The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu has said that 717 rape incidents have been reported to the police across the country from January-May this year alone. The IGP made this revelation while speaking with state house correspondents after himself, the Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen, and the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, met…
Senator Adebayo Osinowo who represents the Lagos East Senatorial District in the Senate has died. Late Senator Osinowo who was fondly referred to as Pepperito, died today June 15 at First Cardiologist Hospital, Lagos. The cause of his death is not yet known. Born November 28, 1955, late Senator Osinowo studied Building Technology at the Instituto…
A 3-month-old baby has been raped by an unknown person in Adogi, Nasarawa State. The mother stated that the incident happened after she left her door and window open due to the heat experienced on May, 27. 2020. According to her, she woke and couldn’t find her baby by her side anymore. Raising an alarm,…
Native doctors in the Benin republic organized a ritual ceremony to get justice for George Floyd from the “gods.” The ritual ceremony was held for George Floyd but the native doctors also called for justice for other black people killed unjustly in the United States, including Trayvon Martins, Michael Brown, Botham Jean, and Ahmaud Arbery….
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu paid a condolence visit to the Senior Pastor of Trinity House, Ituah ighodalo, over the death of his wife, Ibidunni Ighodalo. Information Nigeria recalls Ibidunni died on Sunday in her hotel room in Port Harcourt, Rivers state. Taking to Twitter, the Governor wrote; “I was shocked when I received the…
The presidency has finally reacted to the reports of fisticuff between the first lady, Aisha Buhari and a presidential personal assistant which degenerated into gunshots within the Villa last week. According to a statement via the official Twitter handle of the presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, the incident happened outside the main residence of the President….
The Zamfara State Police Command has launched an investigation into the gruesome murder of a medical doctor identified as Enoch Okpara. Okpara who was a consultant Obstetrics/Gynaecologist working at the Federal Medical Centre in Gusau was found dead at his residence in the Mareri area of the state capital on Saturday, June 13. The remains of the deceased were…
FIFTY-EIGHT Coronavirus (COVID-19) patients have been discharged in Lagos and Kwara states, officials announced on Sunday. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who gave a breakdown, said 31 of the 48 patients discharged in Lagos are males. Spokesperson of Kwara State COVID-19 Technical Committee Rafiu Ajakaye said in a statement in Ilorin that 10 COVID-19 patients were discharged….
Some street sweepers and supervisors took to the social media at the weekend to protest the non-payment of their salaries. They urged the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) to pay them the outstanding three months’ salary. The sweepers appealed to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to call LAWMA’s Acting Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni…
Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have listed fresh conditions for Ondo State Deputy Governor Agboola Ajayi before he will be allowed to run for governor on the party’s platform. Part of the conditions is for Ajayi to agree to serve one term and hand over to a core PDP loyalist. This is just…