Category: News

Reading Time: 2 minutesFour teachers of Chrisland Schools has been arranged  at the Magistrate Court sitting in the Yaba area of Lagos State. Those brought to the court on Tuesday were the teachers who accompanied some pupils of Chrisland to the World School Games in Dubai. Authorities in Lagos State had ordered the closure…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteOgun State, police authorities have arrested Three suspected armed robbers, The suspects were nabbed on Saturday after attacking and robbing a company in the Ogijo area of the state. Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the suspected robbers – Shadrach Blessing, Edibo Peter and Osuwgu Oyebuchi…

Reading Time: 3 minutes  The Central Bank of Nigeria has come under criticism over its inability to publish its annual reports detailing operations and financial obligations since 2018. Checks showed that since 2005 when the Bankers Bank started publishing details of its annual report on its website, it has failed to publish the crucial…

Reading Time: 2 minutesFollowing the incident that happened in Tati village around 6:30am on Tuesday 10/5/2022. Six Nigerian Army personnel from the 93 Battalion, Takum, Taraba State, have been killed following an ambush by gunmen suspected to be terrorists. The gunmen were said to have overpowered the troops, killing six soldiers, while a lieutenant…

Reading Time: 3 minutespolice officer, Olusegun Bamidele, has said Chidinma Ojukwu, prime murder suspect, confessed she stabbed the late Usifo Ataga several times in the neck after a scuffle broke out between them over sex. Bamidele disclosed this while testifying before the Lagos State High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square Ojukwu, a 300-level…

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has changed timetable for its primary elections with the governorship primaries now shifted to May 20 while that of the House of Assembly is May 22 Senate and House of Representatives are now May 24 and 25 respectively This was contained in a new timetable…

Reading Time: 3 minutesKayode Aluko, Fleet operational manager at the Lagos Bus Services Limited has testified as the second prosecution witness in the murder trial of Andrew Ominnikoron Aluko told Justice Sherifat Sonaike, at the proceedings on Tuesday, at the Lagos High Court, how Ominnikoron, a driver of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), fled…

Reading Time: 2 minutesAhmad Lawan, the Senate President has said the upper chamber will wade into the ongoing strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Speaking with officials of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Lawan on Tuesday faulted the 2009 agreement between the Federal Government and ASUU He said the…

Reading Time: 3 minutesDuring the Eid-el-Ftri Buhari has directed the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) to set up a situation room for the coordination of the rescue mission for the passengers and a minute-by-minute engagement with the families of the captives. He also charged the security forces to ensure quick recovery of the victims Relations…

Reading Time: 2 minutesAhmad Lawan, Senate President has confirmed that former governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, withdrew from the 2023 presidential election to support him (Lawan). He disclosed this during plenary on Tuesday while announcing a roll call of Senators who are ambitious to contest the 2023 presidential election on the…

Reading Time: 2 minutes  Tijjani Aliyu with service number 19NA/78/4786  has been arrested by the Nigerian Army for being in possession of illegal ammunition. A military source who disclosed this  and said an AK-47 rifle was also recovered from Aliyu despite being on pass He said the soldier fighting Boko Haram insurgents in the…

Reading Time: 2 minutesSome  staff of Keystone Bank  have been exposed for colluding with staff of Nigeria Incentive-based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) to steal over N650,000 from a customer according to some court documents seen. The victim is a bank customer, Aaron Yanate Promise, with account number 0250928866 domiciled in NIRSAL…