Team Nigeria will no longer participate at the 2020 edition of the World Championships earlier scheduled to take place in Belgrade, Serbia from December 12 – 20, following the cancellation of the tournament by the global governing body – the United World Wrestling (UWW). The Nigerian contingent, made up of Commonwealth champions Odunayo Adekuoroye (57kg), […]
Former President of Ghana Jerry Rawlings has died from complications of COVID-19. It was learnt that the ex-president died at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, capital of Ghana, on Thursday morning. He had recently buried his mother, Victoria Agbotui, at Dzelukope in the Volta Region on October 24, 2020. She died at 101 on […]
Lagos State Police Command yesterday said it had dismissed 17 policemen for various criminal and disciplinary offences, including murder, committed between October 2019 and October 2020. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Muyiwa Adejobi, said in a statement that the move was to promote discipline and core values of policing in Lagos State. Adejobi […]
A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State, yesterday remanded two young ladies at Ilesa Correctional Centre for alleged attempt to murder Governor Adegboyega Oyetola. The accused, Tajudeen Suliyat (20) and AbdulAzeez Ayomide (20), were arraigned on a five-count charge bordering on conspiracy, attempted murder, malicious damage, burglary and stealing. The police prosecutor, ASP John […]
…FEC okays digital registration of 3m IDPs …approves N62bn for road linking Kano, Katsina states The Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Pantami, yesterday said that there was none of the 36 states of the Federation that did not have Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). That was as the Federal Executive Council (FEC) […]
… orders dissolution of varsity’s governing council President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the immediate reinstatement of Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe as Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos. Buhari further approved the report of the special visitation panel to the University of Lagos, and has ordered immediate dissolution of the Governing Council of the University headed […]
The Nigerian Army has declared a total of 86 suspected Boko Haram Commanders wanted. Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai, made the declaration yesterday in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, at a combined ceremony to flagoff the operationalisation of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), as well as the release of the fourth […]
…seeks prosecution of terrorists, sponsors The Senate, yesterday, vehemently opposed Operation Safe Corridor, a programme of the Nigeria Army which focuses on the deradicalization, rehabilitation and reintegration of “repentant” Boko Haram terrorists. The opposition to the handling of the terrorists in Nigeria came a day after six Nigerians were convicted by an Abu Dhabi Federal […]
Although it affirmed that the country’s banking industry remains healthy despite the effects of the Coronavi-rus (COVID -19) crisis, the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDCI) has reviewed its framework that allows lenders facing liquidity problems to access financial assistance from the Corporation. The Director, Insurance and Surveillance Department at the NDIC, Mr. Galadima Gana, stated […]
The Inspector-General of Police yesterday arraigned a former governor of Imo State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, before an Abuja High Court on a three-count criminal charge bothering on giving of false of information. The prosecution in the charge marked FCT/HC/CR/993/2020, alleged that the defendant, who was governor of Imo State from 2007 to 2011, gave false […]