A Non-Governmental Organisation, SecureWorld and Liberty Initiative for Peace, yesterday, urged the Kwara State government and all relevant stakeholders in the educational and religious sectors of the state to quickly step in and resolve the boiling Hijab crisis in Ilorin, Kwara State. In a statement by its Executive Director, Mark Adebayo, the forum said it…
The Edo State Police Command has arrested two members of a notorious text-message kidnap syndicate. The suspects were arrested by men of the Anti kidnapping And Cybercrime unit of the command through high technology and intelligence gathering. It was gathered that the suspects identified as Mallam Zingbon and Ehis Joshua, belong to a syndicate that specializes in…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says there was an increase in active internet subscribers from 151.5 million in the third quarter to 154.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2020. It said this on Thursday in Abuja in its just published “Telecoms Data: Active Voice and Internet per State, Porting and Tariff Information (Q4…
That Nigeria’s economy is in dire straits is a fact well known both to the nation and to our international partners. Unemployment has just reached an all-time high of 33%, while inflation has hit another record high of 17%. At this critical period, we must as a nation be prudent with the use of whatever…
Justice Patricia Ajoku of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Wednesday, March 17, convicted and sentenced five men for internet fraud. The convicts are Omosehin Sina, Yusuf Olajide Bello, Olowosogba Olamilekan Samson, Bakare Omolayo Toheed, and Sodiq Oluwasegun Adefila. According to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the men were…
Troops of Operation Safe Haven have killed one armed robber while two others escaped with gunshot wounds during a gun duel in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State. The Commander of the Security Outfit, Maj. Gen. Dominic Onyemulu, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, said troops on patrol received a distress call…
A staff of the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company, IKEDC, was stabbed on the head with a broken bottle when he tried to disconnect power from a community. According to reports, the community in Lagos has not had a power supply for three weeks. When the man arrived to disconnect those that have not paid their…
A 35-year-old man, Obinna Kalu, was on March 16 arrested by men of Ogun state police command for shooting his co-tenant Adijat Balogun with a gun at her right rib. Kalu’s arrest followed a report made at Sabo/Ilupeju divisional headquarters by one Olayiwola Kareem, who reported that while the victim was sleeping in her room at…
UK based vibrant activist and GIOTV Show Host, Maureen Badejo has called out popular Yoruba Nation agitator Chief Sunday Igboho and others for spearheading a smear campaign against her regarding the GoFundMe she started for them to purchase buses for their operations. She accused Sunday Igboho and his spokesman, Yomi Koiki (Koiki Media) of fueling…
Night club owners have appealed to the Lagos State Government to lift the ban on their business. The appeal is contained in a statement from the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture in Lagos on Wednesday. A representative of club owners, Toyin Sonoiki, made the call at a meeting with the officials of the ministry….