The Senate has approved the deployment of the 5G network in Nigeria, following the outcome of investigations by a Joint Committee mandated to carry out the same. The approval followed the consideration of the report of the Joint Committee on Communications, Science and Technology, ICT and Cyber Crimes, and Primary Health Care and Communicable Diseases….
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it destroyed a 20 feet container load of bagged soya bean seeds in Port Harcourt, Rivers. Mr Cyril Monye, the agency South-South zone Public Relations officer of the agency announced this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. Monye quoted the South-South zone…
The Kano State Hisbah Board has arrested a 40-year old woman, Salomi Jerome, and her husband, Igina Salomi, 50, for allegedly trafficking a baby from Delta to Kano. The Commander General of the board, Dr. Harun Ibn-sina confirmed the arrest in a statement issued to newsmen by the Board’s Public Relations Officer, Malam Lawan Ibrahim in Kano. Ibn-Sina disclosed that the suspects were arrested…
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, urged the Senate to approve a new external loan of N2,343,387,942,848.00, about $6.183billion, for the Federal Government to finance the 2021 budget deficit. Senate President Ahmad Lawan read Buhari’s letter of request on the floor of the Senate at plenary. Details soon….
Further details about the fraud allegedly committed by Governor Dapo Abiodun’s aide, Abidemi Rufai have emerged. According to PM News, the aide did not only make fraudulent unemployment claims in Washington State, he made the same claims in at least six other states. These are Hawaii, Wyoming, Massachusetts, Montana, New York, and Pennsylvania, according to a statement by…
A python has died after swallowing a pregnant goat. A Facebook user, Adigun Hassan shared the video on his page. He wrote: “This python was killed early this morning here in shagamu.” The incident happened in Sagamu area of Ogun state. After the python died, the local hunters had to cut open its stomach to reveal the dead pregnant goat it had swallowed. Check out the…
Miss Deborah Ighiwiyisi Agbonayinma, daughter of a member of the House of Representatives, has been declared wanted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). Deborah is wanted in connection with issues bordering on using fake degree certificates to gain employment with PenCom. Deborah Agbonayinma, is the daughter of Ehionzuwa Johnson Agbonayinwa, a member of the House of Representatives and Ad-hoc Committee Chairman…
Vanguard reports that a 14-year-old girl who was allegedly gang-r*ped by seven suspected cultists at Ogboli village in Issele-Uku, Aniocha North Local Government Area, Delta State has narrated her ordeal in the hands of her r*pists. The girl (names withheld) who went through one week of intensive medical examination and treatment at a government hospital in Asaba, told members…
AT least, 19 offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission have been gutted by fire in the last two years, The PUNCH revealed. A breakdown of the fire incidents showed that the most affected states include Akwa Ibom (four), Abia (three) Anambra (two) and Imo (two). Other states that witnessed fire incidents between February 2019 and May…
President Muhammadu Buhari’s son-in-law, Gimba Yau Kumo, and two others were on Thursday declared wanted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission over diversion and misappropriation of $65 million National Housing fund. A statement signed by Azuka C. Ogugua, ICPC Spokesperson, urged the public to provide information about the whereabouts of Mr…