Ogun State Government places N50 million bounty on killers of finance director

NewsNigeriaOgun State Government places N50 million bounty on killers of finance director

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 8, 2023

The Ogun State Government has announced a N50 million reward for anyone with useful information that could lead to the arrest of the killers of Taiwo Oyekanmi, the State’s late director of finance. Pilot News reported that Oyekanmi was brutally murdered on 29 November by a gang of armed robbers after cashing out an unspecified amount of government funds from a bank. The robbers made away with every penny. Governor Abiodun described the late Oyekanmi...

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FULafia students protest rampant attacks and abductions by bandits

EducationNewsNigeriaFULafia students protest rampant attacks and abductions by bandits

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 8, 2023

The students of the Federal University of Lafia (FULafia) in Nasarawa State took to the streets on Thursday in protest over the increasing spate of bandits attacks and abductions. The school’s hostels have witnessed invasion by bandits in recent times with scores of students ferried away to an unknown destination. The latest attack on Wednesday night saw all the occupants of an off-campus hostel named Confidence Lodge, except two students, abducted. The two students who...

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Gunmen attack Sunshine Stars FC, shoot ball boy

NewsNigeriaSoccerSportsGunmen attack Sunshine Stars FC, shoot ball boy

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 8, 2023

Nigerian football team Sunshine Stars FC were the victims of a terrifying attack as they travelled across the country ahead of their Premier League away match this weekend. The club, which is based in the city of Akure in Ondo State, were en route to Benin City in Edo State on Thursday for a match with Bendel Insurance FC when gunmen attacked them. Sunshine Stars’ ball boy was hit by a bullet and has since...

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Kidnapping: Students Of Federal University of Lafia Stage Protest

EducationNewsNigeriaKidnapping: Students Of Federal University of Lafia Stage Protest

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 8, 2023

Following the kidnapping of ten students of the Federal University of Lafia in Nasarawa State on Wednesday, their colleagues have staged a protest calling for the unconditional release of those abducted and the stoppage of the criminal act. The institution was established in 2012 along with others and the Gandu community is one of the student villages around the University that have continued to expand in population due to its proximity to campuses. Cases of...

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Eight ECOWAS Countries Get $1.96m To Tackle Fistula

NewsNigeriaEight ECOWAS Countries Get $1.96m To Tackle Fistula

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 8, 2023

Eight ECOWAS countries to include Nigeria, Togo, Benin, Guinea Bissau, Ghana, Cote D’Ivoire, Gambia, and Liberia had received $245,000 each on Thursday amounting to$1.96 million from Economic Community of West African States Gender Development Centre to address fistula disorder. The presentation of cheques to the beneficiaries was one of the highlights of the 91st Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Council of Ministers in Abuja. According to United States Agency for International Development (USAID), 13,000 new...

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Troops Rescue 44 from captivity, kill 80 terrorists – DHQ

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaTroops Rescue 44 from captivity, kill 80 terrorists – DHQ

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 8, 2023

Joint security operations have led to the death of 80 terrorists, the arrest of 304 and the rescue of 44 kidnapped victims within the last two weeks, Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says. The Director, Defence Media Operations (DMO), Major General Edward Buba, who gave the figure on Thursday, while briefing journalists on military and security agency operations across the country also said 152 oil thieves were also captured in the Niger Delta region of the country....

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Civil Society, Stakeholders, Call for Local Government Election in Anambra State

NewsNigeriaPoliticsCivil Society, Stakeholders, Call for Local Government Election in Anambra State

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)December 7, 2023

The African Centre for Leadership, Strategy and Development (Centre LSD) has partnered International Peace and Civic Responsibility Centre, in collaboration with the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room, to convene a stakeholders’ meeting on Thursday in Awka, on the conduct of local government election in Anambra State. The roundtable ended in a unanimous call for the conduct of local government election in Anambra State, by participants. The stakeholders meeting which has in attendance political party representatives,...

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Speaker Enugu House Assembly Swears In 2 PDP Members After Court Verdict

NewsNigeriaPoliticsSpeaker Enugu House Assembly Swears In 2 PDP Members After Court Verdict

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)December 7, 2023

Following the Appeal court judgment in favour of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and her candidates representing the Ezeagu and Udenu constituency in the Enugu State House of Assembly, the Speaker Rt. Hon. Uche Ugwu has sworn in Barrister Chima Obieze and Solomon Onah of the 8th Enugu State House Assembly. Bar. On Wednesday, Obieze and Solomon Onah representing Ezeagu and Udenu constituencies took oath of office replacing Jude Udefuna and Obinna Ijere, both of...

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Alleged Rape: Medical director tells A’Court to quash his life imprisonment sentencing 

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaAlleged Rape: Medical director tells A’Court to quash his life imprisonment sentencing 

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)December 6, 2023

Dr Olufemi Olaleye, the Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation has asked the Court of Appeal to set aside his conviction by the lower court over alleged rape of minor. Olaleye, in a notice of appeal filed by his lawyer, Dr Kemi Pinheiro, SAN, said that the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court was wrong to have relied on the evidence presented by the prosecution against him. It would be recalled that the...

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Kaduna Bombing: Tinubu expresses regret over operational error  

NewsNigeriaPoliticsKaduna Bombing: Tinubu expresses regret over operational error  

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)December 6, 2023

….Calls for thorough investigation President Bola Tinubu has expressed regret over the unfortunate incident that took place in Tudun Biri community, Kaduna state which led to the death of innocent citizens. Tinubu also called for ‘thorough investigation” into the matter to unravel the root course of the incident he described as “operational error.” A statement made available to journalists by the Director, Defence Information, Brigadier General  Tukur Gusau indicated that the President was represented by the...

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