A verification exercise carried out by the Niger State Government for its civil servants has uncovered how workers fraudulently paid themselves salaries above their level. Salamatu Abubakar, the state’s head of service who made the disclosure on Thursday, September 11, said some of the fraudulent practices include an office messenger receiving the salary of a high court…
Operatives of the Uyo zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested two music producers and four others over their alleged involvement in cybercrimes in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The music producers are John Obot and Odok Valentine. While others are; Emdiong Iwoenang, Christian Alvan Okechukwu, Innocent Japhet, and Edem Uwana. They…
At least 12 people have been confirmed dead in two separate boat mishaps in Shiroro and Borgu Local Government Areas of Niger State. The accidents occurred on the River Shiroro, in Shiroro, and River New Awuru, in Borgu, on Wednesday evening, September 9. 10 people died in the incident in Shiroro while 2 people died…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it was yet to uncover the cause of the fire incident that razed two containers were 5,141 card readers were kept in its office in Akure. It said the incident would not affect the conduct of the October 10 governorship election. The electoral body assured that the…
Former Sokoto State governor, Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, is bereaved as he lost one of his daughter, Sadiya Magatakarda Wamakko, during childbirth on Thursday, September 10. Sadiya died at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, following complications arising childbirth. She was 23 years old. Her funeral prayer was conducted Thursday night, September 10, at the residence of…
While coronavirus lockdowns caused many men across the world to grow their hair longer than usual, none compare with Vietnam’s Nguyen Van Chien who has gone almost 80 years without a trim. The 92-year-old from the southern Mekong Delta region is the proud owner of five-metre long dreadlocks, owing to his belief in a faith…
No fewer than ten houses have collapsed and over 100 goats and cattle buried alive following a heavy downpour that rendered many people homeless in Angwar Quaza area of Gusau, Zamfara State capital. GIO TV reports that the houses collapsed in the wee hours of Thursday following an unexpected flood. According to a resident of…
A Nigerian man, Rex Ebube Amatu, has died in a fatal accident, just three days after he tied the knot in Delta State. According to reports, Rex who got married on Saturday, September 5, 2020, died on his way back to Lagos State on Tuesday, September 8. It was gathered that the deceased was trying…
The Corps Commander, Ekiti State Security Network Agency (Amotekun Corps), Brig. Gen. Joe Komolafe (retd.), said on Thursday that the agency’s governing board had completed screening for 2,593 applicants. Komolafe said the shortlisting exercise for the successful ones among them would “be transparent, non-partisan and merit-based to ensure that only people of unquestionable character and…
Chibok Local Government of Borno State is now participating in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WAEC) for the first time in 6 years. The Borno local government is now participating in the examination after over 200 schoolgirls were abducted in the area by Boko Haram insurgents on April 14, 2014. Following the abduction…