The Director-General of the World Trade Organization, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has celebrated a 3-year-old girl who dressed like her to school. Posting photos of the girl on X, the former Minister of Finance wrote; ‘’Delighted to get this photo of a young 3 year old girl, who I don’t even know, dressed for her…
A yet-to-be-identified man was electrocuted while allegedly attempting to steal transformer cables in the Jattu community in Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State. A source said residents woke up on Monday morning, January 29, 2024, to see the corpse of the suspect dangling on two electric poles where a transformer was sited….
The Assistant Inspector General of Police in Zone Six, Jonathan Towuru, has disclosed that the current insecurity narrative in parts of the country will soon be reversed. In an interview in his office, where he decorated 10 newly promoted Deputy Superintendents of Police, DSP, Towuru said everyone will see the turnaround as the police…
The gunmen who kidnapped the pupils and teachers of the Apostolic School, Emure-Ekiti have contacted their parents and demanded a N10 million ransom for each of them. The school bus conveying the pupils and teachers, including the driver, was kidnapped at about 5pm at Eporo-Ekiti, in Emure area of the state on Monday, January…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will move five departments from the nation’s capital, Abuja to Lagos as part of efforts to ‘decongest’ its head office. Recall that the apex bank had revealed plans to move some staff from Abuja to Lagos in order to align with building safety standards and enhance office space…
FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike has approved an increase in operational charges of private schools in the nation’s capital. Under the new tax regime, each school will be billed according to tuition paid by students and the number of enrolments. A memo by the Head of Account, Department of Quality Assurance of the Education Secretariat, Mudi…
The lifeless bodies of two brothers identified as Onyema and Nonso, were found inside the booth of their Toyota Corolla, along the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway, close to Tempo Mills, Umunya, Anambra State. The brothers were believed to have been murdered while on their way home after attending a Church programme along Oguta Road, near Upper Iweka,…
The Nigerian Senate has summoned security chiefs for an interaction, following the escalating insecurity in the country, with a specific date to be decided later. Rising from a closed-door meeting that lasted over three hours, the senate condemned the increasing incidents of kidnappings, banditry, and the outright murder of innocent citizens by criminals. Senate…
Property worth millions of naira has been destroyed in a fire incident that occurred in Ibadan on Monday. Our correspondent gathered that the incident occurred at Ire Akari Estate, in the Soka area of Ibadan. It was gathered that the fire incident affected many shops. Sources said that the fire started from a furniture…
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted pupils and teachers of a private nursery school in Emure, headquarters of Emure Local Government Area of Ekiti State. The gunmen intercepted the school bus conveying the pupils and the teachers at about 5pm on Monday, January 29, along Eporo-Ekiti, in the Emure area of the state. Sources…