August 13, 2024
Four men bag life sentence for kidnapping in Ekiti
An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division has sentenced four men to life imprisonment for kidnapping a 75-year-old woman in Ikere Ekiti. The defendants – Adeoye Sunday, Adewusi Dare, Bamigboye Damilola and Ogunlayi Seun were also on Monday sentenced to five years imprisonment each for the offence of conspiracy. The court, however, discharged and […]
Tinubu okays 300% salary rise for judicial officers
President Bola Tinubu has signed the Judicial Office Holders Salaries and Allowances Bill into law. The Special Adviser to the President on Senate Matters, Senator Basheer Lado, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. The National Assembly had in June approved a bill that grants a 300 per cent salary increase for judicial […]
FG donates medical equipment to Osun general hospital
The Federal Government on Monday donated medical equipment to the Ijebu-Jesa General Hospital, Oriade Local Government Area of Osun. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the equipment was donated through the National Lottery Trust Fund. The medical equipment donated includes an X-ray mobile machine, four infant incubators, three hematocrit centrifuges, 10 suction machines, five […]
Oyo Rep to hand over digital ICT hub to govt, Thursday
The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Digital and Information Communication Technology, Hon. Adedeji Dhikrullahi Olajide, is set to hand over a fully equipped Digital ICT fibre optic hub to the Oyo State Government on Thursday. The hub, located within the premises of Oke-Bola Comprehensive High School on NTC Road, Oke-Ado, Ibadan, is […]
FG, govs reach three-month agreement on LG allocations
The Federal Government and state governors may have agreed to a three-month moratorium on Local Government autonomy, over concerns arising from its impact on salary payments and operational viability, The PUNCH learnt on Monday. The development means Local Governments may wait till October before the implementation of the law in the direct payment into their […]
Prophetess, teacher arraigned for fake charm, N8m theft
A prophetess, Folake Olasode, 35, and a schoolteacher, Damilola Aboloyinijo, 31, were on Monday arraigned before a Lagos State Magistrate Court sitting in Tinubu for allegedly preparing a fake charm of protection and obtaining N8m from their victim. The duo are facing five counts of conspiracy, stealing, obtaining, unlawful assault, and breach of public peace, […]
215,267 results withheld for malpractices, says WAEC
The West Africa Examination Council has said 73.79 per cent of total candidates obtained credit and above in a minimum of any five subjects with or without English Language and or Mathematics. Speaking on Monday while announcing the release of the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination results, the Head of Nigeria Office of […]
SUBEB chair, others promise massive votes for Aiyedatiwa
The Chairman of the Ondo State Universal Basic Education Board, Mr Victor Olabimtan, has declared that Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa would win the November 16 governorship election in the state. Aiyedatiwa became the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the state, following his victory at the April 20 governorship primary of the party. Olabimtan, […]
Night guard killed at duty post in Osun
A night guard working at a shopping complex located along Station Road, Ikirun, Osun State, had been reportedly slaughtered at his duty post by some unknown assailants. The actual period when the night guard, simply identified as Ibariba, was killed could not be immediately determined. But sources at Station Road, Ikirun, where the shopping complex […]
Man, two-year-old son die in Jigawa building collapse
Officials of Buji Local Government Area of Jigawa State, on Monday, confirmed the death of a 30-year-old man alongside his two-year-old son in a building collapse in Madabe village. The council’s Information Officer, Ali Safiyanu, who confirmed the tragedy to newsmen in Dutse on Monday, said the 25-year-old mother of the boy survived the tragic […]