A Kano State tricycle rider who returned N19 million to its owner is considering marrying the four women offered to him as compensation by the Matchmaking Marriage Association, also known as Mai Dalilin Aure. Auwalu Salisu stirred reaction across the board when he found N19m, including some CFA currency, and returned it …
Read More »Tanzania
‘I Am In Serious Debt’ – Labour Party Candidate Claims
A candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Delta State, Harrison Gwamnishu on Saturday lamented that he is in serious debt and no longer mentally stable. Newsextra24 understands that the human rights activist contested the State House of Assembly seat in Delta State in the March 18 election and lost. Gwamnishi in a …
Read More »Abductors Of Benue Commissioner Demand N60m Ransom
…subject him to torture to press home their demand THE abductors of Mr Matthew Abo the Benue State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism are demanding a ransom of N60billion to have him released. Recall that the Commissioner was kidnapped from his home in Zaki-Biam, Ukum Local Government Area, LGA, …
Read More »Nationwide Strike: We’re Can’t Violate Any Court Order – Labour Tells FG
THE Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has faulted the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, over the statement credited to him to the effect that the proposed strike slated to commence from October 3 is in violation of the pending interim injunctive order granted …
Read More »Ex-Kwara Commissioner Explains EFCC invitation
THE immediate past Commissioner for Works and Transport in Kwara, Mr Rotimi Illiyasu, has dismissed speculations of his invitation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged financial misappropriation. Iliyasu noted that the widely circulated report said he was grilled by the EFCC over projects he handled while …
Read More »Strike: Why Labour Didn’t Attend Meeting With FG
AHEAD of the October 3 commencement of indefinite strike by organized labour, the meeting convened by the Federal Government with the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, could not hold as a result of the short notice given to labour. The …
Read More »Lagos State Government Bans Street Trading, Hawking
THE Lagos State Government (LASG) on Friday announced a total ban on street trading, hawking, building of illegal structures on drainage setbacks and the display of wares on walkways across the state. The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tokunbo Wahab, made the announcement in a statement in …
Read More »Nasarawa Polytechnic Bans Students From Post-exam Celebrations
THE management of Isa Mustapha Agwai I Polytechnic, Lafia, Nasarawa State, has banned after-exam sign-out celebrations for graduating students on campus and beyond the polytechnic’s main gate. This was made known via a circular signed by the school’s Public Relations Officer, Ali Hassan Mohammed. According to the information, the ban …
Read More »Corruption Alert: Ambrose Alli University’s Graduate Stabs Self Over Management Refusal To Release Result, Five Years After Graduation
MASTER Precious Ogbeide, a 2018 graduate of Ambrose Ali University in Ekpoma, Edo State made an attempt on his life after the institution fragrantly refused to release his results for not gratifying them, five years after. Master Precious stabbed himself on Monday this week with pieces of shattered glass after …
Read More »US Longest-serving Female Senator, Dianne Feinstein Dies At 90
VETERAN Senator Dianne Feinstein, a titan of US political history who notched a string of legislative achievements during a trailblazing three-decade career in the Senate, has died. She was 90. Feinstein, the Senate’s oldest member, was celebrated as a pioneer for women in politics and a hugely effective legislator. During …
Read More »