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Dangote Truck crushes secondary school student in Ogun

Jun 26, 2021 topnews

Angry youths in protest set ablaze a truck laden with cement belonging to the Dangote Cement Company after crushing a secondary school pupil to death. The incident occurred on Friday, around Yewa-South Local Government Area of Ogun State, while the spokesman for the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the incident. TRACE officials attributed the incident to loss of control due to over speeding, noting that the truck was burnt beyond recognition by the mob. In a statement, the spokesman said: “The presumed dead victim has…

Reps summon Polaris Bank MD, NNPC over $224m hidden account

Jun 25, 2021Jun 25, 2021 topnews

Acting Managing Director, Polaris Bank Limited, Innocent Ike, was a guest of the House of Representatives’ Ad Hoc Committee on Assessment and Status of All Recovered Loots Movable and Immovable Assets from 2002 to 2020 by Agencies of the Federal Government of Nigeria for Effective Efficient Management and Utilisation. The bank MD was grilled on Thursday over an account belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation believed to have been hidden in the bank. Over $200m was said to have been allegedly hidden in the account, which was opened in…

President Buhari off to London for medical check-up, to return in July

Jun 25, 2021Jun 25, 2021 topnews

President Muhammadu Buhari, today, Friday, June 24, is to proceed to London, the United Kingdom, for a scheduled medical follow-up. It will be recalled that, the President had on March 30, 2021 undertaken a similar trip, which kept him in the United Kingdom for about two weeks. Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity), Femi Adesina had on Thursday, informed that President Buhari is due back in the country in the second week of July, 2021. Share on: WhatsApp

EFCC re-arraigns FIRS directors over N4.5bn fraud

Jun 24, 2021 topnews

Three directors and some other officials of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, (FIRS) have been re-arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), over allegations of N4.5 billion fraud. The officials are Peter Hena, a former Coordinating Director; Mohammed Bello Auta (Director of Finance) and Amina Sidi (Finance and Account Department). Others are Umar Aliyu Aduka (Internal Audit), Mbura Mustapha (Deputy Manager), Obi Okeke Malachy (Services Group), Obaje Napoleon Adofu (Head of Budget), Udo-Inyang Effiong Alfred (Officer II) and Benjamin Jiya (Assistant Director). EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, who disclosed…

Presidency denies involvement in media amendment bill, says AGF to advice on ECOWAS court ruling on Twitter

Jun 24, 2021 topnews

The Presidency, yesterday, denied involvement in the move by the National Assembly to amend the Nigerian Press Council (NPC) and National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Acts. This is as a result of condemnations by relevant stakeholders of alleged attempt to gag the press. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, claimed that the initiative was completely outside the Presidency’s purview, noting that the matter was a government thing, which only the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, could adequately address. Adesina made the clarification while addressing…

Farouk Lawan jailed seven years for taking $500,000 bribe

Jun 23, 2021 topnews

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Apo, Abuja, has sentenced a former federal lawmaker, Farouk Lawan, to seven years imprisonment for taking bribes while serving as the chairman of the defunct House of Representatives ad-hoc committee investigating the fraud around fuel subsidy regime in 2012. The trial judge, Angela Otaluka, handed down the verdict in a hours-long verdict on Tuesday. Lawan was the chairman of the house of representatives ad hoc committee probing the multi-billion naira fuel subsidy fraud in 2012. He was accused of demanding $3 million…

National Assembly Complex flooded after downpour

Jun 22, 2021 topnews

The heavy rainfall in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Tuesday morning, left some parts of the National Assembly Complex flooded. Part of the areas affected by the flood was the central lobby of the building, which links the Senate and House of Representatives chambers. Other areas include the third and last gate to the premises as well as the road linking the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation to the National Assembly were heavily flooded. At the lobby, workers of the private firms engaged for…

Heritage Bank staff protest at Sen. Andy Uba’s Abuja residence over unpaid loan

Jun 22, 2021 topnews

A video surfaced online on Monday, showing how some staff of Heritage Bank Plc besieged the residence of Andy Uba, a former senator from Anambra State, who once served as an aide to former President Obasanjo. The staff of the bank, displayed placards, as they gathered in front of his residence in Abuja, asking the politician to repay the loan he collected to save their job. One of the bankers at the scene said in the video that, they are appealing to the former senator to “kindly pay this money…

Suspected bandit in possession of military kits arrested by the Nigerian Army

Jun 22, 2021 topnews

The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu said in a statement that, the Nigerian Army troops operating along Mokwa-Jebba road, intercepted and arrested a fleeing bandit in a vehicle travelling from Zuru to Ibadan during a stop and search operation on Sunday. Nwachukwu said the vigilant troops spotted an occupant of the vehicle, who claimed to be Sgt. Aminu Sule. He said the suspect was found to be in possession of a pair of camouflage, military boots, knife and substance suspected to be charms. He said on further interrogation,…

Kebbi State NUT shuts 7 schools indefinitely

Jun 21, 2021 topnews

State Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Alhaji Isah Arzika said about seven schools in Kebbi State has been shutdown indefinitely in the aftermath of the attack on Federal Government College (FGC), Birnin Yauri, by suspected bandits. He said that those affected were schools located on the frontlines of the areas prone to attacks by suspected bandits. He said that the government had directed all school principals to close any school which they believed were not safe, adding that police and vigilantes had also been deployed to the…