Kwara Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has refunded a group of 25 women who contributed to ensure the construction of Nomadic LGEA Nursery and Primary School Agindigbi and St. Luke LGEA Primary School, Onila near Agbamu, Irepodun local government. The refund was barely two days after a BBC documentary in which 25 women said they were keeping […]

By Ikechukwu Odu The Enugu State Government said it has budgeted the sum of N42,493,710,000 for works and infrastructure development in its 2021 approved budget christened ‘Budget of Recovery and Continued Growth.’ The state which earmarked the sum of N169,845,750,500 for its 2021 fiscal year, allocated N101,134,758,500 for capital expenditure, while the sum of N68,711,000,000 […]

  An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court, on Thursday, remanded two pastors: Olumide Peter and Jasulayomi Adetola, for allegedly brainwashing their congregation to disown their biological parents and burn their certificates. The defendants were charged with criminal conspiracy, unlawful assembly, wrongful confinement and putting persons in fear of injury in order to commit extortion. The Magistrate, Ibrahim […]

Justice Ahmed Ramat Mohammed of the Federal High Court Abuja has reserved till February 17, ruling on the request by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for the Court to visit the Kano branch of the Central Bank of Nigeria and inspect the sums of $9,772,800 and £74000 which are instrumental to the charges […]

The Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC), says it arrested 2,212 persons for various environmental offences in 2020, while 296 of them were prosecuted by the legal department. The Corps Marshal of LAGESC, Mrs Gbemisola Akinpelu, disclosed this in a statement in Lagos on Thursday by the agency’s Head of Public Affairs Unit, Mr Adebayo Kehinde. […]

…Says NDDC Hqtrs ready for commissioning February Rolls out other completed projects By Chris Ochayi   Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has declared that notwithstanding the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ministry under his watch has achieved milestone by completing some ongoing projects in the region. Senator Akpabio, who assumed duty […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, urged the Federal High Court, Abuja, to visit the Kano branch of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to inspect the money seized from the former Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Andrew Yakubu. Counsel to the EFCC, Mohammed Abubakar, while […]

In a bid to step up entertainment flavour and ignite more appreciation of African artists across the country in the new year, a Nigerian radio media syndicate Cool FM in collaboration with Apple Music have concluded plans to broadcast Apple Music’s ‘Rap Life Radio’ and ‘Africa Now Radio’ programmes on Nigeria’s Cool FM stations in […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, urged the Federal High Court, Abuja, to visit the Kano branch of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to inspect the money seized from the former Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Andrew Yakubu.   Counsel to the EFCC, Mohammed Abubakar, […]

By Ozioruva Aliu CONTRARY to reports on alleged huge amounts being used to train primary school teachers in Edo state, Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Dr Joan Oviawe has said that the Board spends less than N10, 000 per day for the two weeks duration for training of primary school teachers. […]

By Nwafor Sunday Afenifere chieftain and elder Statesman, Chief Ayodele Adebanjo, Thursday asked Nigerian leaders to change the constitution, noting that the constitution is the problem of the country that needs to be changed before any election. Adebanjo said this at a conference organised by Igbo think-tank, Nzuko Ummuna, in partnership with Ovation International and […]

Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine generated a lasting immune response to the deadly bug in an early-stage clinical trial, the pharmaceutical giant said. More than 90 percent of the study’s 805 participants had neutralizing antibodies offering protection against COVID-19 29 days after receiving a single dose of the vaccine, the New Jersey-based drugmaker said Wednesday. […]

By Nwafor Sunday President Muhammadu Buhari, Thursday appealed to Nigerians to be fair in criticizing his administration, noting that he hasn’t done bad since he took over from ex-President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in 2015. Buhari disclosed this when he received Yakubu Pam, executive secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission, […]

By Nwafor Sunday Former governor of Anambra state, Peter Obi, Thursday, complained about the Nigerian leadership, noting that the leaders lack the capacity and character to lead. Disclosing this at a zoom meeting organized by Dele Momodu of the Ovation Magazine and Mazi Ezeoke, Obi highlighted incompetent, insecurity, unemployment and corruption as factors affecting the […]

A Customary Court in Ile-Tuntun Customary, Ibadan on Thursday dissolved a four-year-old marriage between a businessman, Sanni Alimi, and estranged wife, Oludayo, on grounds of abandonment. In his petition, Alimi, prayed for divorce because his wife refused to return to her matrimonial home. Delivering judgment, Chief Henry Agbaje, the President of the Court ordered the […]