A lawyer, Stephen Emele Esq has taken to Facebook to share how he can defend Chidimma Ojukwu, the 21 years University of Lagos Undergraduate who confessed to the murder of Chief Executive Office of Super TV, Ataga Usifo. Below is the post by the Barrister CHIDIMMA WILL NOT DIE I can defend her and get…
Vice-Chairman of Jaba Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Mr. James Bijimi, and an unspecified number of travelers have been abducted by bandits along Kaduna-Kachia road. Kaduna police spokesperson, Mohammed Jalinge who confirmed the incident said security operatives recovered three vehicles belonging to the abductees, while one person was injured. A community leader in the area who…
The Lagos judicial panel has awarded the sum of N10 million to the family of one of the many victims of police extrajudicial killing, Kolade Johnson. Johnson was shot during a raid by police officers at Onipetesi area in Lagos, while watching an English premiership match between Tottenham and Manchester United on March 31, 2019….
Sheikh Muhyideen Ajani Bello, a popular Islamic cleric, on Friday, said President Muhamadu Buhari was already tired of the situation in the country. Bello, who is the Chairman, Northern states’ council missioners of Ansarudeen Society of Nigeria made the claims while addressing journalists in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Bello, however, claimed that the solution…
Gun-wielding terrorists have reportedly kidnapped dozens of travellers in Kaduna. Many travellers along the ever busy Kachia Road in Kaduna State have been abducted by armed bandits on Friday. The victims were taken away from the vehicles they boarded and escorted at gunpoint into the forests. Photographs show several empty vehicles by the roadside as…
The State Security Service, also known as the Department of State Services (DSS) has invited controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, for questioning. The VOA Hausa reported the DSS invitation, days after a controversy between Gumi and the Nigerian Army. Speaking on an interview on ARISE Television on Wednesday, Gumi had alleged that security agents…
Buhari had scheduled to leave for London for medical check-up on Friday. Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, had said the scheduled trip was a follow-up to the president’s last visit. More to follow…
Following the cancellation of the 2021 Islamic pilgrimage by the Saudi government, the Ogun State Government said it has begun the refund of money to intending pilgrims. This, GIOTV learnt, is in line with the directives of National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON). The Ogun State Muslim Pilgrims’ Welfare Board said the refund of payment…
Father of Chidinma, the 21-year-old UNILAG student who reportedly murdered the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga has been reportedly arrested. Chidinma is a 300-level student of the Mass Communication Department of the University and she was arrested in connection of the murder of the business man. Chidinma’s father was also arrested for…
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Thursday, said that the Federal Government’s decision to suspend microblogging and social network platform, Twitter, in Nigeria was a tough one. Mohammed, who spoke at the meeting of Information Managers of APC Government in Lagos on Thursday, said the decision to suspend Twitter was tough because…