FG enters the looted Benin artifacts custody contest
The Federal Government of Nigeria, FGN, has asserted itself as the rightful entity to take possession of the returned and yet-to-be returned stolen Benin artifacts and others. Other contestants for the custody of the artworks are the Edo State Government and the Palace of the Oba of Benin, from where the artworks and artifacts were looted in 1897 by the invading British Army
Osinbajo urges leaders to remain calm in crisis
In the midst of adversity, leaders must and are expected to remain calm, so that the people being led will follow in their footsteps, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. He made this assertion Saturday at the 25th year anniversary conference of the Redeemer’s International Leadership Academy themed: Winning in Adversity, organised by the […]
Babyface blows hot ahead WBO title fight
Nigeria’s Rilliwan ‘Babyface’ Babatunde, the current WBF Intercontinental Welterweight champion, is all tuned up for his fight against Dymtro Mytrofanov of Ukraine. Babyface is challenging the Ukrainian champion for the WBO Oriental Middleweight title. Speaking at the weigh-in ceremony at the Klitschko Expo centre in Kyiv on Friday ahead of the bout which holds on […]
Rice smugglers engage Customs officers in gun battle, injure 4 officers
No fewer than three Customs officials and a Soldier were allegedly injured when they were attacked by smugglers in Igboora area of Ibarapa Local Government Area of Oyo State on Friday. Mr Theophilus Duniya, Customs Public Relations Officer, Federal Operations UnitZone A, made this known in a statement issued on Saturday and made available to […]
NSCDC arrest 35-year-old man for raping 5-year-old girl
Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have arrested a 35-year-old man in Kebbi State on suspicion of defiling a five-year-old girl. Commandant of NSCDC in the state, Alhaji Umar Musa-Bala, told newsmen in Birnin Kebbi on Saturday that the fleeing suspect was apprehended on July 6. “Intelligence Department of the corps […]
4 injured as rice smugglers engage Customs in Oyo
No fewer than three Customs officials and a Soldier were allegedly injured when they were attacked by smugglers in Igboora area of Ibarapa Local Government Area of Oyo State on Friday. Mr Theophilus Duniya, Customs Public Relations Officer, Federal Operations UnitZone A, made this known in a statement issued on Saturday and made available to […]
