Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command and their military counterparts on Thursday repelled an attack on a branch of First Bank Plc and a police divisional headquarters located in the Abaji Area Council. The armed robbers were said to have attacked both the bank and police divisional headquarters simultaneously on Thursday. The armed…
The founder of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has revealed that both local and international criminal organisations, which he described as “mafia”, made repeated attempts to sabotage his $19bn refinery project located in Lagos. Speaking at the Afreximbank Annual Meetings, Dangote likened the oil cartels to a mafia stronger than the drug mafia hell-bent on maintaining…
Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji has revealed that some people are not happy with his administration over his decision to remove what he described as the state’s feeding bottle from their mouths. The governor spoke on Thursday in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital during the distribution of 20,000 bags of rice and 10,000 bags of maize…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has lamented that there is hunger in the country. According to him, Nigeria is not a productive country. Makinde noted that what is happening in the country does not reflect where the country and its people should be as a nation. He used the opportunity to appeal to leaders…
An Ado-Ekiti High Court has handed down a life imprisonment sentence to Mr. Enoch Gbinyiam, a pastor of Winners Chapel Church in Omuo-Ekiti, for defiling a minor within the church premises. The court case centered around a single charge of rape, as detailed by State Director of Public Prosecutions, Mr. Julius Ajiba. Ajiba outlined that…
Ibrahim Lamuwa, the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has said that he is being accused of sexual harassment by Simisola Fajemirokun-Ajayi, an official of the ministry, because he refused her demands. Yusuf Tuggar, minister of foreign affairs, had notified Folasade Yemi-Esan, the head of service of the federation (HoS), of the…
President Bola Tinubu is set to receive a draft bill seeking a return to a regional system of government for Nigeria today. The proposed legislation authored by a chieftain of the Yoruba socio-cultural association, Afenifere, Akin Fapohunda, and titled, “A Bill for an Act to substitute the annexure to Decree 24 of 1999 with New…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Thursday, set aside the contempt proceedings instituted by the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, against the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Olanipekun Olukoyede. In a unanimous judgment, the three-man panel of justices; Justice A.M. Talba, Justice D. Z. Senchi, and Justice Joseph…
President Bola Tinubu has dismissed his fall during the presidential parade on 2024 Democracy Day, saying that “democracy is worth falling for”. On Wednesday, the president missed his steps and fell while climbing the parade vehicle at Eagle Square in Abuja. Tinubu momentarily lost his footing but quickly regained his balance with support from his…
Charles Soludo, Governor of Anambra state, has said that elected officials should start earning minimum wage, while stressing that Nigeria is broke. Soludo spoke on Wednesday at the special edition of The Platform, an event organised by The Covenant Nation to facilitate national development. The programme was held to mark Nigeria’s 25 years of unbroken…
