Year: 2021
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Hushpuppi: Police Sources Speak on Alleged Reinstatement of Abba Kyari
As unsubstantiated report of reinstatement of super police cop, Abba Kyari continues to gather momentum on social media, sources from the force who spoke to the Punch faulted the report adding that, the suspended police boss is still on suspension which was premised on his indictment by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI. Kyari, a…
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FG Warns Nigerians Against Purported Payment of N80,000 Survival Fund
The Federal Government has warned Nigerians to be wary of fraudulent messages making the rounds over the purported payment of N80,000 to beneficiaries of the Survival Fund Scheme. A statement issued in Abuja, on Saturday, by the Project Delivery Office (PDO) of the Scheme, said that the news of such payment was the handiwork of…
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Stop Using Us To Bargain, ASUU Tells NASU, SSANU, NAAT
By Nigerian Tribune The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has advised the trio of Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU), the Senior Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) to stop using ASUU to bargain for whatever they think is due to them from the government. The President of…
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EFCC Boss, Bawa Breaks Silence Over Invasion of Supreme Court Judge’s Residence
Chairman of the Economics and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has reacted to the inavasion of residence of Supreme Court Judge, Justice Mary Odili by security agents last night. There were reports flying on the social media that the anti-graft agency was behind the raid but the commission later issued a statement to deny being responsible.…
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22-year-old Kwara NCE Graduate Hangs Self Over Impotence
An NCE graduate, Idris Shuaib, who was a resident of Ankara Wooro Compound, in Gwanara, Baruten local government area of Kwara State has hanged self over impotence. Idris, 22, was found dangling on a cashew tree in his father’s farm after a bottled up depression following his inability to sleep with ladies. A Neighbour,young woman…
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Oyo Jailbreak: FG Releases More Images, Names of Fleeing Inmates
The Federal Government through the Nigerian Correctional Service, has released more details on the identities of inmates who escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Oyo. Recall that facility was attacked by some yet to be identified gunmen on October 22 and hundreds of inmates were set free. The data of those who escaped from…
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Two Herbalists, 24 Suspected ‘Yahoo-Boys’ Arrested in Ibadan (Photos)
Two acclaimed herbalists, Ajisafe Toheeb and Ogundayo Usman, and twenty four suspected internet fraudsters, yahoo Boys, were arrested by operatives of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, at Soka area of Ibadan, Oyo State, over their alleged involvement in offences bordering on internet fraud. Four of the arrested suspects claimed to be students of a…
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Just In: NECO Releases SSCE Results (See Breakdown of Candidates Performance)
The National Examination Council, NECO, on Friday announced the release of the results of the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination, SSSCE, conducted nationwide in July. NECO Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, Prof. Dantali Wushishi, disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Minna. He said that out of 1,233,631 candidates who registered; 1,226,631 actually sat for the…
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Weeks After School Closure, OAU Annouces Reopening of Varsity
Weeks after the closure of Obafemi Awolowo University as a result of students protest following the death of a final year student of foreign languages, Aishat, the Management of the institution has announced the reopening of the citadel of learning. The management in a statement issued by the Public Relations Officer of, Abiodun Olarewaju, stated…
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Appeal Court Throws Out Uche Secondus Suit Against PDP
The Port Harcourt Division of the Court of Appeal has threw out a suit by filed by suspended national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus. The PDP ws also granted leave to proceed with its elective national convention scheduled for October 30 and October 31. The panel of three judges led…