Dear Hajiya, With gratitude to God for a vacation well spent, I, Babatunde Odesola, Esq., heartily rejoice on the safe return of the First Lady, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, to Nigeria after spending 4,380 hours in the cozy United Arab Emirates city called Dubai, away from the kisses and cuddles of her aged husband, Major General…
The Ekiti State Government alongside the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has agreed that intending couples would have to undergo the issuance of drug-free certificates before they get married. They also agreed to collaborate with stakeholders on how to tackle the scourge of drug abuse. These were some of the highlights in a communiqué issued…
An 80-year-old retired lecturer, Muritala Haroon, on Thursday told a Customary Court sitting in Mapo, that his wife, Afsat, still denies him sex. At the resumed hearing in the suit, Haroon, a professor, said: “my wife did not abide by the advice given to her by this court to allow peace to reign by agreeing…
Instagram, an American photo and video sharing service, has announced a new policy that would prevent adults from sending private messages to teenagers who do not follow them. In a blog post on Tuesday, the company said the move became imperative so as to make its platform safer for young users. According to the Facebook-owned company, the…
Facebook is trying to clean up its Groups experience and limit the reach of potentially problematic users and communities. The company announced multiple changes to groups today, including plans to put users who break rules on probation, further limit the reach of civic and political groups, and require more moderation in groups that have violated…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has introduced new charges for customers using the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data services. The apex bank said effective Tuesday, customers will pay a flat fee of N6.98 per transaction every time they use USSD services. It said the new charges as part of the agreement reached when banks and telecommunication…
Former Governor of Ogun State and current senator Ibikunle Amosun could be paired with Attorney General of the Federation Abubakar Malami as Vice-President to succeed Muhammadu Buhari in 2023, according to APC and White House powerbrokers. Apart from the fact that both Amosun and Malami are close allies of President Buhari, SaharaReporters has learned that the party hopes to…
A 38-year-old lecturer at the Kwara State College of Health Technology, Offa, Adebisi Ademola, was on Friday sentenced to six months imprisonment for his involvement in a romance scam. Justice Sikiru Oyinloye, of the Kwara state high court sitting in Ilorin, convicted Ademola. He was among the 33 suspected fraudsters arrested on September 14, 2020 in Offa area of…
The Federal Government has approved paternity leave for the staff of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA). The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, disclosed this at the presentation of NITDA’s Employee-Centric and Scheme of Service in Abuja on Tuesday. “Both documents took almost five years to complete and…
Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, the governor of Ondo State, has said that he would no longer allow transport unions or any other body to sell tickets to commercial drivers in the state. Akeredolu said greed was pushing factions of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, to engage in bloody fight over sale of tickets. The…
