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…
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…
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,…
The Federal Government has declared Thursday, October 1, as public holiday in commemoration of the nation’s 60th Independence Anniversary Celebration. Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulated all Nigerians on the celebration of the country’s Diamond Jubilee and assured them of Government’s unwavering commitment to…
Unlike most states in the country, Niger State Government has announced that public and private schools should complete the third term of the 2019/2020 session. The Commissioner for Education, Hajiya Hannatu Salihu made the announcement on Monday. He stated that schools are to conclude the 2019/2020 session between October 4 to December 18. It was…
The Director-General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu has disclosed that Nigeria does not have enough capacity for production of vaccines. Ihekweazu who made this known in a television programme in Abuja and also expressed optimism that the country will not lack access to vaccines when they are available. The NCDC DG…
The Federal Capital Territory Administration. FCTA, Acting Secretary and Director of Administration and Finance, DAF, Malam Umar Marafa is dead. Marafa died in Kaduna on Monday evening though the cause of his death has not been disclosed. According to the Nation, the Public Relations Officer of FCT Education Secretariat, Mr. Kabiru Musa, who confirmed the…
An alleged human trafficking kingpin, Muritala Sanni, has been arrested in Lagos after a five-year manhunt. A non-governmental organization, Kick against Human Trafficking and Human Rights Abuse Foundation facilitated the arrest and handover to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons for prosecution (NAPTIP) It was gathered that Sanni was arrested last Wednesday, September…
The Caretaker Chairman of Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Bege Katuka has reportedly been kidnapped by unknown gunmen. The Local Government Chairman was kidnapped while on his way to his farm located around Juji village in Chikun Local Government Area. Channels Television reported that the commercial motorcyclist whose bike he boarded while on his way to his…