A Deputy Registrar of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) Ondo State, Dr Amos Arijesuyo, has been killed by suspected bandits on Sunday night, January 17. Dr. Arijesuyo was attacked by the armed bandits while driving in his personal vehicle along the Ilesa-Akure road. A statement by the Deputy Director, Corporate Communications…
wo retired top civil servants, Accountant-General of the Federation, Jonah Ogunniyi Otunla, and an ex-Comptroller-General of Customs, Abdullahi Inde Dikko have disclosed how they refunded N8.2billion loot to the treasury. The Nation reports that the government officials refunded the monies to avoid prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt…
A Nigerian consultant anesthetist based in the United Kingdom who was suspended for beating his 10-year-old son has been reinstated back. Dr. Adekunle Okunuga, 59, reportedly caned his young son with the kitchen brush for misbehaving at school and made him perform squat thrusts and stand on one leg with his arms in the…
A Nigerian national has been hospitalized after he swallowed Cocaine during a raid conducted by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in upscale Juhu, Mumbai. According to journalist, Pratik Salunke, the high drama unfolded outside a five-star hotel in Juhu on Thursday, January 14, where the NCB team reached while acting on a tip off.…
Operatives of the Oyo State Security Network which is also known as Amotekun have arrested tailors involved in sewing of fake uniforms of the security outfit. Chairman of Amotekun Corps, Gen. Kunle Togun (retd.) said this in an interview on FRESH 105.9 FM Political Circuit. He said tailors who were arrested around Challenge area of Ibadan after…
Days after the senate of the University of Lagos approved January 25 as the resumption date for academic activities, the management of the institution has denied charging N50,000 for online classes. In a statement titled ‘Disclaimer: UNILAG resumption is absolutely free’, Head of the Media Unit of the university, Mrs Olufadeke Akinleye insisted that the online classes are “absolutely…
Founding member of the Arewa Consultative Forum and elder statesman, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai has faulted the continuous blame on northerners over the challenges the country is going through. Yakasai who noted that the North has produced more leaders compared to the South while speaking at an online conference themed ‘The 2nd Never Again Conference: 51 years after…
The House of Representatives has kicked against resumption of schools amid the the increasing cases of COVID-19 in the country. The lower chamber of the national assembly which proposed a postponement of resumption for three months, said government officials did not consult the relevant committees of the National Assembly, contrary to their claim that…
A 3-year-old boy, who was rescued alive from a well in Sapele, Delta State, has alleged that a yet-to-be-identified woman threw him into the hole. The incident happened at Comprehensive Road in Amukpe area of Sapele on Saturday night, January 16. It was gathered residents of the area heard a child crying from inside the…
A former Minister of State for Finance and Minister of Commerce and Industry, Senator Jubril Martins-Kuye, has died. He was 78 years old. Late Kuye died in his home at Victoria Garden City, Lagos this morning January 17. Born on August 1942 in Ago Iwoye, Ijebu constituency of Ogun State studied sociology at the…
