Month: April 2021

  The Lagos State Police Command says Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka, popularly known as Baba Ijesha, is still in its custody. The Lagos Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, made the statement while parading suspects at the police command headquarters on Thursday. He stated that Baba Ijesha would remain in custody pending the legal advice from…

    The Federal Government has declared Monday, May 3, 2021, public holiday to mark this year’s International Workers’ Day celebration. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, made the declaration in a statement by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Dr. Shuaib Belgore. The Minister congratulated workers for witnessing this year’s celebration. He commended them for…

  Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Fr Ejike Mbaka, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to resign because God is angry with him. Mbaka, who was one of the staunch supporters of Buhari in the buildup to the 2015 elections, said Buhari should resign or be impeached. Speaking at the Adoration Ministry in Enugu, Mbaka…

      Following panic over an internal memo, the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) has assured there is no threat to the nation’s airports in any form.   It said it only sent an advisory to security agencies to liaise with airport management to upgrade existing security measures at the nation’s airports.…

The outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has named the Imo State Government House at Douglas road, Owerri, after Ikonso, the commander of the Eastern Security Network (ESN) allegedly killed by security agencies. The group which announced this in a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, said Douglas Road Owerri and Awomamma…

In a bid to further press for the payment of their allowances and other entitlements, striking staffers of the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti, have declared three days of fasting and prayers. The strike, which is still ongoing, was called by the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) of the teaching hospital. They said…

The Senate dedicated Tuesday’s plenary to discuss the rising insecurity in different parts of the country, Premium Times has reported. Many senators, over 15 of them, contributed to the motion on the activities of Boko Haram terrorists in three local governments of Niger State. Kogi senator, Smart Adeyemi, was one of the contributors. A seemingly…

* Abuja no longer safe with Boko Haram’s presence in Niger State, Gov Bello warns  * Bandits, Kidnappers, armed robbers, terrorists on rampage across the country The spate of insecurity in the country assumed a more dangerous dimension on Monday as Boko Haram insurgents made inroads into Niger State and gunmen killed two students of…

There is palpable tension as an Air Force fighter jet on a mission against Boko Haram extremists mistakenly bombed men of the Nigerian Army on Sunday, April 25, killing over 20 officers in Borno. Recall the soldiers who were reinforced from Ngandu village were said to be on their way to Mainok, headquarters of the…

Two yet-to-be-identified commercial motorcycle riders also known as Okada riders, lost their lives in a fatal road accident which occurred at Akungba Akoko in the Akoko South-West Local Government Area of Ondo State. It was gathered that the crash happened on Sunday evening and it involved one 18- passenger Toyota bus with registration number MUS…

The lawmaker representing Okitipupa/Irele Federal Constituency in Ondo State at the National Assembly, Hon Gboluga Dele Ikengboju, has felicitated Barrister Eyitayo Jegede SAN on his 60th birthday. In a letter he signed on Monday and addressed to Jegede, Ggboluga who was Jegede’s running mate in the October 2020 Governorship election in Ondo State, described Jegede…