The General Manager of the Oyo State Fire Service, Akinyemi Akinyinka, on Saturday, raised the alarm that hoodlums have broken into some shops at the popular Araromi Spare Parts Market, Agodi-Gate in Ibadan, the state capital. A massive fire engulfed the market, destroying goods and property worth millions of naira. Akinyinka explained that despite the…
The Commissioner of Police, Rivers State Police Command, CP Olugbenga A Adepoju, has visited the scene of a gruesome attack on the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Rivers State Cassava Project Limited, Mr. Gibson Reuben, an expatriate from the Netherlands. The incident occurred on Monday, 13th. January, 2025, at about 2030hrs. at Aleto Eleme…
The State House has allocated the sum of N10bn in the 2025 approved budget for the installation of a solar mini-grid at the Presidential Villa. This follows an increase in the overall budgetary allocation to the State House Headquarters, which rose from N47.11bn in the initially proposed 2025 budget to N57.11bn in the approved version….
The Nigeria Police Force has said the officials from the National Cybercrime Center arrested one Bristol Tamunobiefiri, also known as PIDOM, for allegedly undermining the integrity of government operations. Tamunobiefiri operates as an anonymous whistleblower on X.com, 99% Oppressed, and tweets as #PIDOMNIGERIA. The police said PIDOMNigeria was arrested on August 5 in his hotel…
Former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has declared his support for the state governor, Biodun Oyebanji for a second term in office, regardless of what his party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would do to him. Fayose stated this at the weekend in Ado-Ekiti, during the commissioning of De-Head/ Faglo Road and electrification project that…
President Bola Tinubu has urged young Nigerians active in digital media to use their platforms responsibly and promote national unity. Speaking at the progressives digital media summit held in Abuja on Friday, Tinubu said new media influencers must verify information before sharing and focus their influence on building a better society. “Your generation has recognised…
A bill to amend the Electoral Act 2022 to make voting compulsory for Nigerians of voting age has passed second reading in the House of Representatives. The proposed legislation was sponsored by the Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas, and Daniel Ago. Leading the debate during plenary on Thursday, Ago said the bill aimed to encourage citizens’ participation…
A former governor of Rivers State who served between 2017 and 2015, Rotimi Amaechi, has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) would not have won the 2015 Nigerian elections if the current chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, was the chairman at the time. Amaechi said this while speaking on…
Chinese football on Tuesday banned 43 people for life over alleged gambling and match-fixing, including three former China internationals and South Korean player Son Jun-ho, state news agency Xinhua said. Beijing has in recent years deepened a crackdown on corruption in Chinese sports, especially football, and jailed several top officials. The 43 were among 128…
Justice Kudirat Motonmori Olatokunbo Kekere-Ekun is set to become Nigeria’s second female Chief Justice (CJN) following the impending retirement of the current CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola on August 2024. Justice Kekere-Ekun, currently the second most senior justice of the Supreme Court, would become the second woman to hold this position in Nigeria’s history, succeeding Justice…