Social media is going agog following the N2000 cash prizes awarded by Kogi State University to its first-class graduates. A source who witnessed the presentation of the awards, said: “This was at a recent convocation at Kogi State University. N2000 was given to all first-class graduating students and N5000 to the overall best graduands.” According…
The Oloko of Oko Ile, Oba Gabriel Adepoju, has passed on. The Oyo monarch died on Sunday, Jan. 30, at the age of 85. Oba Adepoju ascended the throne in 1997. His death comes on the heels of the deaths of at least three prominent monarchs in Oyo state.
The elder sister of Rofiat, the girl who was killed in Abeokuta, Ogun State, by her 18-year-old boyfriend, Soliu Majekodumi, and three of his friends for ritual purposes, says they are yet to inform their mother of Rofiat’s death. On Saturday, we shared the disheartening story of how Rofiat was lured from her house in…
A 20-year-old Secondary school leaver, Ebunoluwa Osatuyi, has been brutally murdered by unknown assailants in her parents’ apartment in Okuta Elerinla area of Akure, the Ondo state capital. The young lady who was found in her pool of blood was suspected to have been killed with a pestle and axe by the assailants during the…
Daily Post reports that a case has been filed against President Muhammadu Buhari by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project over allegations that N3.1billion was missing from the Ministry of Finance. The lawsuit followed the Auditor-General of the Federation’s 2018 and 2019 reports. The group said the Nigerian leader failed to ensure the prosecution of those…
A 10-year-old girl was allegedly defiled by 16-year-old twin brothers, Chukwuemeka and Chukwuebuka Okpe, in Abagana, Njikoka Local Government of Anambra. The Executive Director of Davina Care Foundation, Mrs Rachel Yohanna, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday, in Awka that the case was brought to the foundation by the mother of the…
Mr Yahaya Muhammed Galadima, a 25-year-old mechanic who had his two hands cut off by gunmen has recounted his travails. Galadima, who specialises in repairing J5 vehicles, was said to be ambushed while returning from Rukubi, Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. It was gathered that he was returning home from Rukubi after fixing…
Gunmen in the early hours of Sunday invaded Atak Mawai ward in Zaman Dabo Village in the Atyap Chiefdom of Zango-Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State and killed no fewer than 10 persons. The attacks, it was gathered happened at about 3 am on Sunday. “The attackers stormed the village around 3 am and…
A senior police officer, ASP Edward Bua, has been arrested in connection with the murder by arson of his 66-year-old mother, Nyakuni Margaret Onzia, in Uganda. The deceased, a Deputy Director Uganda Nurses and Midwife Council, died in a fire at her home in Bugonga, Entebbe Municipality in Wakiso District on Saturday, January 29. Kampala Metropolitan Police…
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested the fleeing suspect who reportedly masterminded the killing of his girlfriend, Soliu Majekodunmi. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in an update on the killing of a girl identified as Rofia by four teenagers in Abeokuta, said the leader of the gang has been…