Dr Ramon Adedoyin, the owner of Hilton Hotels, Ile-Ife, Osun State, and two of his staff members were recently convicted for the murder of ex-Masters student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Timothy Adegoke, by an Osun State High Court. However, they have now filed appeal against the verdict before a superior court. Recall that…
A middle-aged man was electrocuted while vandalizing an electricity transformer on Camp Road in Lokoja, Kogi State. The suspected vandal identified as Alfa Olukuluku Kabiru, from Angwan- Masara street in Lokoja, was electrocuted on Thursday, June 15, 2023. It was gathered that the police and Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) officials removed the corpse of…
Caroline Adepoju, the Acting Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), on Friday, announced a state of emergency on Passport issues in the country. Adepoju said during her working visit to Lagos that there was an urgent need to address the challenges faced by Nigerians in obtaining international passports. A statement by the Service Public Relations…
A lawmaker representing Burra Constituency of Bauchi State, Hon. Ado Wakili, is dead. He died barely three days to the end of his tenure as a lawmaker after a brief illness, a statement issued by the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Suleiman Abubakar, on Friday said. Abubakar, in his condolence message, described…
President Bola Tinubu has added a firefighting truck to his convoy for the first in the history of the Nigerian Presidency. This was disclosed on Thursday, June 15, by Controller General of the Federal Fire Service, Engr. Abdulganiyu Jaji, when the new Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Dr Oluwatoyin Akinlade paid a maiden…
Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the 14th Emir of Kano, is now meeting President Bola Tinubu at the State House, Abuja., The PUNCH reports. His visit comes barely one week after the President suspended the immediate past Governor of Nigeria’s apex bank, Godwin Emefiele. Although the agenda of their engagement is not yet public, both men…
A Cameroonian man, Simon Ngonja, died a few days after he was attacked by his dog in Yaoundé, Cameroon. According to reports by TSBnews, the deceased, who was a senior staff at the Prime Minister’s office, was attacked by the German Shepherd dog when he returned from a trip on Sunday, June 11, 2023. It…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has begun investigating the embattled suspended chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa. GIOTV reports that President Bola Tinubu suspended Bawa to allow for a proper investigation of the weighty allegations of abuse of office leveled against him. A statement issued by the Director…
The family of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, have terminated the appointment of his lead Counsel, Mike Ozekhome, SAN; and Ifeanyi Ejiofor. This was contained in a statement issued by Kanu’s younger brother, Kanunta Kanu, and posted on his Twitter handle on Thursday. The statement entitled ”…
An inmate who escaped from the Kuje Correctional Centre in the Federal Capital Territory, Haruna Sunday, has been apprehended by the Nasarawa State Police Command for allegedly stealing property from a house in the Masaka community, in the Karu Local Government Area of the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ramhan Nansel, while…