Some gunmen have reportedly killed Mr Samson Omoarebokhae, Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Blessing Agbebaku. Daily Trust reports that the aide was killed on August 31 by suspected gunmen on his way from Ozalla community to Uhomora community in Owan West Local Government of the state….
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr Mansur Muhtar as the chairman of the board of the Bank of Industry Limited. This comes as he also named Dr Olasupo Olusi as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the bank. Others named on the board include Mrs Ifeoma Uz’Okpala (Executive Director, Large Enterprises), Mr…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered that 10 individuals, arrested during the recent #Endbadgovernance protests, should be remanded in both Suleja and Keffi prisons in Niger and Nasarawa states. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling on Monday, also instructed that the only female among them – Angel Love Innocent (51 years) be remanded…
The Edo State Police Command has said it has arrested a 19-year-old self-acclaimed native doctor over the death of his client. The native doctor, who specialises in preparing charms against the effect of gunshots and cutlass attacks, killed his client while trying to prove the efficacy of a charm he prepared for the deceased. The…
A Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, has accused the Nigerian authorities of turning bandits operating in North-west and North-central Nigeria into religious fighters like Boko Haram insurgents operating in the country’s North-east. Mr said a recent video of a jubilant terrorism kingpin, Bello Turji, and his armed bandits celebrating “victory” over the Nigerian military and…
A French pensioner went on trial on Monday for allowing scores of strangers to rape his wife after drugging her, in a case that has horrified the country. Fifty men, whom he recruited online, are also being tried in the southern city of Avignon alongside the main suspect, a 71-year-old former employee of France’s power…
A nationwide strike aimed at ramping up pressure on Israel’s government to secure the release of the remaining hostages in Gaza was set to begin Monday. The call by Israel’s largest union to paralyse the economy follows a night of massive demonstrations, with tens of thousands of protesters taking to the streets in an outpouring…
National Association of University Students (NAUS), National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) and National Association of Nigeria Colleges of Education Students (NANCES) has requested for fact-finding visit from Minster of Agriculture and Director General of Nigerian Emergency Management Agency. In a separate press release to the NEMA DG, Ahmed Habib and Minister for Agriculture, Abubakar…
The students leaders of University Students (NAUS), National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) and National Association of Nigeria Colleges of Education Students (NANCES) have request for fact-finding over how 42,000 metric tonnes of grains disappeared from Ministry of Agriculture, food and security. The students’ leaders lamented that they found it disheartening that under the leadership…
The National Association of University Students (NAUS), National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) and National Association of Nigeria Colleges of Education Students (NANCES) has requested for fact-finding visit over alleged siphoning of palliatives from Directors General of Nigerian Emergency Management Agency, NEMA. In a letter sighted by our correspondent, the students movements demand to unravel…