August 2024
2 sentenced to 10 yrs imprisonment for possessing illegal firearms in Delta
A Delta State High Court sitting in Kwale has sentenced two men to 10 years imprisonment for possessing cut-to-size single-barrel guns. The convicts are Joshua Anamali, 25 years and Nelson Adoh, 30 years. They were arrested by police officers, who were on stop-and-search duty on January 27, 2021, in Ndemili community where the exhibit was […]
Protests: Hoisting foreign flags in Nigeria treasonable — TINUBU
ABUJA — AS the nationwide protests against hunger and bad governance entered the fifth day yesterday, President Bola Tinubu summoned a National Security Council meeting where issues of security threats to the country were discussed. The security meeting which held at the President’s office at the State House Abuja, also looked into the new trend […]
Protest: Egbema youths asks Tinubu to reduce fuel price to N200
Egbema Youth Political Forum, EYPF, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to grant the demands by protesting Nigerians to reduce the price of fuel to N200. It also commended protesters for their resilience and exercising their constitutionally guaranteed right as enshrined in section (40) of the 1999 constitution as (amended) over the untold hardship the […]
Bauchi police arrest armed robbery suspect for attacking private home
Operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command have disclosed the arrest of one Usama Mohammed, a 20-year-old from Jalo village in Giade, by its Giade Divisional Police headquarters detectives. As stated in a press release issued to journalists by the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil, on Sunday, the suspect was arrested on charges […]
Pupils to learn coding at Kwara holiday classes
The Kwara State Government, on Monday, commenced a free summer coding class for students of public secondary schools across the state. According to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq’s Special Assistant on Digital Innovation, Kayode Ishola, the summer coding class is to equip students with digital skills to be able to compete with their global counterparts. A statement […]
Olubadan relocates to modern palace Wednesday
The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin, will officially relocate to the new ultramodern Olubadan Palace at Oke Aremo, in the Ibadan North Local Government Area of Oyo State on Wednesday, we learnt on Monday. After his coronation on July 12, the monarch continued to reside in his private residence at the Alalubosa Government Reserved […]
FG asks workers to register for N40,000 rice
The Federal Government has concluded plans to sell a 50kg bag of rice at N40,000 to public servants with a view to alleviating the food crisis in the nation and its effects on Nigerians. This was disclosed in a letter from the Federal Ministry of Special Duties and Inter-governmental Affairs, which was signed by the […]
Two students who hacked MTN computers granted N100m bail
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday granted N50m bail each to two students of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic and Resign Regal Academy, Timothy Oluwabukola and Anthony Odemerho, who allegedly hacked MTN Nigeria Communication computers and stole airtime and data valued at N1.9bn. Justice Akintayo Aluko granted them bail after hearing two separate bail applications […]
Tinubu postpones FEC meeting, hosts security chiefs Monday
This week’s Federal Executive Council meeting has been postponed to an undisclosed date. Our correspondent, who was at the Council Chamber at the scheduled time, observed that although some ministers were seated, President Bola Tinubu, his Vice President Kashim Shettima, his Chief of Staff, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, and the Secretary to the Government of the […]
Breaking: Bobrisky released from prison
Controversial cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, has regained freedom from the Kirikiri Correctional Centre, after spending six months in incarceration for abusing the naira by spraying it at parties. Recall that Bobrisky was sentenced to six months imprisonment on April 12, 2024, without the option of fine by Justice Abimbola Awogboro. In a […]