The Lagos Police Command has commenced an investigation into the death of socialite, Dapo Ojaro, spokesman Olumuyiwa Adejobi said Saturday morning. Ojora, an in-law to former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, allegedly shot himself on the head Friday evening at his Lagos residence. The news of his alleged suicide generated controversy on social media with…
A medical house officer doing his horsemanship with Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, ThankGod Odo, has reportedly drowned in a swimming pool in a popular hotel in the state’s capital city. The deceased hailed from Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi state and had gone to the hotel to swim with…
Peter Obi, a former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential running mate, has said that by the end of 2020, Nigeria will produce 110 million poor people. Obi stressed that Nigeria was drifting towards a massive collapse. He stated this in response to the latest report released by the World Bank on Nigeria’s projected poverty level….
There was uproar in Rupoku and Romokoro in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, as trigger-happy police allegedly shot three people dead in the area. It was gathered that a Keke driver, one of the deceased, was on his way to load passengers at about 6 am when a police officer at Rupoku/Romokoro checkpoint…
#EndSARS protesters’ lawyer says he’ll like to ask Sanwo-Olu and Fashola some questions about Lekki shooting incident. Adesina Ogunlana, Lawyer To #EndSARS Protesters Has Again Asked The Lagos State Judicial Panel Of Inquiry Probing The Alleged Killing Of Protesters By Soldiers In October At The Lekki Tollgate To Summon The State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Ogunlana…
Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has expressed concern about the decline in the standard of education in the country. Adamu, who spoke in Yola, Adamawa State, during the official commissioning of completed projects in the college, said several graduates can neither read nor write in a tolerable manner. The minister who was represented by the Director of…
Some gunmen have killed a former House of Representatives candidate in Oyo State. It was gathered that Dr. Fatai Aborode, was killed Friday evening. He contested the House of Representatives election on the platform of the Accord Party in 2015. Our correspondent learned on Saturday that Aborode, who recently defected to the ruling Peoples Democratic…
A mobile policeman was on Friday afternoon, shot dead in Effurun, Uvwie Council Area of Delta State. His rifle was also carted away by the arms-wielding hoodlums. GIOTV learned that the incident occurred at about 2:30 p.m along the popular Jakpa Road. Details surrounding the incident were still sketchy at the time of filing this report….
The publisher of Leadership newspapers, Sam Nda-Isaiah, has died. Late Ndah-Isiah died on Friday night, December 11, after a brief illness. He was 58 years old. Born in 1962 in Minna, Niger State, Nda-Isaiah, who held the traditional title of Kakaki Nupe, studied Pharmacy at Obafemi Awolowo University. A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress,…
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved the release of funds from the equity of Lagos State Health Scheme (LSHS) to provide free healthcare for 50,000 orphans, elderly and the vulnerable in the state. The wife of the Governor, Dr Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, who disclosed this on Thursday at the celebration of Year 2020 Universal…