The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested a man who reportedly stole Madam Modupe Adekoya’s pants. Efoghae Friday, 21, confessed to have stolen the underwear belonging to Madam Adekoya, who resides in a three-bedroom flat on 15, Olorunsogo Street, Basiri, Ado-Ekiti, the state capital. According to the police, Friday said some people ordered him to…
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has made a U-turn, insisting that he never promised to solve the Apapa gridlock crisis in 60 days. The governor said this while fielding questions from State House correspondents in Abuja on Tuesday. Sanwo-Olu, who was still governor-elect on May 18, 2019 had during an interactive session with his classmates…
Investigators are hitting the road today in search of lawmakers’ N900b constituency projects in states. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) is verifying constituency projects executed by immediate past senators and members of the House of Representatives. The commission said it will make recoveries on projects/contracts confirmed to have been inflated…
Atiku Abubakar’s running mate in the February 23 presidential election Peter Obi says the Peoples Democratic Party will compel the Independent National Electoral Commission to produce the results of the 2019 polls from its server at the Election Petitions Tribunal. INEC has since denied it had no server where the results of the polls were…
The Governor of Ondo State, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has reshuffled his cabinet. The Governor made the announcement at the end of the State Executive Council meeting, held on Monday, inside the Exco Chamber of the Governor’s Office, Akure. Three commissioners were relieved of their duties. Three commissioners were relieved of their duties. They are:…
Nigerians who benefitted from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) 2018 Scholarship programme are currently facing deportation due to non-payment of their academic fees. The 200 Nigerians, who were selected out of over 4,000 applicants, were given scholarships to pursue postgraduate studies abroad, fully funded by NDDC. The commission in an elaborate ceremony presented award…
A 44-year-old Pastor Omotilewa Oke, on Monday, secured a divorce at an Igando Customary Court in Lagos, over his wife’s refusal to go for deliverance. Oke said that his wife of six years, Shola, with whom he had two children, behaved in an irrational way. “She fights me every day and also fights with neighbours…
The Supreme Court on Monday fixed July 5 to deliver its judgment on the dispute arising from the September 2018 governorship election in Osun State. The Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate in the said election, Ademola Adeleke, had filed four separate appeals before the apex court to challenge the Abuja Division Court of Appeal’s…
Youths From Ilaje local government area of Ondo State have commenced protest in front of the Governor’s office in Alagbaka,stopping workers from entering. They have also barricaded the road before the state Secretariat ,thereby disrupting vehicular movements. The youths,under the aegis of Ilaje Youths Congress, carry placards ,demanding for the autonomy of OSOPADEC Details later
Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has reportedly rejected a €170m switch to Juventus – but could revisit the situation next summer. According to The Mirror, which runs the story as an exclusive, Juve and Real Madrid were preparing £150m (€170m) bids for Salah. The newspaper assures the Egyptian will stay as ‘the timing is wrong’ for a…