The Police in Bauchi State said it has arrested a 22-year old man, Musa Hamza, for allegedly killing, beheading and dismembering a teenager’s body in Alkaleri local government area of the State.The suspect also gouged the teenager’s two eyes burnt the body and head and buried it in a...
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Gov. Mohammed condemns removal of genitals of minor, vows to get justicate Governor, Bala Mohammed, has condemned the removal of the private part of a six-year old child in Jamaare Local Government Area of the state for alleged ritual purposes.The governor who described the act as sad and unacceptable...
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Following the allegations by Monday Ubani, a former Second Vice-President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) who raised alarm over the illegal invasion and forceful occupation of a landed property in Ikeja area of Lagos by land grabbers, allegedly working with officials of Lagos State Government, Engr Abiodun Ariori,...
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has urged traditional rulers in the state to imbibe the democratic virtues of dialogue and consultation toward achieving peace in their domains.Okowa made the called on Tuesday at the presentation of Staff of Office to the new Orosuen (King) of Okere-Urhobo Kingdom, Emmanuel Okumagba,...
A Milan-based appeals court on Tuesday ordered Facebook to pay 3.83 million Euros ($4.70 million) in damages to an Italian software development company for copying an app, a court document seen by Reuters showed. The judges said the U.S. group copied their ‘Nearby’ feature from Italy’s Business Competence’s app...
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has revealed that 731 members of Batch B National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) have tested positive for COVID-19. The chairman, PTF on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, stated this at the national briefing on...
Prominent politicians from the South-East on Tuesday met and resolved to unite across party lines to work for the emergence of Nigeria’s president of Igbo extraction in 2023. They met under the auspices of South-East Political Leaders at Sen. Orji Kalu’s Camp Neya country home in Igbere, Bende Local...
The Police, on Tuesday, arraigned two officials of Oyo State government before an Iwo-Road Chief Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, for allegedly stealing and selling 40 bags of sugar from the state’s COVID-19 palliatives.The defendants are a 50-year-old driver, Adebiyi Azeez, and Sunday Akinleye , a 43-year-old Assistant Protocol Officer in...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Kebbi says it has arraigned 30 traffic offenders before a Mobile Court in the state.SRC, Uko O Uko, Public Education Officer of the state command, said in a statement in Birnin Kebbi on Tuesday. “Some of the offenders were brought before the...
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi on Tuesday, described the death of former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe, as a great loss to the nation. Ibidapo-Obe died on Jan. 3 after a brief illness, aged 71. Fayemi, in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary,...
The Police Command in Oyo State has decried the rate at which unlicensed firearms are being used by some people in the state.This was disclosed by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Olugbenga Fadeyi, in a statement issued on Tuesday in Ibadan.Fadeyi said that the use of...
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has urged the Federal Government and electricity distribution companies (DisCos) to adopt strategic approach to the nation’s electricity pricing.Dr Muda Yusuf, Director-General, LCCI, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos that this would avoid “a pushback from...
The Dutch Government was sharply criticised by the opposition as well as coalition party members for starting the vaccination against COVID-19 late at an extraordinary parliamentary meeting on Tuesday. Legislators accused Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Health Minister Hugo de Jonge of failing with regard to the vaccination campaign,...
President Muhammadu Buhari says sustainable development is impossible when a country is hobbled by severe infrastructural deficits, thanking China for its support in building of rail, road, power, defence and other infrastructural facilities. Mr Femi Adesina, the president’s spokesman in a statement, said Buhari stated this while receiving in...
Pharmaceutical companies, Pfizer and BioNTech will supply up to 50 million doses of their COVID-19 vaccine to Africa, starting from March 2021. This was disclosed by South Africa’s President, Cyril Ramaphosa in a Bloomberg report on Sunday. The report also disclosed that the South African Presidency warned that Africa...
Ghana bagged $2.89 billion from Non-Traditional Exports (NTEs) in 2019 according to figures from the Ghana Exports Promotions Authority (GEPA). The 2019 non-traditional exports earnings was 3.10 per cent higher than that of 2018 which was estimated at $2.83 billion. According to GEPA, non-traditional exports accounted for 8.53 per...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, says for the sake of sanity, one must imagine that the regime of the President Muhammadu Buhari , does not exist He, however, hailed the new Lagos-Abeokuta-Ibadan standard gauge train, describing it as marvellous and long overdue. Soyinka said...
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – With 1,204 new infections of COVID-19 recorded on Monday, Nigeria’s total infections now stand at 91,351. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), made this know in an update on its official twitter handle @NCDCgov. According to the health agency, a total number of...