Four families of slain police officers were yesterday presented with cheques of N1 million each by the Edo State Commissioner of Police, Philip Ogbadu in Benin. The four police officers – Rufus Ojo Kosemani (DPO), Justina Aghomo, Isaac Sadoh and Glory David – were killed by gunmen on March 12, 2019 in Afuze, Owan East […]
Rite Foods Ltd has appealed the ruling of Justice Lewis Allagoa of a Federal High Court in Lagos which set aside contempt proceedings against the Managing Director of Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC), Mattieu Seguin. New Telegraph gathered that the appeal which was filed yesterday by Rite Foods legal team was to challenge Justice Allagoa’s ruling […]
A witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Joanne Tolulope, yesterday narrated before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of a Federal High Court in Lagos how Abiodun Agbele, an ally of a former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, bought property worth N1.3 billion within four months. Tolulope made the narration while testifying in the […]
The Center for Leadership and Good Governance and Movement for Justice has raised questions regarding the conduct and outcome of the report presented by the Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry, on the #End SARS protest last year. Raising the concerns in a press statement signed by its spokesperson, Comrade Elijah Ajanu, titled “EndSARS: Lagos Judicial […]
A 12 year-old boy, simply identified as Oromoni has allegedly been beaten to death by his colleagues in school for refusing to join a cult group at Lekki area of Lagos State. It was learnt that the incident occurred on Friday, that the decease who was in secondary school declined to join the group, so […]
Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has said that no fewer than 346 women on HIV drugs died in the state at the end of 2020 representing 60% of HIV mortality. Fintiri who made the disclosure during the HIV/ AIDS day in Yola said, presently, the spread of the disease has been curtailed by 93 […]
Detectives attached to the Ogun State Police Command have launched investigation into the killing of a landlord, Monday Eredua, by suspected land grabbers at Ipetu Baba Ode village, Ogun State. It was learnt that six persons have been arrested in connection with the murder of the victim and several other residents are said to have […]
Three persons have been feared dead after allegedly inhaling gas fumes at a site where illegally acquired or stolen crude oil is cooked and refined to petroleum products and later sold to members of the public. The business of cooking crude oil, known as kpofire in local parlance thrives in rural communities, including Oduoha community […]
The Zamfara State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), has embarked on a forensic and physiological test on the arm carrying officers and men with a view to checkmating their mental wellbeing for better discharge of their constitutional duties. Addressing the first batch of the officers and men selected for the […]
*APC: Probe of Akume, plot to frustrate his emergence as Nat’l chair *PDP: His (Akume) wasteful era, bane of Suswam, Ortom’s govt’s Two leading political parties in Benue State, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Wednesday engaged each other in what can best be described as a war of words […]