Five inmates of the Kuje Custodial Centre have bagged university degrees in various disciplines at the National Open University of Nigeria. Speaking during the presentation of certificates to the graduands in Abuja on Monday, July 17, the Controller General, Nigerian Correctional Service, Haliru Nababa, said education was a potent means of rehabilitation. Represented by…
The Naira on Monday, July 17 recorded a slight gain from last week after closing N795.28 per dollar at the investors and exporters (I&E) window. The Naira gained N8.62 after consistently falling throughout last week and tumbling to an all-time low of N803.9/$ last Friday. At the parallel/black market, the Naira fell to N827…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Asaba, Delta State has ruled that the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC can only operate on federal roads. This is as it upheld a judgment of the Federal High Court, in Warri, which held that FRSC can only operate on federal roads. The judgement was given in a…
A visit to an NNPC filling station in the Central area of Abuja by this reporter confirmed that the fuel price has now been adjusted from N539 to N617 per litre. Another Customer who confirmed this development to Daily Trust simply said “It is true, I just bought at N617 per liter,” The immediate…
The Nigerian Police has said it will investigate the source of a signal that claimed the IGP ordered the removal of police aides from politicians and VIPs. In a Facebook post, the police said it has taken immediate notice and has ordered a thorough investigation. Read below: DISAVOWAL OF FAKE SIGNAL REGARDING REMOVAL OF…
Nigeria’s headline inflation has climbed to 22.79 per cent in June 2023. This is according to data by the National Bureau of Statistics released Monday. The inflation rate in Africa’s biggest economy rose to a new 17-year high of 22.79 per cent in June 2023 from 22.41 per cent in the previous month. The NBS…
Philip Segun, a prophet at Cherubim and Cherubim Church, Solution Chapel, Ikoyi-Ile, and Owolabi Adeeko have been sentenced to death. Justice Christiana Obadina of an Osun State High Court in Ikire sentenced the duo to death for the gruesome murder of Lagos State University final year student, Favour Daley-Oladele. The court also convicted Owolabi’s…
A councillor representing Eha-Ulo ward in Nsukka Local Government Area Legislative Council in Enugu State, Nelson Sylvester, popularly known as Ofunwa, was murdered by yet-to-be-identified gunmen at his residence in Eha-Alumonah on Sunday, July 16. According to reports, the assailants stormed the lawmaker’s house and started raining bullets on him. The lawmaker…
Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, says he will not accede to requests by his friends, party members and supporters to join him in celebrating his birthday and even present some gifts. Obi, however, appealed to those who may desire to celebrate him with gifts to look around them and extend the gesture…
A suspected drug addict identified as Samson Sikiru, has been arrested for allegedly killing his mother, a prophetess, in Itanrin Axis of Ijebu Ode in Ogun State. According to Ogun journalist, Tosin, the 32-year-old suspect strangled his mother to death in the early hours of Sunday, 16th July, 2023. A distress call was made to…