The former lawmaker representing Kogi West Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Dino Melaye says he regrets supporting the Buhari-led administration in 2015. Back in 2015, Dino was a member of APC and he campaigned for President Buhari. Melaye was among those that canvassed support for Buhari’s presidential ambition, having dumped the PDP for the…
Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, has once again ruled out his possibility of defecting from his party, PDP, to the ruling party, APC. Wike gave the fresh assurance in a recent interview with BBC Pidgin. He described PDP as being infected with Malaria while APC has cancer. According to him, he cannot leave a…
Justice Patricia Ajoku of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Wednesday, March 17, convicted and sentenced five men for internet fraud. The convicts are: Omosehin Sina, Yusuf Olajide Bello, Olowosogba Olamilekan Samson, Bakare Omolayo Toheed and Sodiq Oluwasegun Adefila. According to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the men…
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Buba Marwa has recommended a drug test for politicians. Marwa made the recommendation during a meeting with Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos in Marina on Wednesday March 17. He said; “Running for public offices is a big responsibility. You should not be…
Russia’s President, Vladmir Putin has reacted to US President Joe Biden calling him a killer and saying that he would “pay a price” for 2020 US election interference. When asked about Biden’s comments during a video call on Thursday March 18, that was aired on Russian state TV, Putin said he wished his counterpart in Washington good…
The Rivers State Police Command has recovered the lifeless body of a man suspected to have been murdered by unknown persons. It was gathered that the hands and feet of the man identified as Onyeka Onuorah, were bound and the body tied to a mast belonging to a telecommunications company on Abel Jumbo Street,…
A 31-year-old Nigerian man has been arrested in Vadodara, Gujarat for duping a trader of Rs 22.67 lakh (N11,886,780.11m) The accused identified as Elvis Owie was arrested by the cybercrime cell of Vadodara police on Wednesday, March 17. Owie was nabbed from Mumbai after the cops tracked him down through the bank account…
Executive director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Faisal Shuaib has announced that all states in the country have received supplies of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine which arrived the country weeks ago, except Kogi. Shuaib who disclosed this on Thursday March 18, said Kogi is yet to receive the vaccine due to the non-repair…
Twin brothers, Taiye and Kehinde Adebayo have been handed a jail sentence after being convicted over offences bordering on internet fraud. The twin brothers who were prosecuted by the Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, were arraigned on a seven count charge to which they pleaded guilty. The charge against Taiye read in…
Maiduguri has reportedly been off the national grid for two months as a result of some power stations and transmission lines outside the city being bombed by Boko Haram. Channels Television reported that when repairs commenced, the insurgents laid land mines which injured officials of the Transmission Company of Nigeria. While repairs have progressed under…
