A suspected armed robber, Ehuiwe Akire, has been trapped in police net after having a field day in Festac and Apapa areas of Lagos. Akire, said to be the leader of a six-man gang, was arrested recently by operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Response Team. City Round learnt that the gang’s targets were bank customers…
Some of the workers recently sacked at the Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, have written to the institution demanding for their reinstatement within 30-day or face legal action. The workers were among over 900 staff who were sacked in December 2019 for alleged certificate forgery, irregular appointment, overage and other sundry of allegations that contravened its condition…
The Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido, has warned that unless the people of the North change their culture, they will continue to be backward and in abject poverty. The emir made the comment in Gusau where he moderated a paper titled ‘The role of universities in nation building’ presented by Dr Usman Bugaji at the…
A journalist, Ayoola Babalola, has been arrested and remanded in prison custody by the Department of State Services for criticising President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime and also the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu. Babalola is being held at the Ibara Maximum Prison, Abeokuta, Ogun State, for expressive his views – a fundamental…
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ebute Meta, Lagos on Friday, ordered that two men who allegedly robbed and murdered the wife of the Managing Director of Maersk, be remanded in Kirikiri Correectional Centre, pending legal advice. The police charged Olamilekan Oke and Adeyinka Akande, both electricians, with five counts bordering on conspiracy, murder, attempted murder…
The Oyo State Police Command has said the killing of Fatai Yusuf, a trado-medical practitioner popularly called ‘Oko Oloyun’, was killed after he detected fraud in some account books of his Lagos office. Olugbenga Fadeyi, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), said the fraud also led to the suspected fraudsters burning some book keeping…
The Southern Nigeria Peoples Mandate (SNPM), has urged the federal government to extend border closure till 2023, due to its enormous benefits to the economy. Augustine Chuwudum, SNPM president, made the call on Friday during an interview in Enugu. Chukwudum noted that most Nigerians can now see the positive impact of the border closure on…
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, on Friday, condemned the ongoing practice of some electricity distribution companies forcing customers to invest in the replacement of distribution infrastructure such as transformers and cables as a condition for the restoration of electricity supply. It said the commission had earlier issued a ‘Regulation for Investment in Electricity Networks’ whereby…
Two cases of the coronavirus have been “confirmed” in France, the first in Europe, French Health Minister Agnes Buzyn said on Friday. The first case involved a patient in a hospital in the southwestern city of Bordeaux while the other was in Paris, the minister told reporters. The SARS-like virus has claimed 26 lives since…
American rapper, YG whose relationship with Khelani crashed after he was caught kissing another woman outside a Los Angeles nighclub has been arrested and charged with robbery. The Californian rapper who was questioned after a search was conducted in his home in the early hours of Friday January 24, was arrested by the policemen who turned up…