Infinix Note 10 Pro Beauty and Beast Mode Challenge winners to get N1m
Standing with the mission behind the slogan “The Future is Now”, Infinix keeps on going the extra mile to provide customers with technology to make their day-to-day lives easier. With technology’s advancement, the stake for innovation keeps getting higher and this brand doesn’t intend to be left behind. The NOTE 10 Pro is a device […]
AfDB to spend additional $2bn on AfCFTA related infrastructure
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has said it expects to spend an additional two billion dollars on African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) related infrastructure over the next two years. The President of the AfDB, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, said this in a virtual media briefing at the end of its 2021 Annual Meetings of the […]
Osinbajo maintains stand, Nigeria, others, plan stopping moves to defund gas project
Maintaining the position that the funding for gas and fossil fuel projects in Nigeria and other developing countries be sustained during the global transition to net-zero emissions, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has said Nigeria will continue its frontline advocacy for a just transition. Osinbajo also asserted that Nigeria will play a critical role with […]
FRSC impounds 835 articulated vehicles in Lagos
Lagos Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it impounded 835 articulated vehicles in 2020 under its Operation Scorpion I, II and III. The state Sector Commander, Mr Olusegun Ogungbemide, gave the figure at a conference in Lagos on Friday. The conference on: “Curbing Crashes Involving Articulated Vehicles, was jointly organised by […]
Mob sets truck ablaze for crushing student to death in Ogun
…vandalise fire fighting truck By Bose Adelaja A truck belonging to a popular cement company (name withheld) in Nigeria was on Friday, set ablaze by some angry students for allegedly crushing a male student to death in Ilaro, Yewa South area of Ogun State. The deceased was a student of Baptist High School, Ilaro. The […]
I was not invited, arrested, quizzed by DSS— Sheikh Gumi
Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, the Kaduna-based Islamic scholar, has denied being invited, arrested or quizzed by the Department of State Services, DSS.
Four internet fraudsters bag 18 months imprisonment in Ibadan
Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, on Friday sentenced four internet fraudsters to various jail terms, totalling 18 months. Agomoh, also ordered each of the convicts to sign an undertaking to be of good behaviour, after completing their jail terms. The convicts are: Samuel Olatunji, Joshua Adeyemi, Ekelechukwu Ugwu and Adedeji Bashir. […]
Kano CJ swears in 34 Sharia judges
The Kano State Chief Judge, Justice Nura Sagir, on Friday, sworn in 34 Sharia Court Judges in the state. Sagir said the judges were appointed based on merit and good character, having passed the aptitude test and interview conducted by Judicial Service Commission (JSC). “They all passed with at least 65 per cent marks. “We […]
NDLEA arrests over 400 suspected drug addicts, seized 200kg illicit drugs in Nasarawa
NASARAWA State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA have arrested four hundred and thirty-nine suspected drug addicts in the state.
Owokoniran, Oyinlola meet in Osun; visit Oladimeji
As part of the unity discourse among stakeholders in the South-West Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the region’s General Secretary, Rahman Owokoniran, paid the former governor of Osun State, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, a visit at his Oshogbo, Osun State, residence on Friday.
Police Special Squads arrest 4 robbery suspects in Lagos
The Lagos State Police Commissioner (CP), Hakeem Odumosu, has said that four robbery suspects were arrested through the special squads recently created in the command. Odumosu said the special squads also assisted in the arrest of some other suspected criminals, including the 21-year-old UNILAG student, Chidinma Ojukwu, who allegedly killed the Super TV boss, Usifo […]
