A 25-year-old sex worker Zainab Adamu, has been arrested in Katsina state for selling her 4 months old baby for N300,000. Sex worker sells her 4 months old baby for N300,000 This was made known by the Katsina State Police Command which effected the arrest. Spokesperson of the command Isah Gambo, who confirmed the incident…
Former Nigeria Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been named Forbes Africa Person of the Year 2020. Forbes Africa in a tweet on Tuesday said the former Minister has been named “The 2020 African person of the Year.” Reacting, Okonjo-Iweala, who is set to become the first African and first woman to lead the World Trade…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Monday said it had seized $919,202.07 (about N450 million) hidden in a bank account by some court officials. It said the cash was kept in an interest-yielding account by some officials of the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, in…
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, says some people are scared that restructuring would affect their political viability. He said this in a press statement by his Special Adviser to the Governor (Media and Communication), Muyiwa Adekeye. The statement was titled, ‘Restructuring is a national endeavour, let’s realise it together’, and shared by the governor on…
Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing allegations of human rights abuses against men of the disbanded police Special Anti-Robbery Squad on Tuesday dismissed a petition by one Paschal Bonu, who is seeking to enforce a N300m court judgment against the SARS. The retired Justice Doris Okuwobi-led panel dismissed Bonu’s petition while ruling on the…
The Abubakar Shekau’s faction of Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the killing the over 43 farmers in the Zabarmari area of Borno state last weekend. In a new three minutes 37-second video released online, the sect members said they attacked because the farmers arrested one of its members and handed him to the Nigerian military. “You…
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has denied saying that Nigeria is at the mercy of Boko Haram because of being denied the opportunity to purchase weapons. The Minster who addressed a press conference in Lagos on Tuesday December 1, stated that Boko Haram is badly degraded and can only carry out cowardly attacks…
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Lagos State has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to rejig the national security architecture and replace the service chiefs with more capable hands to effectively tackle the country’s security challenges. The SDP said this while condemning the gruesome killing of some rice farmers by suspected Boko Haram members in Zabarmari, Borno State,…
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed an increase in the number of N-Power beneficiaries. Buhari ordered the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development to increase N-Power beneficiaries from 500, 000 to 1,000,000. Disclosing this on Monday, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, said the order was part…
*Borno Massacre: “Buhari Must Be Jailed For Treason” – Imam Of Peace’ Says* Mohammad Tawhidi popularly known as Imam of Peace, an Iranian-born Australia-based Islamic cleric has reacted to the death of rice farmers in Borno slain by Boko Hrama Insurgents. The deadly Boko Haram Terrorist group reportedly beheaded 43 farmers in Zambarmari, a town…