Former President Jacob Zuma of South Africa is currently in police custody. The Constitutional Court, the nation’s highest judicial body, had sentenced Zuma to 15 months in prison for failing to appear before a commission investigating corruption accusations against him. Zuma had ignored an order to appear subsequently after one appearance at the inquiry into […]
Darius Ishaku, governor of Taraba state, says the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme should be a two-year programme so that corps members can undergo military training. Speaking during a programme on Channels Television on Wednesday, the Taraba governor said at the end of the military training, ex-corps members would be able to carry guns […]
Northern Elders Forum has said that the northern region of the country may not support the agitation for the rotation of Nigeria’s presidency to the Southern region. NEF’s spokesman, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, who spoke on Channels TV, said many northerners may be discouraged from voting for a Southerner as president with the manner governors and leaders […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is currently trailing Bello Malami Tambuwal, an aide of Governor Aminu Tambuwal, over an alleged N2.2 million fraud. The zonal head of the anti-graft agency, Mr Usman Kaltungo, who announced this, alleged that the governor’s aide has been using his position to dupe car dealers. He added that […]
Chairman of Igbudu Market Mile ‘2’ in Warri South council area of Delta state simply identified as Okpako has reportedly died during a sexual romp with his wife’s salesgirl. It was gathered the incident occurred on Sunday night at a hotel (name withheld) located at Odibo Extension in the Igbudu area of Warri. Details surrounding […]
Twenty persons escaped death while four others were rescued when two separate storey buildings collapsed in various locations in Anambra state Tuesday night. The two buildings were located in Amikwo village, Awka South Local government area, and Oko in Orumba North Government Area of the state. Four persons were reportedly trapped inside the debris in […]
A former Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has said the ruling of the Federal High Court that she could serve without the certificate of the National Youth Service Corps has vindicated her. She said this in a statement issued by her legal team hours after the judgment on Wednesday. Justice Taiwo Taiwo, in the […]
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N16.04 billion ecological fund projects across 12 states and the federal capital territory (FCT) for soil erosion/flood and pollution control interventions. Femi Adesina, special adviser to the president on media and publicity, said this while addressing state house correspondents at the end of the FEC meeting on Wednesday. […]
Traders at the Karimo Market in the Federal Capital Territory are counting their losses after a late-night fire on Tuesday consumed about 200 stalls and destroyed goods worth millions of naira. Although the cause of the inferno remains unknown, some traders said the fire started from a shop before spreading to the others. When our […]
Dunamis International Gospel Centre has disproved claims it handed over five ‘Buhari-Must-Go’ protesters to the Department of State Service (DSS) during last Sunday’s church service. The protesters were arrested last Sunday at the Dunamis church’s glorious doom along the Airport road, Abuja. Dunamis said the protesters were arrested outside the church, adding that they had […]
