EFCC Urged To Probe Bayelsa Governor
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, ( EFCC) has been asked to probe the Government of Bayelsa State. A foremost civil right group said on Tuesday that the plan to approve largesse for Bayelsa State lawmakers is a conscious attempt to institutionalize corruption and an indication that corruption is entrenched in the oil rich state. […]
MAN weeps over price of gas, buys $7.45 instead of $2.5 per scm
The competitiveness of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) may remain questionable with its attendant risks, if it’s members continue to buy at $7.45 instead of $2.5 per scm. The President of MAN, Mr Mansur Ahmed draw attention to this on Tuesday, while calling on the Ministry of Petroleum Resources to address the challenges encountered by manufacturers with the high […]
Adamu Meets Northern Traditional Rulers on Community Policing Approach
The Inspector General of Police, Ag. IGP M.A Adamu, has called for the adoption of a potent crime management strategy modelled on the concept of comy policing in which policing functions are citizens-centered and community driven. According to a press release by Force Spokesman,DCP Frank Mba, the IGP who made this call Tuesday in Kaduna […]
Again, Insurgents Kill 26 in Adamawa
The Boko Haram insurgents have attacked Kudakaya, a village in Madagali LGA of Adamawa State, and killed 26 people. Madagali is in northern Adamawa LGA and not far from the Boko Haram enclave of Sambisa Forest in Borno State where the insurgents who launched the fresh attack on Madagali were said to have come from. […]
Arsonist’s Confession: I Burnt the Family Because Titi Aborted my 4-Month Pregnancy
Tears, more tears poured in Okitipupa Tuesday after arsonist Adedeji Williams Adenuga was paraded live on television by the police in Akure. The 40-year- old Adenuga set an entire family of nine ablaze in Ayeka-Igbodigo, near Okitipupa penultimate weekend even as more facts emerged as to why he took the dastardly decision. An ex-convict, Adenuga […]
Tramadol: FG Secures Zainab Aliyu’s Release
Personal Assistant to the President on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, says the Federal Government has secured the release of a Nigerian student, Zainab Habibu, who was detained in Saudi on suspicion of drug trafficking. Zainab, a student of Maitama Sule University, Kano, was arrested after a banned drug, Tramadol, was found in her bag. She […]
BREAKING: Senate Passes N8.916trn 2019 Budget
The Senate has passed the 2019 Appropriation Bill of N8.916 trillion. This is N86 billion higher than the proposal of N8.83 trillion presented by President Muhammadu Buhari to the National Assembly for the 2019 fiscal year. The lawmakers passed the bill during Tuesday’s plenary after considering the report of the Senate Committee on Appropriations on […]
Nigeria’s Population Hits 201 million -UNFPA
With an average population growth of 2.6 per cent between 2010 and 2019, Nigeria now has a population of about 201 million. The United Nation Population Fund (UNFPA) unveiled this estimate in its 2019 State of the World Population report. The report said that Nigeria’s population grew by about 5 million people from 2018 when […]
Horror as Train Crushes 5 to Death in Lagos
Four passengers in a commercial tricycle and its rider were crushed to death by a speeding train this morning in Lagos. The incident happened around 7am at the Iju Ishaga area of the metropolis. Eyewitnesses said the tricycle rider was attempting to cross the railway when it got trapped and crushed. The eyewitnesses said while […]
Woman Resurrects After 27 Years in Coma
An Emirati woman has woken up from a coma, 27 years after a car crash which almost killed her. Munira Abdulla, then 32, was being driven back from her son Omar’s school when the car hit a school bus in the city of Al-Ain according to The National, a newspaper based in the United Arab […]
