Chilling story of ritual killing in Ibadan
SCORES of people who thronged the Oyo State police headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan to catch a glimpse of four suspected ritualists could not hold back their tears as one of the suspects, Tunde Jimoh, gave a chilling description of how they tricked their victim, Akintoye Oyeyemi, into a deep forest and murdered him in cold blood. Looking deceitfully innocent, the suspect, Tunde Jimoh said, “I am a business man who deals in cashew nuts. My brother’s friend came to him and said he would pay the sum of N10million for a business transaction."
CBN to commence twice weekly FX sales to BDCs
In continuation of its determination to sustain liquidity in the foreign exchange market, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is to commence twice weekly foreign exchange sales to Bureaux de Change(BDCs) as from Monday, next week.
CBN raises Forex supply to BDCs by 20%
The Central Bank of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday said it would start selling foreign exchange to the Bureau de Change (BDC) market twice weekly and also boost their liquidity by 20 per cent.
Table tennis player slumps to death while playing in Kwara
A Kwara table tennis player, Timothy Abiara, on Thursday in Ilorin slumped and died while training at the table tennis hall of the State Stadium Complex.
Dollars: High demand raises rate to N380
Increasing demand for the dollar at the parallel market on Thursday resulted in the rise of the greenback currency to N380 from N370 on Wednesday in Abuja.
Reps urge FG to establish more Special Colleges of Education
The House of Representatives on Thursday urged the Federal Government to establish more Special Colleges of Education to cater for the education needs of physically-challenged persons.
Time to revisit Alaibe’s proposed Niger Delta Master Plan
The Niger Delta Master Plan unveiled by the administration of former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, was perhaps the first serious attempt by any government to move away from the tokenism that has characterized interventions in the region said to produces the nation’s wealth. Before then, there hadn’t been any clear-cut policy on how to permanently and satisfactorily address the problems of the region.
N3.2bn lost to road crashes in first quarter 2017- Corps Marshal
The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr Boboye Oyeyemi says more than N3.2 billion was lost to road crashes caused by articulated vehicles in the first quarter of the year.
We need `Nigeria Fact Checker Platform’ to checkmate fake news – Prof.Manny
Prof. Manny Aniebonam, President of AfriHub, has called for the establishment of `Nigeria Fact Checker Platform’ that would score news items coming out of the country daily.
Gunmen kill unidentified man in Owerri, cart away money
Gunmen on Thursday in Owerri, shot dead, a yet to be identified man and took away a bag from him suspected to contain money .
NFF pays tributes to late ‘Wonderboy’ Paul Hamilton
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Thursday paid glowing tributes to former Nigeria player and coach, Paul Hamilton, who passed on same day in Lagos after a protracted illness.
