign strategy to formally announce his candidature under the platform of the Action Democratic Party, ADP, moved from his Maiduguri Road campaign office to the Main Sani Abacha Youth Center. …
As the 2023 election draws near, Daniel Bwala, a spokesperson for the Atiku Abubakar presidential campaign, on Saturday warned Peter Obi that “the thin line” between his speaking charges in his US tours and “fellowshipping with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI” is not far. It was reported that Bwala’s caution comes as Nigerians in the U.S. host Obi, the …
President Muhammadu Buhari on behalf of Federal Executive Council (FEC) and his family, has sent warm greetings to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Gidahyelda Mustapha, on his 66th birthday anniversary, September 4, 2022. The President in a statement by his media aide, Garba Shehu, extolled Mustapha, whom he described as a political leader and diligent …
Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Mr Ahmed Ammani, has ordered the investigation of an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) over alleged sexual assault of a teenager in custody. The ASP is serving at the Awgu Police Division in Enugu State. The order for investigation is contained in a statement issued in Enugu on Saturday by police spokesman in the …
The Lagos State Government has mandated all schools to begin the 2022/2023 academic year on September 5, 2022. This was confirmed in a statement on Saturday issued by the Director-General, Office of Education Quality Assurance of the state, Abiola Seriki-Ayeni. According to Seriki-Ayeni, the date was approved by the Commissioner for Education in the state, Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo. “All schools …
A 40-year-old woman, Mrs Joy Sunday, arrested by the police for conspiracy over the kidnap of her husband in Akwa Ibom State, said on Friday that she partook in the act because her husband starved her of sex and money for too long. City Round gathered that the kidnappers demanded N10m as ransom and later reduced it to N2m which …
Ten buildings have been consumed by fire after a tanker laden with 45, 000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit crashed, spilling its content at Ifo in Ogun State. A statement issued on Saturday in Lagos by Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Zonal Coordinator, South West, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said the incident occurred at about 7.00 am on Olambe Matogun Road, …
As NASA on Saturday resumed its second effort to get its new 30-story rocket off the ground and send its uncrewed test capsule toward the Moon, engineers detected a fuel leak that potentially could lead to a new delay. With millions around the globe and hundreds of thousands on nearby beaches waiting for the historic launch of the massive Space …
Ahead of the 2023 election, Dino Melaye, one of the spokespersons of the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Organisation, has said Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State will not leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). It was reported that the crisis involving the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku, and Wike has not been resolved. The camp of the Rivers governor had demanded …
Accord presidential candidate, Professor Christopher Imumolen has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for his decision not to interfere in next year’s general elections. The president while hosting state governors who are members of his political party, APC in Abuja on Tuesday had made it categorically clear that he would respect the will and wish of the Nigerian people by not trying …
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has distributed relief items to flood victims in 13 local government areas of Katsina State as part of the federal government’s efforts aimed at assuaging the suffering of those affected by the natural disaster in the country. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, handed over the items …
