Court Remands Medical Doctor In Ikoyi Prison Over Alleged Rape
A special offences and domestic violence court in Lagos has remanded Femi Olaleye, managing director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, in Ikoyi prison pending the fulfilment of his bail conditions. Olaleye was arraigned by the Lagos state government on Wednesday. The medical doctor pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge of defilement of a child […]
APC Presidential Candidate, Tinubu, Holds Rally in Bayelsa
The Presidential Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will be rallying in Bayelsa State on Thursday, December 1. The Yenagoa rally is in continuation of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s campaign trail around the country to gather support for his 2023 presidential bid. On arrival in the state, Tinubu, his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima, […]
FIFA honours Nigerian journalist Kunle Solaja for covering nine World Cups
Mr. Kunle Solaja, Nigerian journalist and publisher of Sports Village Square, has been honoured by FIFA, in collaboration with the International Sports Press Association (AIPS), for his coverage of nine World Cup tournaments. The ace sports journalist was celebrated alongside 81 others in a ceremony held in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday. Solaja and South Africa’s […]
Again, Lagos diverts traffic for APC rally
The Lagos State Government has announced road closure for the All Progressives Congress (APC) march on Wednesday. Commissioner for Transportation, Frederic Oladeinde, issued an advisory on Tuesday. The traffic diversion is the second in five days after Saturday’s rally for presidential candidate Bola Tinubu and Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. This time, the government said […]
Adeleke dissolves all non-statutory boards
The Osun State governor, Ademola Adeleke, has ordered the immediate dissolution of all non-statutory boards in the state. The governor’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, in a statement said the directive was conveyed to Heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies by Mr Teslim Igbalaye, the Secretary to the State Government. “As a follow-up to the pronouncement by […]
Court Sentences IGP To Three Months In prison For Contempt
A federal high court sitting in Abuja has sentenced the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba to three months in prison for disobeying court order. The ruling for contempt against the police chief was delivered by Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon on Tuesday. Olajuwon issued the ruling following a suit filed by Patrick Okoli, a former police officer who […]
INEC boss visits burnt Abeokuta office
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu on Tuesday visited Abeokuta, Ogun State. While addressing journalists at the scene of the burnt INEC office in Abeokuta South Local Government, Yakubu said he was in the state to further assess the extent of damage done to the INEC facility. He […]
2022: National Merit Award has no winner
The 2022 edition of the Nigerian National Order of Merit, NNOM, has no winner as the organisers, the Nigerian National Merit Award, said all the 32 candidates nominated for the award did not qualify. The chairman, Nigerian National Merit Award Governing Board, Prof. Shakarau Yakubu Aku, who disclosed this at a briefing in Abuja […]
Police confirm arrest of 10 suspects, recovery of weapons after NURTW rampage in Osun
The Osun State Police Command on Monday disclosed that it has arrested ten persons in connection with the disruption of law and order in Osogbo while trying to take control of motor parks. Hoodlums had earlier went on a rampage across Osogbo, shooting sporadically into the air and attacking members of the National Union […]
Attacks on our facilities won’t stop 2023 poll – INEC Chairman
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the recent attacks on its facilities will not stop the conduct of the 2023 general election. INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu said this when he received a delegation from the Africa Union Special Pre-Electoral Political Mission led by Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka on Monday in Abuja. Mr Yakubu, […]
