Category: News
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102-year-old ‘Great Grandma’ Declares Interest in 2023 Presidential Election
102-year-old year old ‘great grandma’ has declared her intentions to vie for the apex political seat in the country in the much awaited 2023 presidential election. The woman, Nonye Josephine Ezeanyaeche says she has good plans to be executed in Nigeria should she be voted in as President. Ezeanyaeche, who is also called ‘living legend’…
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Read How Pantami Reacts To ASUU’s Stance On His Professorship
Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Ali Pantami yesterday, Wednesday February 16 declined to comment on Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, refusing to acknowledge his promotion as a professor of Cybersecurity by the Federal University of Technology, Owerri. Recall that ASUU had described the professorship awarded to Pantami as illegal, adding that it will sanction those involved. Asked…
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Kaduna Imam Died at 130, Leaves 26 Children, 290 Grandchildren, Over 200 Great Grandchildren
The Chief Imam of Kafanchan Central Mosque, Sheikh Adam Tahir, has died at the age of 130 years. He left 26 children, 290 grandchildren, and more than 200 great-grandchildren behind, according to NAN. Deputy Chief Imam of Kafanchan, Alhaji Muhammad Kassim, said Sheikh Adam died on Wednesday evening after an illness. Kassim said the late…
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Family Member Narrates How Lagos Commercial Bus Driver Who Was Reportedly Sets Self Ablaze Died
Punch Newspaper A family member and a colleague of a bus driver, identified as Ayobami, aka Ero, have denied that he set himself ablaze after his vehicle was impounded around 7 and 8 Bus Stop, Airport Road, Lagos State. The aggrieved family and colleague, who spoke to PUNCH during a visit to the area on…
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Probe: Abba Kyari Accuses IPOB, ESN
The embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, has accused members of the proscribed the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Eastern Security Network (ESN) are behind his predicaments. The suspended cop made this claim when he appeared before a probe panel led by Joseph Egbunike, a Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG) at the Force…
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How Efforts To ‘Sheild’ Kyari By Top Officers Failed, Report
Daily Trust The declaration of suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari wanted by the National Drug Law enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and his subsequent arrest on Monday followed failed attempts by police top brass to shield him from the latest and previous probes, Daily Trust can report. Kyari, who is the Commander of Intelligence…
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We Wrote Over 30 Letters, Visited You Last Week, ASUU Replies FG
We wrote over 30 letters…visited you last week, Thursday… you are not sincere- ASUU president replies Adamu Adamu 🇳🇬 Education Minister …Says FG has not reached out to them, since the strike commenced. In a swift reaction to the Minister of Education position on the on-going strike, ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, faulted the statement…
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LASU Reacts To Purported Fire Incident at Senate Building
The management of Lagos State University, LASU has reacted to the viral video depicting that the institution’s Senate Building was gutted by fire on Wednesday afternoon. The varsity’s Coordinator, Centre for Information Press and Public Relations, Ademola Adekoya, made the clarification in a statement titled, ‘Disregard Video Showing LASU Senate Building on Fire’.Ademola said that…
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Abba Kyari: NDLEA Sheds More Light on Indicted Officers
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, on Wednesday shed more light on the indicted officers of the Nigeria Police Force adding the, it has no reason to protect anyone fingered in the course of the ongoing investigation of a 25kg cocaine deal involving a gang, headed by Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari.…
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Lagos Commercial Bus Driver Sets Self Ablaze Over Seizure of Shuttle
A Lagos commercial bus driver whose name is yet to be unravelled on Tuesday set himself ablaze in the Ajao Estate area of Lagos State over seizure of his shuttle. According to PUNCH, the operatives of the task force from the Lagos State Ministry of Transportation, while on enforcement duties along the Airport Road area…