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Retired DIG’s wife assassinated in Benue

Mar 13, 2021 topnews

Mrs. Eunice Aghanya, wife of retired Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police, Mr Ibe Aghanya, was assassinated in Makurdi, the Benue capital on Saturday. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of Benue State Police Command, DSP Catherine Anene said that the victim was killed by unknown gunmen at her Makurdi residence, behind Kismet Hotel, off David Mark Bye-Pass, Makurdi on Friday afternoon. She was said to have returned home from her outing when she was attacked. She was stabbed at different points on her head by her assailants. Investigations had…

Final year student, Maryam Musa Seeks N12m for Kidney Transplant

Mar 11, 2021 topnews

A 400-level, English student of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), 24-year-old Maryam Adaeze Musa, is appealing to Nigerians, philanthropists, and organisations for financial assistance to fund an urgent kidney transplant costing N12m. Maryam, an aspiring On-Air Personality (OAP), was diagnosed with End-Stage Kidney failure in 2019. Currently, she is undergoing dialysis every three days at the cost of N45,000 per session including the cost of drugs. While trying to raise funds for the kidney transplant, Maryam still has to do dialysis twice a week which costs N90,000. Maryam’s…

Buhari’s daughter denies collecting N2.5bn fraud proceed

Mar 11, 2021Mar 11, 2021 topnews

Zahra Buhari-Indimi, one of the daughters of President Buhari has said she did not defraud the Federal Government of Nigeria of N51bn, neither was she paid a sum of N2.5bn by anyone. The President’s daughter was alleged by the online publication, Sahara Reporters, to have collected a wired transfer of N2.5bn from APC chieftain, Nasiru Danu through her “foundation”, which was allegedly part of N51billion fraud proceed also involving customs boss, Hameed Ali. She however responded to the story in a letter dated March 8, 2021. The letter, signed by…

FG, Delta State at loggerheads over Ibori’s £4.2m loot

Mar 10, 2021 topnews

The British Government’s resolve to return to Nigeria £4.2million (about N2.2 billion) funds recovered from friends and family members, traced to the former governor of Delta State, James Ibori has stirred up controversy, pitting the Federal Government against the Delta State government. The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami yesterday, disclosed that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) has directed that the £4.2million returned loot be deployed to complete the second Niger Bridge, Lagos-Ibadan and the Abuja-Kano expressway projects. The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ms. Catriona Laing, said…

Kwara government shuts 10 missions’ schools for disallowing hijab

Mar 9, 2021 topnews

Kwara State government, yesterday ordered indefinite closure of 10 public/grant-aided missions schools in Ilorin, the state capital over hijab controversy. In a statement announcing the schools closure ,Permanent Secretary Ministry of Education, Mrs Kemi Adeosun said in a statement titled “Hijab: 10 Kwara schools to remain shut for safety reasons.” “The Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development wishes to inform members of the public that the 10 government schools where the use of Hijab is disputed will remain shut until a later date. This decision has been taken for…

Boko Haram: 5,000 displaced Nigerians repatriated from Cameroon

Mar 9, 2021 topnews

About 5,000 Nigerian refugees from Borno State that fled to Cameroon due to the Boko Haram insurgency, returned to their homeland on Monday in a voluntary repatriation process. Cameroon’s Minister of Territorial Administration, Paul Nji, said this in Maroua, the chief town of Cameroon’s far north region just before take-off for Nigeria’s Borno State. The first batch, consisting of 5,000 refugees who spent six years in Cameroon’s Minawao refugee camp, boarded buses as they began the journey. Nji said “we have taken all the precautions and all the necessary measures…

Fear grips Nigerians over illegal COVID-19 vaccines

Mar 8, 2021 topnews

There are indications that fake and illegal COVID-19 vaccines may soon flood the Nigerian market due to the it’s demands, thus experts have advised that the federal government should as matter of urgency, put measures in place. This became necessary after the Interpol; the global police in China and South Africa reportedly seized thousands of fake doses of the COVID-19 vaccines. The Lyon-based agency Interpol said 400 vials – equivalent to around 2,400 doses – containing the fake vaccine were found at a warehouse in Germiston outside Johannesburg in South…

Supreme Court’s Justice Ngwuta dies 23 days before his retirement

Mar 8, 2021 topnews

Justice Nwali Sylvester Ngwuta of the Supreme Court of Nigeria is dead. The Ebonyi State-born jurist died around 2.30am on Sunday. In a statement by the Chief Registrar of the court, Hadizatu Mustapha, disclosed: “He felt sick and was admitted in the last one week in the National Hospital, Abuja, but before he was moved to the intensive care unit of the hospital on Friday, March 5 he tested negative to COVID-19 investigative test conducted on him,” the statement added. Justice Ngwuta passed on about 23 days to his retirement…

Lagos socialite, Pretty Mike arrested by police over Cubana club operations

Mar 5, 2021 topnews

Social media influencer, Mike Eze a.k.a Pretty Mike has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly facilitating operations at the Cubana Nightclub in the Victoria Island. His activities which violates the COVID-19 protocols, had led to the arrest and parading of 172 persons arrested during a raid on the nightclub. Pretty Mike who loves to court controversy, once posted photos which made headlines on social media, when crashed a society wedding with six pregnant women – claiming he was dad to all of their babies. He has also at…

Dismissed LASTMA officer arrested for impersonation

Mar 5, 2021 topnews

A dismissed officer of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Shakiru Agbaje has been arrested in Mushin axis of Lagos for impersonation by the provost unit of the agency. Agbaje was going about his illegal activities and unauthorised traffic enforcement operations at Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) junction, Idi-Araba, despite his dismissal from the agency nine years ago for presenting a fake certificate and alleged fraud.. Reacting to the arrest, the General Manager of LASTMA, Mr Olajide Oduyoye, said the dismissed officer’s activities had brought untold hardship and terror…