Popular Max FM presenter, Emmanuella Pobeni Adepoju, popularly known as Iya Jogbo, is dead. In a statement by the management of TVC Communications, owners of TVC, TVC News, and Max FM Lagos and Abuja, Iya Jogbo died on Friday, July 24, after a brief illness from Bronchitis and an enlarged heart. https://www.instagram.com/tvcnewsng/?utm_source=ig_embed She was known…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been ordered to release all items seized from Ismaila Mustapha popularly known as Mompha by a federal high court sitting in Lagos. Justice Liman who ruled on a July 6 application filed by Mompha’s counsel, Mr Gboyega Oyewole (SAN), ordered the return of the items which include…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday July 24, announced that 591 new cases of Coronavirus were recorded in Nigeria. A breakdown of the new cases across states is as follows; Oyo-191. Lagos-168, FCT-61, Ondo-29, Osun-26, Ebonyi-24, Edo-23, Ogun-14, Rivers-13, Akwa Ibom-12, Kaduna-10, Katsina-6, Borno-4, Ekiti-3, Delta-3, Imo-3, Niger-1. There are now 39,539 confirmed cases of Coronavirus…
The United States Navy has commended a Nigerian man identified as Lieutenant Victor Agunbiade for managing it’s largest overseas cash disbursement office well. Lieutenant Agunbiade was awarded the Navy and Marin Corp Development Medal for his exemplary accountability. According to the US Navy, Agunbiade effectively managed its largest cash disbursing office handling 45 million dollars…
Two brothers identified as Akinola Akeem and Muyiwa Akeem and their native doctor, Odunta Moses, have been arrested by operatives of the of the Nigeria Police Force Intelligence Response Team (IRT). The suspects said to be members of a notorious robbery gang that has been terrorizing Ijebu Mushin area of Ogun State for a long time, were arrested after…
A Nigerian care worker in the UK has been ordered to leave the country by the end of the month despite his contributions towards fighting the Coronavirus pandemic. 30-year-old Anugwom Izuchukwu Goodluck left Nigeria in 2018 to study a master’s degree in International Relations at the University of Sussex. After graduating last summer, he began…
The Force Intelligence Response Team, IRT of the Nigerian Police Force, has arrested seven employees of an energy company, Xinxin energy in Odogbolu, Ogun state, for kidnapping and killing a 65-year-old Chinese national, Defa Song, the father of Hongli Song who is the owner of the company where they worked. Vanguard reports that the seven suspects identified as Adetayo…
604 new cases of Coronavirus were recorded in Nigeria on Thursday July 23, as confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). A breakdown of the new cases across states in the country is as follows; Lagos-203, Oyo-87, FCT-79, Edo-41, Osun-35, Ogun-24, Rivers-22, Kaduna-22, Akwa Ibom-20, Plateau-18, Delta-9, Ebonyi-9, Imo-8, Enugu-5, Kano-5, Cross River-5, Katsina-4,…
The Federal Government has said that SS3 students may have to sit for the General Certificate Examinations (GCE) in November if there is no shift in the timetable of the West African Examination Council (WAEC). The Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, said this during the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 briefing on…
Adams Oshiomhole, the suspended national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has disclosed that Governor Godwin Obaseki was disqualified with materials provided by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The APC Chieftain who spoke at his residence in Benin on Thursday July 23, insisted that they don’t want to repeat same mistake they made in Bayelsa state in…