Ruggedman has stated that he had no hand in Naira Marley’s arrest as speculated by many. Ruggedman who revealed that he has no hand in Naira Marley’s arrest, added that all he did was to caution the young artist who has influence, against making utterances about an issue that by global standard is considered a crime. He further disclosed that despite the disrespect to his person, he’s got nothing against him and only longed for him to be discerning and utilize his position of influence appropriately. His statement reads in…
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Akinwunmi Adesina Gets Tunisia’s Highest official Honour
Akinwunmi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank and former minister under President Goodluck Jonathan, has been awarded Tunisia’s highest official honor, the Grand Officer of the Tunisian Order of Merit . The president of Tunisia; His Excellency Beji Caid Essebsi warmly welcomed him and others with a grand ceremony at the presidential palace. Adesina has taken his crusading for an agricultural revolution everywhere on the continent. He galvanized the political will among African leaders to transform the agricultural sector and lobbied for effective policies to modernize farming and make…
Read MoreSuspected cultists arrested with female underwear in Ogun
Three suspected cultists have been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command, with one female pant tied with assorted charms. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the arrest was made in continuation of the command’s war against cultism and other violent crimes. The arrested cultists, who have all confessed their membership of Eiye confraternity are: Olagboye Abidemi, 32; Olasemojo Michael, 28, and Wasiu Waheed, 23. According to Oyeyemi, men of Ogun State Police Command, last Friday stormed an initiation hideout of the Eiye…
Read MoreElites denying Nigeria development -Senator Abdullahi
Aliyu Abdullahi, senator representing Niger North, has fingered the selfish tendencies of the elite as cause of the country’s problems. He alleged that local government, as the third tier, only existed on paper, while the states squandered the finances meant for them. Abdullahi made the speech during a press conference at the Senate Media Hall after sponsoring a bill on Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit and Local Government Finances. Governors, he said, have crippled local governments and the Houses of Assembly have held that tier of government at the jugular, to…
Read MoreGhanaian Actor, Chris Attoh’s wife shot dead
An unknown gunman has been shot dead the wife of Chris Attoh, a Ghanaian actor, in Maryland, United States. The victim, identified as Jennifer Bowie, was shot in the head in the parking lot of a Maryland office building by a black gunman on Friday. The 44-year-old victim was said to have left the office in the 6300 block of Ivy Lane and was walking to her car when a man armed with a handgun approached her. The Greenbelt Police Department said when she tried to run away, the man…
Read More15-year-old boy scores highest in 2019 UTME
Ekene Franklin, a 15-year-old boy from Abia State has emerged the best candidate in the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, results of the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, UTME, by scoring 347 marks considered as the highest by the board. Similarly, a 16-year-old boy from Abia State came second by scoring 346 marks just as a 17 year old from Osun State trailed behind with 345, considered by the board as the third best result in the 2019 UTME. But the Registrar of JAMB, Prof Ishaq Oloyode, who announced…
Read MoreAriana Grande Is The New Face Of Givenchy
25-year-old popstar, Ariana Grande has been adopted into the Givenchy family, the luxury French fashion house announced on Friday. “She naturally embodies the spirit of the Givenchy women with impertinence, generosity and a lightning wit — all cloaked in a touch of mystery” Givenchy shared in a press release. The pop star went on to confirm the announcement on social media, sharing a variety of photos and videos of herself wearing a black Givenchy dress and a pearl-adorned hair accessory while standing with her back to the camera. Captioning all three…
Read MorePolice to recruit part-time special constables over insufficient manpower
Due to insufficient manpower in Nigeria’s police force, the Force has concluded plans to engage thousands of Special Constables to work with conventional policemen in communities. The recruitment of the special officers, which would be announced any moment from now, has received presidential backing and it is expected to start in Kaduna and other northern states where the traditional emirate and district structures support the system. It was further learnt that the police had presented the idea to the state governors who were said to have bought into the scheme.…
Read MoreNaira Marley, Zlatan, others arrested for fraud, money laundering by EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested two fast-rising artistes, Afeez Fashola (aka Naira Marley) and Temidayo Omoniyi (aka Zlatan), on Friday, in connection with alleged cases of Internet fraud and money laundering. The EFCC acting Head, Media and Publicity, Tony Orilade, in a statement, said intelligence report had also linked them to cybercrime offences. Orilade added that the artistes were arrested alongside three other suspects, Tiamiu Abdulrahman, Adewunmi Adeyanju and Musa Abubakar, following an early morning raid at 9, Gbangbola Street, Ikate, Lekki, Lagos. “At the point of…
Read MoreForeign powers sponsoring terrorism –Nigerian Army
In a statement by the Director of Army Public Relations (DAPR), Col. Sagir Musa, some unnamed foreign powers, are said to be working in concert with their local collaborators to complicate Nigeria’s security challenges by sponsoring terrorism and banditry. According to the army, not only are these elements working assiduously to derail the ongoing counter-insurgency efforts, as well as the West African sub-region, they were also hard at work to scuttle the country’s democracy as well as the May 29 handover date. Col. Musa said the “mischief markers were determined…
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