Heavy vehicle accidents often happen on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. This particular one, which probably happened during the night, involved a trailer carrying fruits and another trailer. No life was lost, however. See photos from the incident below.
A teenage boy allegedly attempted to rape a two-year-old girl in a toilet of the pastor’s house he resides in. The 17-year-old student was on Wednesday hauled before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, where he was arraigned and will be likely charged for attempting to commit rape. According to the prosecutor, “The mother of the victim, a two-year-old,... Read More
A 34-year-old pregnant woman identified as Ikhuenbor Joy has been arraigned before a court for beating another pregnant woman, Gift Nkechi, to a coma. Joy, who is about eight-month pregnant, was said to have bitten Nkechi and punched her severally with her fists. The effect was so bad that a caesarian session had to be performed on... Read More
Still on the Akwa Ibom election petition tribunal, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, says the statement made by the state’s Attorney General, Uwemedimo Nwoko, that it lacked witnesses at the election petitions tribunal are false. Nwoko had, during a radio broadcast by the Akwa Ibom Broadcasting Corporation, said that the APC had run out... Read More
An Asian woman fell to her death in her futile attempt to escape the wicked claws of rapists who had locked her up for some days and took turns in raping her. She died after jumping down from the third floor in Nayef Street in Dubai. However, the crime didnt stop there as instead of reporting the incident,... Read More
The reduction of the National Assembly’s budget from N150bn to N120bn has resulted in unpaid salaries and allowances of members of the House of Representatives. Punch reports that the 360-member legislature has not paid the June and July salaries of lawmakers. The lawmakers were to each receive about N18m in June at the commencement of the 8th Assembly. The... Read More
A comprehensive and thorough probe of the administration of the immediate past president, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, has commenced. The National Economic Council, Ad-hoc Committee on the Management of Excess Crude Account Proceeds and Accruals into the Federation Account, headed by the Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, will hire two international forensic audit firms to probe revenue that... Read More
Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders, a civil society group, has warned President Muhammadu Buhari against appointing the immediate past Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola, as a minister in his cabinet. Chairman of the group, Debo Adeniran, revealed to Punch Newspapers on Thursday, August 6, that Fashola’s administration left behind a mountain of debt and was also... Read More
Boko Haram insurgents shot dead not less than nine people and set homes on fire in an attack on two villages in Yobe, from Wednesday night to Thursday morning. The villagers revealed to AFP that dozens of gunmen came riding motorbikes into Tadagara and Dunbulwa villages. A villager from Tadagara, Shuaibu Nuhu told AFP that: “Boko Haram gunmen... Read More
Two international forensic auditors will be hired to probe the administration of former President, Goodluck Jonathan. The Oshiomhole/El-Rufai Committee set up by President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to contract the services of the auditors, who will determine how much the federal government earned and how much was spent from January 2010 to May 2015. The decision to... Read More
The Presidency has said that only the guilty will be afraid of being probed in the ongoing anti-corruption war of the present administration. The statement was a reaction to the accusation made by senators of the Peoples Democratic Party, led by the former Governor of Akwa Ibom state, Godswill Akpabio, that the anti-corruption war was targeted at... Read More
Governor of Kaduna state, Nasir el-Rufai has directed banks handling the state government accounts to close them and remit the deposits to the Central bank of Nigeria (CBN). El-Rufai explained that the decision was being taken ahead of the commencement of the implementation of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) framework by September 1. This was disclosed... Read More
Contrary to acting as an opposition party, 49 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senators have declared their support for President Muhammadu Buhari. While speaking at a press conference at the National Assembly complex in Abuja on Thursday, minority whip Godswill Akpabio joined 48 other senators to back Buhari. Akpabio said, “The PDP senate caucus reiterates its support to Mr... Read More
1. When prostitutes mourn, customers do what? Even the sex-workers have the liberty to mourn their dead, no? Prostitutes in Abeokuta disregarded their customers, by coming out en masse to mourn their dead on Monday night. Unperturbed by who may be left sex-starved, they staged a candlelight procession in honour of their colleague. 2. Akpabio’s... Read More
The immediate past Chief of Army Staff, Kenneth Minimah is also talking about their inability to conquer Boko Haram after his sacked colleague, Alex Badeh disclosed that the military under their leadership lacked equipment. During his valedictory address at the Pulling-Out ceremony held in commemoration of his retirement from service in Abuja on Wednesday, Minimah said the elites... Read More
Nigerian soldiers risking their life to fight the insurgent group, Boko Haram, earn N49,000 a month, according to a social media influencer, Kayode Ogundamisi. Ogundamisi took to Facebook and Twitter on Thursday to share this information. See the embedded Facebook post and tweets; How much is 500 Nigerian Naira in American $ or British £?... Read More
The Lagos state government has released N11 billion to pay off pensions owed since 2010. The Head of Service, Folashade Jaji said this on Wednesday. She said, “The development is part of efforts put in place by the present administration to find a holistic solution to the issue of payment of pension entitlements to retirees... Read More
A UNILAG part-time lecturer, Afeez Baruwa, has been arrested on Monday for allegedly raping an 18-year-old girl seeking admission into the university, Punch reports. The girl was identified as Caroline (pseudonym). She was reportedly raped inside a study room. In his defense, the lecturer told the police that the sexual intercourse was by mutual consent,... Read More
The family of the deceased Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuade, have reportedly started packing out of the royal palace. Vanguard reports that the remains of the monarch have been taken to Ile’gbo, the place where his coronation took place, which is located within the palace. An Ife traditional title holder, anonymously revealed to Vanguard that: “The body arrived... Read More
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