The Nigeria Customs Service on Sunday announced that its Kebbi State Command has intercepted a truck carrying 73 guns and 891 cartridges concealed in bags of rice. A statement issued by the Public Relations Officer, Joseph Attah, on Sunday, December 13, says officers of the Federal operation unit zone B, on information patrol along Yauri,…
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi has given an update on the current state of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu who tested positive for Coronavirus a few days ago. Abayomi in tweets shared on his official Twitter account said the Lagos state Governor is responding well to home-based care and treatment for COVID-19. He added that…
Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, says a former Governor of the state, Adam Oshiomhole, taught him all he knows about politics. Shaibu said this during a thanksgiving service held at Saint Philip Catholic Church in Jettu, Etsako West Local Government Area of the state, on Sunday. The event was part of activities to celebrate…
Some members of the family of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 pandemic, Mr Boss Mustapha, have tested positive for the virus. He announced this in a statement that he personally issued in Abuja on Sunday night. The SGF informed that they tested…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo state, Fatai Aborode, has died. Aborode was said to have been gunned down on his farm along Apodun road, Igangan in Ibarapa north local government area of the state on Friday. According to Olugbenga Fadeyi, police public relations officer (PPRO) in the state, the deceased,…
A 37-year-old headmistress, Christiana Ayeni, has landed in trouble while enforcing discipline by reportedly checking the private parts of four female students inside the school over virginity. The headmistress was arrested, arraigned in Court and was remanded in Ilesa Correctional Centre for unlawfully and indecently assaulting the students. The incident happened at San Francesco Catholic…
On the 13th of December 2020, 418 new confirmed cases, 240 discharged and 3 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. Till date, 73,175 cases have been confirmed, 66,090 cases have been discharged and 1,197 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The 418 new cases are reported from 17 states- Lagos…
Bukola Saraki, a former Senate President, has confirmed the death of his brother-in-law, Omo-Oba Adedapo Adelanke Abdulfatah Ojora. Reports had emerged on Friday that Abdulfatah reportedly committed suicide on Friday. However, Saraki in a statement on Saturday said the Lagos State Police Command had commenced investigation into the circumstances of his death. “The Ojora Family…
According to a report by The PUNCH, some landlords and tenants of Dejuwogbo community, Oke-Ota Ona, Ikorodu, have fled their homes in fright. They fled their homes following a threat notice pasted in the neigbourhood by gunmen suspected to be robbers. Those who have not temporarily relocated are apprehensive about their safety as they endure…
A pastor serving with ECWA Gospel Kubwa, Kuta, Pastor Jeremiah Ibrahim has been killed by armed bandits in Chukuba village in Shiroro local government area of Niger state. This was following an attack by armed bandits in Chukuba village. It was learned that the Pastor had gone to check his farm in Chukuba and decided…