Anambra nonagenarian leads protest over communal land dispute
By Vincent Ujumadu A 96-year-old man, Elder Stephen Okoye, on Wednesday led hundreds of residents of Umuenu Quarters in Umuawulu, Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State, in a protest over what they alleged was an attempt by the state’s Deputy Governor, Dr. Onyekachukwu Ibezim, to intervene in a land dispute they said had […]
Rep escapes assassination
A member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dave Salako, was at the weekend saved from an assassination attempt on his life at his Apo Legislators’ residence, Abuja.
Kwara NDLEA arrests 4 suspected drug traffickers
By Demola Akinyemi Ilorin — men of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Kwara State have arrested four suspected drug traffickers including a widow with a total of 48.3 kilogrammes of cannabis sativa (Indian hemp) in their custody. Similarly, the command also arrested a 57-year-old Alfa Sule Akanbi of Gaa Iman in Ilorin metropolis […]
4 hospitalised in Ilorin after eating beans meal
By Demola Akinyemi Ilorin — Scare of poisonous beans has hit Ilorin, Kwara State capital as four persons have been reportedly admitted at one of the private hospitals in Ilorin, weekend, for allegedly eating beans meal suspected to be poisonous. Meanwhile, the state Ministry of Health has taken the cassava flour suspected to be poisonous […]
Akala too extravagant — Lam
Adesina also berated the Ogun State Governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel for the blood oath taking adding that the
publication of the nude photograph of one of the state lawmakers, Mr Wale Alausa was a complete distaste to our political well-being.
Fraud: Senate considers bill on use of electronic evidence
By Emmanuel Aziken ABUJA—A bill to amend the 65 year old Evidence Act to allow the use of electronic and other computer generated evidence in the prosecution of fraud cases has been introduced into the Senate. The bill sponsored by Senator Sola Akinyede (PDP, Ekiti ) principally aims to remove the present loophole that does […]
