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…
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…
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…
The Federal Government has reintroduced COVID-19 restrictions across all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Dr Mukhtar Mohammed, declared that this new directive is to take effect by midnight of Tuesday, a member of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, . Mohammed, who is the Head of Technical Secretariat of the PSC, made the announcement while briefing…
Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, a well-known Islamic cleric, has stated that if his child is abducted, he will lock Aso Rock. In an interview with BBC Pidgin on Friday, he reported this. Speaking during the interview, the cleric reiterated his view that ransom should be paid to bandits to free their captives. Recall that on Wednesday, the cleric urged…
A Kubwa Grade I Area Court, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), recently ordered a 17-year-old housewife, Khadija Akarami, to return to her matrimonial home. According to newsmen, delivering judgment, the judge, Muhammad Adamu, held that Khadija, in her testimony admitted to introducing her 51-year-old husband, Abubakar Aliyu, to her parents as her fiancé before they eventually got married. Adamu, however, made his ruling based on the petition…
A comedian and Instagram sensation, Abimbola Olasunbo who is popularly known as Sir Koro have alleged that Comedienne Princess and Nollywood actress Iyabo Ojo deliberately set up the embattled Yoruba actor, Olanrewaju James, popularly known as Baba Ijesha. The police had in April arrested Baba Ijesha for sexually harassing a 14-year-old girl. Announcing his arrest…
A prominent Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has said the students of Greenfield University, Kaduna, were abducted by Boko Haram insurgents, and not bandits. Speaking yesterday on a live TV programe, Gumi said Boko Haram insurgents were beginning to infiltrate bandit herders. “Now, we have two groups of bandits. We have the ordinary Fulani ethnic…
