Kehinde was found on the floor of her room shaking while the smell of the poison she took could be perceived. A 23-year-old woman and employee of Shoprite in Akure, the Ondo State capital, Jumoke Kehinde, has reportedly committed suicide after being suspended from work. Kehinde was found dead on …
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Offa Robbery: SARS Tortured Us To Implicate Saraki, Petitioners Told Panel
Two petitioners at the Judicial Panel of Enquiry on “EndSARS” sitting in Ilorin, Kwara state capital Wednesday narrated how officers and men of the disbanded Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS) tortured them to implicate former Senate President Bukola Saraki in the April 5, 2018 Offa robbery incident. The petitioners alleged that …
Read More »Unknown Girl Kidnaps Toddler In Anambra (Photo)
A little boy identified as Prosper Chibuike Nnabuife has been abducted by a yet-to-be-identified girl in Nnewichi, Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Newsextra24 reports. The missing boy is the son of Adolphus and Onyinye Nnabuife, of Uli town in Ihiala Local Government Area of the state. According …
Read More »Dauda Birma Dies In Yola
Former minister of education Dauda Birma has died after a brief illness in Yola, Adamawa State capital, Newsextra24 reports. Mr Birma who was also a presidential aspirant under the defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) died on Tuesday. His son Musa Birma wrote an emotional message on Facebook. “Innalillahi wa …
Read More »Oyo Officials Arraigned For ‘Stealing & Selling’ COVID-19 Palliatives
THE police on Tuesday arraigned two officials of the Oyo State Government at an Iwo Road Chief Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, for allegedly stealing and selling 40 bags of sugar from the state’s COVID-19 palliatives. The defendants are a 50-year-old driver, Adebiyi Azeez, and Sunday Akinleye, a 43-year-old Assistant Protocol Officer in …
Read More »Don Davis: Shalom Ominiyi Denies Ever Molesting Deeper Life Schoolboy
Deeper Life School Saga: Accused student denies bullying, molesting Don-Davies One of the students who allegedly molested and bullied 11-year-old Don Davies Archibong in Deeper Life High School, Idoro, Uyo Akwa Ibom State, Shalom Omoniyi, has denied the allegation levelled against him. Parents of Don-Davies, Mr and Mrs Iniobong Archibong, had …
Read More »Obaseki’s Certificate An Incomplete Photocopy, University Of Ibadan Tells Court
The University of Ibadan, on Tuesday, confirmed to the Federal High Court in Abuja that it issued a Bachelor of Arts certificate to Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State in 1979, but that the photocopy he submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, was incomplete. The University, which was …
Read More »₦10.9 Billion Fraud: Court Jails Ex-Finbank MD, Nwosu, Three Others
N10.9bn Fraud: Court Jails Ex-Finbank MD, Nwosu, Three Others Justice Lateefa A. Okunnu of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, on Tuesday, January 5, 2021, convicted and sentenced Okey Nwosu, a former Managing Director, Finbank Plc, to three years imprisonment for over 10bn fraud. The Economic and Financial …
Read More »Paternity Scandal: FCMB’s MD, Adam Nuru Goes On Leave As Probe Begins
The Managing Director , First City Monument Bank Limited, Adam Nuru, has been forced to go on leave to enable the bank to investigate the paternity allegations against him. This was disclosed in a statement by the bank on Tuesday. The statement read, “ We are aware of several stories …
Read More »Ekweremadu Chased Out Of Football Match In Enugu
Former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, was on Sunday, whisked away in Ulunya, Ovoko, Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area of Enugu State, when some suspected thugs invaded a football pitch where he kicked-off a match. Vanguard gathered that some thugs who were not comfortable that a football tournament was …
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