Sharia Police (Hisbah) has arrested a police constable identified as Basiru in Rumawa, Ungogo Local Government Area of the state after he was accused of sexually exploiting underage girls and women. It was gathered that Basiru and his accomplice, one Jamilu, now at large, used a house in Rumawa area where they allegedly lured girls…
Family of Ifeanyi Okereke, the vendor killed by a security aide of Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house of representatives, is demanding N500 million from the number four citizen. Last week, Okereke was shot by Abdullahi Hassan, a Department of State Services (DSS) operative attached to the speaker. According to reports, the demand was contained…
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed on Tuesday said reports that his Twitter account has been suspended is nothing but fake news which should be ignored. Speaking with Daily Independent, the Minister who denied having a personal Twitter account said all information concerning his activities are done on the official Twitter account of the…
After beating Mark Zuckerberg in world rich list ranking — the billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk has now leapfrogged Bill Gates to grab the world’s second-richest ranking. Musk’s net worth rose more than $7.2 billion on November 23, driven by another surge in the Tesla share price, according to the Bloomberg Billionaire Index. The current…
An Ekiti State High Court on Tuesday sentenced two persons, Adekunle Osho, 31, and Chinedu Ugwu, 34, to death by hanging for armed robbery. Justice Adekunle Adeleye said Osho and Ugwu were actively involved in the robbery and were linked with a stolen vehicle, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. “The accused are guilty…
A man’s marriage has been dissolved after he approached a court in Ibadan to narrate how his wife has been sleeping with their pastor and church elder. According to NAN, Olumuyiwa Johnson, a father of two on Tuesday told a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve his 24-year-old marriage with his wife, Omotayo, on…
Wendy Morton, a British Conservative Party politician, who serves as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for European Neighbourhood and the Americas has revealed that they have received a report of the intimidation of #EndSARS protesters in Nigeria. Morton who described this as worrying, also disclosed that the UK government is communicating with the President’s Chief of…
The Central Bank of Nigeira’s approved Monetary Policy Rate is now 11.5 per cent. This comes after the Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria gave its nod for it to be effected. The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, disclosed this after the committee’s two-day meeting in Abuja on Tuesday. It also retained the…
Inside details of how Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu,p secured reappointment for a second term in office have emerged. Yakubu, who was first appointed as head of the electoral umpire on October 21, 2015 by President Muhammadu Buhari, had his first tenure come to an end in October this year….
A teenager who got 7A1s in the 2019 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) has died. Chisom Chukwuneke made straights A’s in the entrance exam and emerged as the best student from her school, Graceland college in Enugu last year. She went on to win numerous academic awards in her school. Chisom was reportedly…