Grandex Supermarket in Bodija, Ibadan, owned by Florence Abiola Ajimobi was razed down by fire Sunday afternoon, GIO TV reports. The owner of the store, Florence, is the wife of late former Governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi. According to reports, there was no casualty or injuries as at press time. The inferno reportedly started…
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said the Federal Government requires the sum of $656 million to complete work on the Lagos-Ibadan railway project. Amaechi disclosed this on Friday while defending his ministry’s 2021 budget at the Senate. He explained that the amount is needed to put the necessary infrastructure in place for the project…
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said no massacre took place when soldiers opened fire at #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Tollgate on October 20, 2020. The minister said this on Saturday, November 7, while leading a delegation of the Federal Government to the South East to meet with leaders of the region….
The Ondo State Police Command said 10 out of the 16 traders abducted yesterday morning have been rescued. It said the traders were abducted along the Akure-Owo highway by gunmen. A spokesman for the Ondo Police Command, ASP Tee-Leo Ikoro, who gave the update in a chat with newsmen said the police were supported by…
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has listed the guidelines for payment of N30,000 to Abia indigenes who are students of Abia State University (ABSU). The Abia state Governor who also stated that his administration remains unwaveringly dedicated to the “welfare of Abia youths, whether as students, artisans or entrepreneurs”, said the ‘N30,000 pocket money was to help cushion…
Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have pleaded with the federal government to have mercy their children and those of ordinary Nigerians bearing the brunt of the protracted strike by quickly attending to their demands to enable them resume immediately. The union had in March, 2020 embarked on the industrial action to…
Lebanon’s president on Saturday asked for proof against his son-in-law and ex-cabinet minister Gebran Bassil to justify US sanctions for alleged corruption, the presidency said. The sanctions announced Friday are the first against a senior Christian ally of Hezbollah, a powerful Shiite movement long targeted by US sanctions and blacklisted as a “terrorist” organisation. President…
Donald Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, has reportedly tested positive for Covid-19, along with at least three other officials. Two senior administration officials confirmed the diagnosis to the Associated Press on Friday night, November The news comes just days after Meadows appeared with Trump at a White House party along with numerous people who…
The Katsina State Police Command have paraded two arrested bandits, four armed robbers, and one fake American dollar dealers in Katsina. Spokesman of the State Police Command, SP Gambo Isa told newsmen at the briefing that the arrest of the two notorious bandits namely: Idi Sabi’u Dila, 30, and one other undisclosed name, all of…
No fewer than 16 persons were kidnapped along the Akure-Owo Expressway, in Uso town in Owo Local Government Area on Friday. Among the victims were the Iyaloja of Isua Akoko In Akoko South East Local Government Area Of Ondo State, Chief Mrs. Helen Edward, and some other market women. It was gathered that the victims…