The police in Lagos state has begun an investigation into the demise of the Deputy Country Senior Partner, Price Waterhouse Coopers, Nigeria, Tola Ogundipe, who drowned while boating on a coast near Lagos. According to reports, Ogundipe went boating on his own on Sunday, September 6. However, he was declared missing after he wasn’t seen on the…
Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, August 8, sentenced five persons to death by hanging for kidnapping and murdering a Shell staff, named Anthony Okoro. The five defendants out of seven persons in suit number PHC/324/2017, are Oluchi Charles (1st defendant), Miracle Anumuna (2nd defendant), Ifeanyi Simon (3rd defendant), Koko Basset (4th defendant)…
A man and his wife from Florida are facing felony charges for “child neglect with great bodily harm” after their 3 month old baby died due to alleged neglect while another child of theirs tested positive for hard drugs. Parents, Cheyanne Bury Schilling aged 24 and her partner Jonathan Lopez, 25, are now in the…
The critical thinkers of Oyo State Youth Stakeholders comprise of youth cut across the 33 local governments in Oyo State.Participants at the critical thinkers’ meeting include seasoned journalists, artisans, health personnel, educators, students, and leadership of many youth organizations.At the end of the deliberation, the following decisions were arrived on.That His Excellency, Governor Seyi Makinde…
A 25-year-old man identified as Hamisu Tukur has been arrested by police officers in the Bwari Police Division in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) command for allegedly stealing a vehicle that belongs to the Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC) Headquarters at Wuse Zone 5, Abuja. A statement released by the FCT Police Command Public Relations Officer, DSP…
A security guard identified as Solomon Ede has died after he allegedly slept wearing his face mask in his place of work in Alako area of Abeokuta, Ogun state on Friday, August 28. The Nation reports that Solomon was well known in the area for never failing to wear his face mask as part of measures to protect…
Security agencies in the country have been put on red alert following an intelligence report that the Boko Haram sect might have begun to lay siege on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Kogi, and Nasarawa state. Thisday reports that an internal memo issued by the Comptroller Enforcement of the Nigerian Customs Service, H.A. Sabo on…
A photographer has narrated how his brother who went missing during his NYSC programme, was allegedly found in SARS cell after three days. @nattie_best revealed that the alleged incident happened over a year ago and no physical harm was done to his brother when he was found. He tweeted; My younger brother was missing for 3 days. It’s…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the fresh increase in the price of fuel to N151 per liter and electricity tariff to N66 per kwh under the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its government, describing such as ”callous, cruel, and punishing.” In a statement released by its National spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party demanded an immediate reversal…
The Federal Government has asked members of the public to disregard the Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA) scholarship list which is currently in circulation. The circulating list titled “JUSTICE TO ONE IS JUSTICE TO ALL”, was attached to a letter purportedly written by a Nigerian abroad to the education minister Adamu Adamu over an alleged skewness of the…