By Gbenro Adesina A final year student of Business Administration in a private university located in Ondo State, Fisayo Adetoro, was on Thursday found guilty of impersonation, forgery and money laundering, and sentenced to cumulative 13 years in prison and N1 million fine. Adetoro, who was said to be a first class candidate on 4.5…
A medical expert, Dr Babatunde Adewumi of the General Hospital, Omu Aran, has advised Nigerians to run multiple genotype tests to avoid wrong genotype combination in their marriage. Adewumi, who spoke with newsmen in Ilorin on Friday, said that people should be more committed in tackling the sickle cell scourge. According to him, wrong test…
The United Kingdom will leave the European Union on January 31. This follows the ratification of the Brexit bill approved by both the Houses of Commons and Lords by Queen Elizabeth on Thursday. British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, will mark the cut-off from the EU with the issuance of commemorative coins and the chairing of…
Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, says the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) speaks as if it is an opposition political party. Adesina was reacting to a statement by the Christian body on the death of Lawan Andimi, CAN chairman of Michika local government in Adamawa state. Andimi was killed on Monday after N800 million ransom allegedly demanded by…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday assented to the Instrument of Ratification of the Agreement on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons between the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Government of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina,…
Nigerian celebrity cross-dresser, Bobrisky, has been arrested in Lagos State. The ‘Male Slay Queen’ was picked up, last night, at his residence inside Bera Estate, Chevron Drive, #Lekki and whisked away to an unknown destination. It was gathered that his arrest is linked to his “cross-dressing” activities, although this hasn’t been verified. One of the…
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has called on the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and Internally Displaced Persons to channel its intervention toward providing permanent resettlement homes for internally displaced persons (IDPs). Governor Zulum said concentrating humanitarian interventions on IDP camps does not help the recovery and resettlement programmes of the government. He said significant…
Workers of various tertiary institutions who have not been captured on the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) are in for a tough time as the federal government has suspended the payment of their salaries and emoluments with effect from January. The latest arm-twisting strategy, meant to compel the workers to quickly get enrolled…
Motunrayo Afolayan, a student in the department of International Relations, Obafemi Awolowo University, has recounted how one of her lecturers, Olabisi Olaleye, allegedly sexually harrased her after failing her in a Diplomacy course with code IRS 305. In an interview with Vanguard, Motunrayo who recently made news after she disclosed she had an audio recording…
The federal government is considering investing pension funds to improve infrastructure in the country, an official said on Thursday. Speaking after the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting in Abuja, Governor Nasir El-Rufai said there are 200 other jurisdictions that funded their infrastructure through workers pension funds He explained that the funds will be recovered over…