Metuh’s claim of ill health doubtful – Court The Federal High Court, Abuja, has expressed doubts as to whether the claim of ill health by Olisah Metuh, the embattled former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), is true. The trial judge, Justice Okon Abang, said this on Thursday while delivering a ruling on an application seeking the release of Metuh’s international passport to enable him travel abroad for...

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Retired SARS boss shoots self dead in Ogun The family of a retired Chief Superintendent of Police, David Agholor, has been thrown into mourning after the ex-police officer shot himself dead at his residence on Sharaton Estate, Olaogun, in the Ijoko area of Ogun State. Agholor, who was the Officer-in-Charge of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Enugu State Police Command, reportedly shot himself in the head. Sources close to the deceased...

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Offa robbery: Police arraign hotel owner, workers, guests The Proprietor of  Xontec Hotel on Igosun Road, Offa, in the Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State, Mr. Kadir Surajudeen, and members of his staff have been arraigned before a Magistrate’s Court in Ilorin, the state capital, for failing to give police credible information on the gunmen who attacked some banks in the area. Also arraigned were four guests who stayed...

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Breaking: Police recover Senate’s stolen Mace The Nigerian Police has recovered the Senate’s stolen Mace at a flyover before the Abuja City Gate, where according to ASP Aremu Adeniran, Deputy Force Public Relations Officer Force Headquarters a patriotic passer-by saw it and alerted the Police. This came as the IGP has ordered the Commissioner of Police FCT Command to beef-up security at the National Assembly. According to a statement...

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Attack on Senate: Terrorists invade National Assembly, rubbish democracy, say Reps Members of the House of Representatives have said that a better description for Wednesday’s attack on the Senate is “terrorism.” The visibly angry lawmakers did not only condemn the invasion of the Senate by suspected thugs but also called for an investigation to unearth persons who planned the security breach. There was pandemonium in the premises...

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Man impregnates 13-year-old Beninoise maid A 29-year-old man, Friday Oyedele, has been arrested by the police in Lagos for allegedly raping and impregnating a Beninoise, Funmi, in the Ilupeju area of the state. It was learnt that Oyedele was sleeping with the victim in the house of her mistress, one Alhaja, on Olusoji Idowu Street, Ilupeju. Aside the rape, he allegedly penetrated the victim with a ring which he said would kill...

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 Nurses, pharmacists others declare indefinite strike at federal hospitals Nurses, pharmacists, medical laboratory scientists and other workers under the umbrella of the Joint Health Section Unions in Federal Government owned hospitals across the country have begun an indefinite strike. The workers said on Wednesday morning they had to resort to the strike to press home their demands because the FG had refused to act on ...

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Theresa May asks Nigeria, others to revoke anti-same sex laws Add caption The British Prime Minister, Theresa May, on Tuesday in London urged countries that had made laws banning same-sex marriage to change their stand. She described such laws as outdated legislations. May made the call while addressing leaders at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting holding in the British capital. Nigeria is one of the Commonwealth nation’s...

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We may shut National Assembly to help Buhari end killings –Ekweremadu Add caption The Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has said the National Assembly may be shut to help President Muhammadu Buhari administration find an end to the spate of killings by herdsmen and militias across the country. The upper chamber of the National Assembly  also noted that the campaign by the Federal Government for more foreign direct investments...

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Gunmen kill father of three Add caption Gunmen suspected to be members of a cult on Tuesday shot dead a 50-year-old father of three, Imoh Etuk, in Ikot-Akpaidem village, in the Ukanafun Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. It was learnt that Etuk was killed around 7.48am on his farm. The victim was said to have gone to his farm to pick some crops in his village, Ikot-Akpa, when the gunmen trailed and opened fire on him. An indigene,...

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Former US first lady Barbara Bush dead at 92 Former US first Lady Barbara Bush Former US first lady Barbara Bush died Tuesday at the age of 92, triggering an outpouring of praise for the matriarch of a Republican family once at the apex of American politics. “A former first lady of the United States of America and relentless proponent of family literacy, Barbara Pierce Bush passed away Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at the age...

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 Senate summons Emefiele, Adeosun, other over $462m helicopter purchase Mr. Godwin Emefiele The Senate has invited the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun; Minister of Defence, Brig.-Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali (retd.); and Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr. Godwin Emefiele, over alleged illegal withdrawal of $462m from the Consolidated Revenue Account. The money was said to have been withdrawn and paid to an American firm for the purchase...

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Iraq sentences French female jihadist to life in jail Iraq on Tuesday sentenced a French woman to life in prison for belonging to the Islamic State group, the latest in a series of court rulings since the country’s defeat of IS. Djamila Boutoutaou, a 29-year-old of Algerian origin, told a Baghdad court that she had left France with her husband, a rapper. She said she thought they were going on holiday but “when I arrived in Turkey I discovered...

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2019: Keyamo appointed spokesman for Buhari campaign organisation Lawyer-cum human rights activist, Festus Keyamo (SAN), has been appointed  as Director of Strategic Communications for  President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2019 campaigns organisation. The Director -General of the campaign organisation, Rotimi Amaechi, who announced the appointment,  said Keyamo would act as spokesman for the organisation during the nomination process...

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Pastor allegedly kills member during baptism claims she’s vampire A  37-year-old pastor, Masimba Chirayi, has allegedly killed one of his members during baptism session claiming she was a vampire. Chirayi who is a reverend at New Johanne Masowe, Zimbabwe, killed one Wendy Thinnamay Masuka over the weekend after he mistook her for a vampire. He appeared before a Zimbabwean magistrates’ court answering to culpable homicide...

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Court remands widower for allegedly  raping 12-year-old girl A Daura Road Chief Magistrates’ Court, Kaduna, on Monday remanded a 34-year-old widower, Patrick Ben, in prison for allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl. The Chief Magistrate, Naheed Ibrahim, ordered the remand of the accused pending the receipt of advice from the Ministry of Justice. Ibrahim adjourned the case until May 15, for mention. The accused, a resident of Sarki...

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Cultists strike again, hack man to death in Ogun Barely a week after cult violence rocked and claimed six lives in Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State, the fragile peace in the town was again ruptured yesterday as suspected cultists hacked a young man to death. The latest incident was said to have happened after argument ensued during a football match at LA Primary School, Oke-Agbo, Ijebu-Igbo. Though the circumstances surrounding the...

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Hoodlums attack, injure two Imo lecturers The crisis at the Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education, Owerri, Imo State, took a serious turn on Friday after two lecturers at the college were attacked while trying to stop a faction of the Joint Action Committee from conducting first semester examinations while the school was on strike. The lecturers, identified as Elvis Opara and Steven Duru, were members of a committee set up by...

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