Month: January 2021

Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajia Sadiya Faruk, disbursed, at the weekend, N160million to 8, 000 rural women of Lagos State. The Lagos edition is part of the Nationwide Grant for Rural Women Project. Grant for Rural Women Project was introduced in 2020 to sustain the social inclusion agenda of President…

A lecturer at the Polytechnic Ibadan, Oyo State, Architect Kola Oladunjoye has died in a motor accident along the Moniya-Iseyin road.Oladunjoye, who is the immediate past Head of the Department of Architecture in the institution died on Thursday along with three others whose identities have not been made public yet. It was gathered that Oladunjoye…

Lagos State government on Friday announced a reduction in the tuition fee for Lagos State University, LASU. Special Adviser to the Governor on Education disclosed this on Friday via Twitter. The tweet read “Flash: Lagos State government reduces tuition fee for students of Lagos”. The tweet reads, “Flash: Lagos State government reduces tuition fee for…

The Ekiti State Police Command has defended the dismissal of a Police Constable, Miss Olajide Omolola, who got pregnant in alleged flagrant violation of the Police Rules and Regulations. Omolola, who was attached to the Iye Ekiti Police Station in Ilejemeje area of Ekiti State, was dismissed last week by the police authority for getting…

A Swiss lawyer, Enrico Monfrini, has revealed how he helped the Federal Government of Nigeria recovered billions of dollars looted by the late General Sabi Abacha. Monfrini, said he received a phone call in September 1999 from former Nigeria president Olusegun Obasanjo asking if he could help recover the stolen funds. Monfrini says a high…

Authorities in Indonesia’s Aceh province have flogged two gay men 77 times after the duo were caught having sexual intercourse. Dozens of people witnessed the men, aged 27 and 29, get punished as a team of five enforcers wearing robes and hoods took turns to flog the men. The men were arrested back in November…

Amnesty International has accused the Nigerian government of covering up those responsible for the shootings of #EndSARS protesters at Lekki toll gate and Alausa in Lagos State in October 2020. The organisation made the accusation in a press statement issued 100 days after the incident that resulted in the deaths of some protesters. AI’s Director…

The Federal Government has successfully evacuated 384 Nigerians who were hitherto stranded in Saudi Arabia. The repatriated Nigerians, 300 males, 83 females and one infant, arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja via Saudi Air flight B773 at about 1:10 pm today January 28. Their evacuation came after a video showing the deplorable state…

Police operatives have arrested a controversial Prophet in Anambra state, Onyebuchi Okocha, popularly known as ‘Onyeze Jesus’. The founder of Children of Light Anointing Ministries, Nkpor, Idemili North local government area of the state, was reportedly arrested on Wednesday, January 27, 2021. The Nation gathered ‘Onyeze Jesus’ is in police custody and would likely be…

Alhaji Salihu AbdulKadir, the Serikin Fulani of Igangan Ibarapa local government area of Oyo State, has counted his losses after his settlement was attacked by some suspected supporters of Yoruba Activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, stating that he lost seven of his men during the invasion. AbdulKadir claimed that seven Fulanis and properties worth over N500m…