Unknown gunmen broke into the Hilltop Hotel at Tunga Maje in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Wednesday night June 23 and abducted the owner of the hotel, Prince Adejo, and other guests in the hotel. DailyTrust reports that Adejo and six other people were said to be holding a meeting inside his hotel when…
President of the African Development Bank (AFDB) Akinwumi Adesina has expressed that the continent needs to start producing and not beg for COVID-19 vaccines. Adesina stated this during the opening ceremony of the 2021 meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday. The AfDB president expressed that the coronavirus pandemic impacted African economies negatively…
The challenge of examination malpractices in Nigeria seems to have taken a new dimension as the Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has said that desperate ad-hoc staff connive with people to “plan armed robbery attack” in order to access its questions. Prof. Oloyede said this while addressing newsmen…
The Police in the Federal Capital Territory is searching for the abductors of a prince of Igala in Kogi, Frederick Adejoh. The assailants invaded the Tungan Maje community along Zuba-Gwagwalada highway on Thursday. They also kidnapped Friday Sani Makama, a former member of the Kogi House of Assembly, and others. The victims were taken…
The police in Ondo state have arrested and paraded a 27-year-old armed robber, Gbenga Kikiowo, who said his dream was to be an international armed robber like Ishola Oyenusi and Shina Rambo. The state Commissioner of Police, Bolaji Salami, who paraded the suspect before newsmen, said Kikiowo and one Aladeloye Tope aged 25, were arrested at…
A 76-year-old man identified as Zubair Audu has been arrested by operatives of the Kwara state command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) over the alleged attempt to kill his son with a Dane gun at Alagbado Area 5, Mountain Avenue in Ilorin, the state capital on Wednesday, June 3. Disclosing this…
A Student of the College of Nursing and Midwifery has been allegedly suspended for not welcoming President Muhammadu Buhari during his visit to Borno state last week. The student whose alleged suspension became effective from Monday, June 21, was accused of disobeying an executive order to welcome the President on June 17. The ‘suspension,’ will…
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Ikeja Special Offences Court has granted bail of two million naira and two sureties to Nollywood actor Olarenwaju Oyiminka popularly known as alias Baba Ijesha. The judge on Thursday ordered that one of the sureties be a blood relative of the defendant and the other, a lawyer. The embattled Nollywood…
UK based activist and GIOTV host Maureen Badejo has reacted to the arrest of Prophet Felix Alebiosu of Celestial Church of Christ, CCC, Imole Parish Nureni Yusuf way, Alagbado, Lagos after organizing a thanksgiving service few weeks after being involved in the death of Kayode Badru, a popular socialite based in Dubai. Maureen Badejo…
IPI Solutions owner Adamu Garba has denied receiving N136.8m from the regime of Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) to develop his Crowwe application despite bank documents showing he actually did. Peoples Gazette had reported that the Federal Government has for two years been funding IPI Solutions, a software engineering firm owned by Adamu Garba to…