President Muhammadu Buhari has joined other Presidents and world leaders to wish Donald Trump of the United States a quick recovery from COVID-19. A statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant, Garba Shehu, said the president joins all citizens of the US in prayers for a quick and full recovery of Trump and his wife,…
Armed robbers have bombarded a branch of WEMA bank in Iyin-Ekiti in Irepodun/Ifelodun local government area of Ekiti. The six-man robbers arrived at the town around 3.30 pm and blasted the security doors with explosive device suspected to be dynamite. They carted away several millions in an operation, which lasted 40 minutes. The robbery attack…
Students, under the aegis of Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria in Lagos State, have faulted the call for secession and creation of Oduduwa Republic in the Southwest. Amir (President) of MSSN Lagos State Area Unit, Miftahudeen Thanni, in a statement, described the call for secession as a “nation killer”. He warned those nursing the idea…
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities(SSANU) and the Non- Academic Staff Union(NASU) have announced plans to embark on a 2-weeks warning strike beginning from Monday, October 5. The two groups jointly declared plans to embark on the industrial action after a meeting of its Joint Action Committee(JAC) today Friday, October 2. Addressing newsmen shortly after their joint…
No fewer than ten suspected internet fraudsters have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). According to a statement released by the spokesperson of the antigraft agency, Wilson Uwujaren, the suspects who were identified as Isaac Ogundayo; David Ayodele; Etiowe Kelvin; Seun Afolabi; Saheed Olalekan; Oluwatobi Damilola; Sukanmi Odofin; Ademola Okunola; Joseph…
Governor of Niger State, Abubakar Bello has expressed sadness over the state of the Kaduna refinery, stating that it was responsible to allow the refinery to die. Bello made this known in Minna while answering questions from journalists on Thursday. The Governor expressed that the unemployment of many Nigerians has to do with the present…
A General Court Martial (GCM) of Operation Lafiya Dole, on Wednesday dismissed and sentenced a soldier, Corporal Aliyu Yakubu, to five years imprisonment for assaulting and defiling a 13-year-old girl. Yakubu was reported to have committed the crime on July 1, 2018, while he was serving at 202 Battalion in Bama Local Government Area of…
Lagos State on Thursday put Nigeria on the world record by celebrating the 60th Independence Anniversary with 60,000 cupcakes. The state produced the largest anniversary logo in the world, made with cupcakes mosaic. The initiative by the Lagos State Government in conjunction with Fly Africa aimed to put Nigeria in the Guinness Book of World…
Plateau State Governor Simon Lalong on Thursday confirmed the arrest of suspected killers of a traditional ruler in the Foron District of Barkin Ladi council area of the state. Also apprehended were suspects in the killing of an official of Department of State Services (DSS) in Shendam, and five other persons in Vwang District of…
153 new cases of Coronavirus were recorded in Nigeria on Thursday, October 1 as confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). A breakdown of the new cases is as follows; Lagos-81, Rivers-21, FCT-11, Ogun-8, Kaduna-7, Oyo-6, Akwa Ibom-5, Osun-3, Katsina-3, Edo-2, Ebonyi-2, Nasarawa-2, Plateau-1, Kano-1. There are now 59,001 confirmed cases of Coronavirus and 1,…