The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, said Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has constitutional rights to give the notice to quit to illegal residents in the state’s forest reserves. Recall that Akeredolu had on Monday ordered herdsmen to leave the state’s forest reserves within seven days. But the Northern Elders Forum directed the Fulani…
Nigerian DJ Switch has slammed Lagos state government over court order to audition traffic offender’s forfeited cars. Recall that the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Enforcement Unit, known as Task Force, had obtained a court order authorizing it to auction 88 vehicles forfeited by Lagos State Mobile Court. In a video shared on…
A former presidential candidate, Prof Pat Utomi, has said the incoming administration of US President-elect, Joe Biden, won’t support the regime of the Nigerian President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). Speaking in an exclusive interview with The PUNCH on Monday, Utomi said former US President Barack Obama and his then-deputy, Biden, backed a regime change…
Activists linked to the #EndSARS protests have said the Post No Debit restriction placed on their accounts by the Central Bank of Nigeria has yet to be lifted. The CBN had in October 2020 asked banks to freeze the bank accounts of about 20 individuals involved in controlling #EndSARS funds. The affected individuals include Bolatito…
Earlier this week, News broke that one Mr Chidinma Ikechukwu Omah, was set ablaze by his 18-year-old girlfriend in Wadata suburb of Makurdi in Benue State and unfortunately, he died from it. According to reports, Ikechukwu, a patent medicine dealer, died about 10:00pm on Monday, January 11, from the high degree burns, sustained after his…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun 1 Area Command, has said the Idiroko international border remains shut. Idiroko border in Ipokia Local Government area of Ogun State is linking Nigeria to Benin Republic, via Igolo. Before the closure of the nation’s land borders in 2019 by the Federal Government, the border used to be a…
Agents of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Kano Command, have captured a 18-year-elderly person, Isameel Abubakar, for purportedly assaulting a 5-year-old young lady (name retained). Abubakar of Kofar Ruwa quarters in Dala Local Government Area was captured keep going Friday around the same time the wrongdoing was supposedly dedicated. Affirming the episode,…
Renowned Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has said that for sake of sanity, one must imagine that the regime of General Muhammadu Buhari, does not exist. He, however, described the new Lagos- Abeokuta-Ibadan standard gauge train, as long overdue. Soyinka said this during a recent interview with Kaftan TV which was monitored by our correspondent….
Former Director-General of Bureau of Public Sector Reform, Dr. Joe Abah has advised young Nigerians to leave the country if they have an opportunity to do so. In tweets he shared, Abah recounted seeing a clear path on how he could own a car, buy a house and build a career when he arrived in the…
The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested one Adamu Abdul Ra’uf of Gandu Jama’are, 20, for allegedly cutting off the private part of a 6-year-old girl for ritual. The Command’s Spokesman, DSP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, who disclosed this on Friday, January 1, 2021, said the suspect was arrested following a report to the police by…