Lawyer urges Tinubu to deal with saboteurs
A Lagos-based constitutional lawyer and public affairs analyst, Mr Jide Ologun has urged President Bola Tinubu to deal with all saboteurs frustrating his reforms and governance agenda. Ologun, a former chairman, Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), Ikeja Branch, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in […]
Ekiti seeks $40million agro-investment from Turkey
Barely 24 hours after opening talks with the United States of America to shore up Ekiti State’s economic prosperity, Governor, Biodun Oyebanji has again met with officials of Istanbul, Turkey- based Alliance Group, on plans to establish a $40 million organic fertilizer factory in the state. This, he said is in line with his administration’s […]
My husband is a drunk, wife beater, woman tells court
A businesswoman, Adenike Lawal on Wednesday sought from a Mapo Grade A Customary Court in Ibadan the dissolution of her one-year-old marriage to her estranged husband, Muslim, on grounds that he is a drunk and a wife beater. Lawal, who resides in Okota area of Lagos State added that Muslim often subjected her to battery […]
EFCC arrests ‘Pilot’ for N1bn fraud
Operatives of the Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested one Captain Nuhu Haruna for an alleged criminal breach of trust to the tune of N1,020,000.000( One Billion, Twenty Million Naira only) The suspect was arrested when a petitioner alleged that sometime in December 2023, he was introduced to […]
Ekiti seeks US partnership to boost economic growth, cocoa development
Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji has solicited the support and partnership with the United States of America in developing the critical economic sectors of the state to achieve his administration’s shared prosperity agenda. Specifically, Ekiti State, according to Governor Oyebanji is desirous of the American government’s support for its Ministry of Agriculture and Food […]
Flood overruns bridge in Lagos community
The early morning downpour which caused heavy flood on Tuesday in Lagos, overran the Command Bridge in Ipaja, Alimosho Local Government Area. Consequently, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) advised residents of Command area to take alternative routes. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, the Territorial Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) told the News Agency of Nigeria […]
Scavenger sued for N1m over alleged willful damage
The police, on Tuesday, arraigned a scavenger before a Tinubu Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for willfully damaging home appliances and stealing properties worth millions of naira. The defendant – Azeez Bello, 32; – is being tried on a two-count of willful, unlawful damage and stealing. He, however, pleaded not guilty. The Prosecutor, Insp. Samuel Ishola, […]
NAF nabs alleged notorious kidnapper in Kano
Troops of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) deployed at Durbunde in Takai Local Government Area of Kano State have apprehended a 35-year-old alleged high-profile kidnapper known as Isah Abdul. This is contained in a statement by NAF’s Director of Public Relations and Information, AVM Edward Gabkwet, on Tuesday in Abuja. He said that the arrest […]
Two teenagers docked for allegedly stealing sewing machine
Two teenagers, Ibrahim Lukman and Olatunji Lawal, were on Tuesday brought before a Tinubu Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly stealing a sewing machine and other items. Lukman and Lawal, both 19 years old are being charged with conspiracy and stealing. In their separate pleas, Lukman admitted to having committed the crime while Lawal pleaded […]
Most wanted serial kidnapper in Rivers feared dead, say Police
A joint operation involving the military, paramilitary and Police, may have killed Gift Okpara, alias 2Baba, a suspected serial kidnapper responsible for several abductions in Rivers State and environs. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that 2Baba was declared wanted with a N100 million bounty on his head, by the Rivers Stgate Government. The […]
