The Presidency has been accused by the Northern Elders Forum of scaring Nigerians with the rhetoric of subversion with its continuous claim of an alleged attempt to overthrow President Muhammadu Buhari. Director of Publicity and Advocacy of the Forum, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed in a statement he released, asked the Presidency what it wants Nigerians to do…
Lagos State Government says it has commenced the installation of 2,000 Closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras across the state. The state Commissioner for Science and Technology, Hakeem Popoola Fahm, disclosed this at a ministerial press briefing on Tuesday, May 4, to commemorate the second year in office of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu led administration. Fahm said the number…
Mrs. Bukola Ayeni, a Nigerian mother, and a pastor identified as Ola John, are trading blame as an 18-year-old girl, Mariam Rauf, went missing in Osogbo, the Osun State capital. The girl left home on March 29 for an unknown destination. It was gathered that Mariam, a pupil of Baptist Girls School, Osogbo left home…
The Presidency has said President Muhammadu Buhari is working with the military and intelligence agencies to rescue the abducted students from Greenfield University, Kaduna State. A statement on the Presidency’s Twitter page on Tuesday, said it will ensure that good triumphs over evil, and that all of the bandits and criminals terrorizing innocent lives and…
Lagos State Government may soon charge Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James, popularly known as ‘Baba Ijesa’, for sexual assault by penetration, among other crimes. The sexual assault charge is punishable by life imprisonment. The State’s Directorate of Public Prosecutions recommended five charges “after due consideration of the facts in the case file,” Lagos State Commissioner for…
President Buhari is currently presiding over another security meeting, the second in four days. The President last Friday, April 30, presided over the first security meeting that was attended by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, service chiefs, and other top government officials. The meeting comes as insecurity has taken over most parts of the country.
Parents of the College of Forestry Mechanisation abducted students, Afaka in Kaduna State staged a protest at the National Assembly complex, Abuja, today, May 4, demanding timely government intervention to rescue their wards. The frustrated parents who were joined in the protest by members of the institution’s Students Union Government SUG chanted solidarity songs and…
The Kwara State Police Command has arrested a 24-year-old man, Kehinde Moses, with a bag allegedly containing a freshly severed human head and hands. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mohammed Bagega, who disclosed this in a statement in Ilorin on Monday, May 3, said that the suspect was arrested along Ajase-Ipo road during…
On Monday, the co-chairs of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced their divorce after 27 years together as a married duo. “After a great deal of thought and a lot of work on our relationship, we have made the decision to end our marriage,” the duo shared on Twitter. “Over the last 27 years,…
The Lagos state police command’s operatives attached to the Strike Team of the Command, have arrested eleven(11) suspected cultists and traffic robbers known for attacking and dispossessing innocent people of their belongings at Railway Crossing, Ikeja Along, Ikeja-Lagos. A statement released by CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, states that the operatives who responded to a distress call…