Students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, on Wednesday, stormed the Ibadan Zonal Command of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibadan, to protest the arrest of their colleagues by operatives of the anti-graft agency. According to reports the students, who came in three Coaster buses and three Hummer buses and led by the leadership of the…
The House of Representatives is to investigate the money expended on the postponed 2023 population and housing census by the National Population Commission (NPC). The house made this resolution on Wednesday following a motion from Honourable Dominic Okafor drawing attention of the lawmakers to the 200 billion naira spent so far on the census. The…
The service for the England and Manchester United legend will be held on 13 November at Manchester Cathedral. Sir Bobby, hailed as one of England’s greatest players, died on 21 October aged 86, prompting tributes from around the world and silences observed in the weekend’s football matches. A procession to the cathedral will pass by…
A former governor of Gombe State and the senator representing Gombe North, Ibrahim Dankwambo, has asked the state government to suspend the payment of his monthly pensions. Dankwambo in a letter he addressed to Governor Inuwa Yahaya on October 4, a copy said his monthly pension paid by the state government was approved under the…
A magistrate Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers state has granted bail to the chairman of Rivers state Chapter of the National Youth Council of Nigeria Chijioke Ihunwo and 120 other on five count charge preferred against them Ihunwo, who was arraigned alongside 120 others, were all present at the Rivers Magistrate Court 22 on Wednesday…
Africa’s Football governing body Confederation of African Football CAF, has released the list of nominees for the men’s categories for the best African player Awards 2023, scheduled to hold next month in Marrakech, Morocco. Thirty players made the cut for the top prize; CAF African Player of the Year, whilst 20 players have been nominated…
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has accused Imo State Police Command of brutalising its President, Joe Ajaero which has left him hospitalised. Ekwe Anaedo had reported that Ajaero was picked up from the NLC State Council Secretariat by heavily armed policemen in Owerri and taken to an unknown destination. In a statement on Wednesday, the…
The Imo State Police Command, on Wednesday, said the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, is in protective custody According to reports earlier on Wednesday Ajaero was picked up from the NLC State Council Secretariat in Owerri, the state capital, by heavily armed policemen and taken to an unknown destination. Following his…
Grammy-winning singer, Temilade Openiyi aka Tems, has narrated how she spent two nights in a Ugandan prison. Recall that Tems and Omah Lay were arrested and charged to court and subsequently detained in prison in Uganda for making an appearance at a concert held in the country at Speke Resort, Kampala, on Saturday, December 12,…
It has been revealed that claims made by Kano state deputy governor that he sponsored 52 patients to undergo eye surgery in Kano are false According to Aminu Abdulssalam Gwarzo he successfully sponsored 52 patients to undergo free eye surgery at Makkah Specialist Eye Clinic in Kano State. The tweet made on X formerly known…
