Month: November 2021
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CJN Swears In 22 New FCT Judges (Full List)
Chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), Ibrahim Muhammad, on Tuesday. swore in 22 new high court judges of the federal capital territory (FCT). The judges were nominated by the National Judicial Council (NJC) in April 2020. The newly appointed judges are: Madugu Mohammed Alhaji (Oyo)Agunloye Kayode (Ondo)Enenche Eleojo (Kogi)Aminu Mohammad Abdullahi (Kano)Nwecheonwu Chinyere Elewe (Rivers)Ibrahim Mohammed…
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Abuja Court Jails Corps Member For Defrauding American Citizens of $1000
A 30- year-old member of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has been sentenced to two months jail term for posing as Dr Joshua to defraud an American citizen, Maria, of $1000 dollars. Justice Inyang Ekwo of Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday while delivering the judgment did not give option of fine. The…
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Suspect In Police Net Accused Adedoyin’s Son Of Arranging Evacuation, Dumping of Late OAU Student in Bush
As accusations and counter accusations continue to trail the circumstances surrounding the death of a Masters student Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Timothy Oludare Adegoke, the Osun State Commissioner of Police, Wale Olokode has said that one of the suspects in police net has reportedly confessed that son of the owner of Hiltons Hotels and Resorts…
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EFCC Grills Fani-Kayode Over Alleged Forgery
Leading anti-graft agency in the country, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over alleged forgery and manipulation of documents. According to the Punch, the ex-minister, was brought to the Lagos Zonal Office of the anti-graft agency on…
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Elder Brother of OAU Student Insists Late Brother Was Butchered, Gives Details
Elder brother of the late Masters student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Gbade Adegoke, Adegoke Timothy, on Tuesday accused Osun State Police Command of being economical with the truth, adding that his late brother was butchered as against the police’s claim that his body was intact after his body was exhumed. Gbade…
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DSS Gives Update On Extradition of Sunday Igboho To Nigeria
The Department of State Services, DSS, has given update on the extradition of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho back to Nigeria, the Punch reports. The PUNCH had reported that Igboho after a raid on his Ibadan home by operatives of the Department of State Services had escaped to Cotonou in…
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#EndSARS:Lai Muhammed Faults Lagos Panel Report
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Tuesday, has faulted the recently submitted report carried out by the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of the Lekki Toll Gate shootings. Mohammed, who also described the leaked report of the Lagos State panel as fake, stated this at a press…
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Kwara Poly Radio Station To Go Live Next Month, Governor AbdulRahman
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq led government in Kwara has announced that the state owned Polytechnic radio station will go live next month, December 15, 2021 and promised adequate funding of the institution. AbdulRazaq also approved N50m for accreditation of old and new courses at Kwara State Polytechnic to keep the institution’s programmes up-to-date. The governor made…
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Pathologists, Family Members Witness 4-hour Autopsy of Slain OAU MBA Student
The Nigerian Tribune Autopsy on the remains of Timothy Adegoke, a masters student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State was on Monday conducted at the Uniosun Teaching Hospital Complex, Osogbo. The exercise which began around 2.30 pm of the day, ended around 6.30 pm and family members, lawyers and pathologists from both sides…
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N100Million Challenge And Davido’s Super Donation To The Orphanage
By: Busy Brain For the past few months, one who is familiar with my writings and updates on pages of newspapers, either Nigerian Tribune, the Nation, or any of the online platforms would observe a hiatus. Countless times, I have been challenged by associates, friends, fans through calls and text messages for not writing for…