Osun State Government on Saturday announced the death of Deputy Chief of Staff to the Governor on General Administration, Mr. Jare Adebisi. The late Adebisi, a lawyer had served both as Assistant Chief of Staff and Special Adviser in the Governor’s Office, in the previous administration, and was pursuing his doctorate program in Law before his death. Chief Press…
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has said the party followed its constitution in disqualifying Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki. Obaseki was on Friday, disqualified from contesting in the APC primaries, ahead of the forthcoming governorship election in the state. Oshiomhole, speaking on Channels Television, said the party’s decision was…
An Australian national has been sentenced to death in China for drug trafficking, in a ruling that could further inflame tensions between Beijing and Canberra. The man, named in Chinese pinyin as “Kamu Jielaisibi” and identified by Australian media as Cam Gillespie, was handed the death penalty by Guangzhou Intermediate People’s Court on Wednesday, according…
Confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria has now hit 15,181 after 627 people tested positive on Friday, June 12, 2020. According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC, 229 of the new cases were recorded in Lagos, 65 in FCT, 54 in Abia, 42 in Borno, 35 in Oyo, 28 in Rivers, 28 in…
A former Governor of old Kaduna State, Balarabe Musa, has told President Muhammadu Buhari to go after those behind the annulment of June 12, 1993, presidential election without further delay. Musa spoke at the commemoration of Democracy Day in Kaduna on Friday, insisting that those who annulled the polls were responsible for the many challenges…
Police in Adamawa State yesterday refuted reports by some media outfits that thunderstorm killed 18 kidnappers in Toungo Local Government Area of the state, saying the incident happened in Cameroon. A statement from the state police spokesman, DSP Sulaiman Yahaya Nguroje, urged the public to disregard the report, adding that the border closure had since…
The deceased died three days ago but the COVID-19 test result returned positive on Friday. The Chairman of the Gombe State Task Force, Idris Mohammed, has confirmed the death of Abubakar Mohammed, a Senior Registrar in Paediatrics with the Federal Teaching Hospital Gombe, The PUNCH reports. The deceased died three days ago but the COVID-19…
An Osun State Magistrates’ Court in Ile-Ife has remanded a 26-year-old man, David Igue in a correctional center after he was charged with manslaughter. Police prosecutor, Sergeant Elijah Adesina, told the court that Igue was a motorcyclist when he committed the offense on June 2, 2020, at Oke-Atan Area, Ile-Ife. Adesina added that Igue was…
A 23-year old man, Ikechukwu Jude has been arrested for allegedly robbing a woman of her phone valued at N45,000 in Amakwu village Oraifite, Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra state. The suspect, a native of Isielu, Enugu State, reportedly robbed the phone from the victim, Jennifer Okwueze at gunpoint. The Police spokesperson, Haruna Mohammed…
An Osun State High Court, Osogbo, presided over by Justice Kudirat Akano has discharged one Gideon Aycent for the offense of conspiracy and armed robbery. Aycent was charged with armed robbery on December 28, 2015, and prosecution counsel told the court that Aycent was a logger who had cut a log of wood which some…