President Bola Tinubu has approved the payment of fuel subsidy, a move that may raise eyebrows given his earlier commitment to removing the subsidy. According to sources, the President gave the nod for the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to use the 2023 dividends due to the federation to fund the subsidy. This decision…
Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ogun State, Barrister Niyi Ijalaye, slumps, dies in Abuja. Ijalaye slumped and died on Monday evening in Abuja shortly after attending a meeting of RECs at the Commission’s headquarters. The cause of his death has not been officially disclosed. It was gathered that…
With the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, set to retire on September 4 when he turns 60, the contest to succeed him has reached a fever pitch. As the clock ticks closer to Egbetokun’s exit, top police officers are jostling for position to take over the reins of the Nigeria Police Force. The intense…
Mojisola Awesu, a 21-year-old female student of the Kwara State College of Health Technology, has been found dead. Awesu went missing after she was reportedly contracted by her friend to act as a girlfriend for a private varsity student at a party for the sum of N15,000. The Kwara Police Public Relations Officer, DSP…
The former Deputy Speaker of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Harford Oseke, has slumped and d!ed. According to reports, Oseke had just finished his regular exercise routine at the Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka, the state capital when he suddenly collapsed. Efforts to revive him proved abortive and he was pronounced d£ad shortly…
Bandits have abducted a woman, Samaila Lilila, and her three children including newborn twins in Kurfi town, Kurfi Local Government Area of Katsina State. It was gathered that the bandits invaded the town three days ago and shot some residents before kidnapping Samaila, her young son, 34-day-old twin children (a boy and girl) and…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said Nigeria would have been much better and occupied a place of pride in the world if not for the self-centred leaders the country has. Obasanjo said this while speaking at the 2024 edition of the Leadership Empowerment International Conference on Saturday, August 17. “There is no end to…
A chemist operator has allegedly raped to death a nine-year-old girl, Rumaisa Sadiq, he was treating for malaria in Jaba, Fanisau area of Kano State. The Kano State Commissioner of Women Affairs, Disabled and Children, Hajia Aisha Saji, made this known in a statement. In the statement by the Ministry’s Director of Public Enlightenment, Aishatu…
The abductors of students of the College of Health Sciences at the University of Jos in Plateau State have demanded a ransom of N50 million to secure their release. The development was made known by one of the kidnapped students and an official of the Students Union Government. On Saturday, one of the students, Kwaghaondo…
In a chilling confession, suspected ritual killer, Adekunle Mohammed, has revealed that he and his accomplices sold the head and legs of their victim, Malik Kareem, to a woman at an Ibadan market for N70,000. Adekunle, who was arrested along with four others, including Muniru Salawudeen, Rashidat Akanji, Ismail Olalekan, and Obaleye Sanmi, made…