The Defence Headquarters on Tuesday confirmed that the troops of Operation Accord” have killed two bandits and arrested three. They also recovered a cache of arms and ammunition at Dajin Kajuru in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche made this known in a statement on Tuesday…
An Anambra couple has been called out for maltreating their 8-year-old household. The couple identified as Mrs. Ogochukwu Anichukwu and Mr. Emmanuel Anichukwu were accused of flogging the little girl mercilessly and starving her repeatedly. It was further gathered that the girl has been seen several times eating sand because of starvation. The couple was recently dragged to…
One person has been confirmed dead in a protest organized by restive youths in Daddara village in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State. The aggrieved youths took to the streets to protest the inadequate security in their community that has led them to witness several attacks from bandits. The youths burnt the Police and Immigration…
Tragedy struck in the Bashua community, Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State as a man allegedly killed his wife and then committed suicide over her alleged infidelity. According to Martmercy Busaosowo, the man said to hail from neighboring Akwa Ibom State murdered his wife in the early hours of Monday, September 28, after…
A former staff of First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Oreoluwa Adesakin, was on Monday, September 28, 2020, handed a cumulative 98 years in prison by Justice Muniru Olagunju of the Oyo State High Court for fraud.Adesakin, female, was found to have committed financial fraud against her employers to the tune of N49,320,652.32 (Forty-nine Million, Three…
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has hinted that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), would submit the 2021 national budget estimates to the federal Parliament next week.He also noted that Buhari on Tuesday asked the National Assembly to approve N148.1bn payment to Ondo, Rivers, Cross-River, Osun, and Bayelsa states.Buhari, in his letter, read by the…
The Nigerian music industry has lost a gem as popular talent manager, Winston Ola Badmus aka Olamus, passes on.According to multiple reports, he slumped and died in his residence in Lagos, on Sunday, September 27, 2020. The deceased was said to have been late rapper Dagrin’s manager and had successfully managed a lot of Nigerian…
A 33-year-old father of nineteen (19) children has disclosed that he still wants more children, because he considers them to be a source of wealth in future. Kukat Kamartum from Riong’o village, Tiaty sub-county in Baringo has three wives who live together in his dusty homestead, a home for his over 100 sheep and goats…
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Timipre Sylva, yesterday, stated that crude oil would soon lose its value in Nigeria as the mainstay of the economy just as the product is fast losing its economic relevance in many countries of the world. This was as he clarified that the Federal Government would not scrap…
Popular author and lawyer, Reno Omokri has condemned a social science subject, Sociology, as an irrelevant course of study, and in fact a waste of 4-years academics. The ex-presidential aide in a post via Twitter buttressed on the irrelevance of sociologists in the year 2020. He said the return on investment for sociology is minimal,…