Following a misunderstanding that broke out between some labourers and some expatriate at a mining site in Osun State, three Chinese expatriates have been reportedly kidnapped. It was gathered that fight ensued between the expatriates and labourers, mainly from the north on Monday, at a mining site located in Akere village, Ifewara in Atakumosa-West local…
A Federal High Court, in Abuja, has issued an arrest warrant for the Managing Director, ExxonMobil Nigeria, Richard Laing, The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), had approached the court for an arrest warrant after three invitations to Liang were rebuffed. Justice Okon Abang on Friday, 29th January 2021, granted the EFCC’s application for the…
The Kaduna State Commissioner for Health, Dr Amina Mohammed-Baloni, has said the government treated more than four million residents of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) in 2020. Mohammed-Baloni, who made the disclosure in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Kaduna, listed NTDs to include lymphatic filariasis, schistosomiasi, soil transmitted helminthes and clephantiasis. Mohammed-Baloni…
Officers of Ogun Police Command have killed a notorious cultist in and suspected serial killer in Odogbolu area of the State Owolabi Oludipe a.k.a Somori. The Command in a press release its spokesperson, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said Somori had been on the police wanted list since November last year when he led his Aiye cult…
The Bauchi State Hisbah command has confiscated 260 crates of alcoholic drinks from hotels and night clubs as part of its effort to enforce the Sharia Islamic code. Malam Aminu Balarabe Isah, the permanent commissioner in charge of Hisbah and Sharia implementation disclosed this on Tuesday, February 2, while displaying the confiscated drinks at the premises…
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) has asked the Federal Government to introduce a social support program to alleviate the huge losses of livestock for herdsmen across the country. In a communique jointly signed by the association’s President, Muhammad Kiruwa, and National Secretary, Baba Othman Ngelzarma and released after a one-day national executive meeting of MACBAN with…
The Footage shared by a lawyer and political activist Esq. Cole shows residents of Oluwatuyi in Akure beating a naked man accused of raping a woman and trying to pluck out her eyes. In the graphic footage, the victim is seen lying naked beside her alleged attacker, with blood on the floor beside her body….
A young barber from Benue State identified as Elijah Ode has been reportedly arrested in Kano for blasphemy. According to a Benue activist, Smith Akoko, the young man, who is also a student, was arrested last Wednesday, after two of his customers were caught with hairstyles deemed blasphemous to the Islamic religion. His cousin, Sunday Ukenya, who confirmed…
The Lagos State Government has declared the executive order restricting the use of motorcycles also known as (okada) and tricycles (keke) in some parts of the state are in accordance with the law. The Director of public affairs in Lagos State Ministry of Justice, Kayode Oyekanmi, in a statement credited to him on Tuesday, said the…
A 47-year-old driver, Kehinde Ilesanmi, was on Monday arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly stealing Guinness Brewery products worth N1.2 million. The defendant was arraigned on a two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing. He, however, denied committing the offences. The Prosecutor, Insp. Emmanuel Ajayi, had told the court that the defendant…
