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FirstBank Celebrates 2021 Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Week, Calls for All to Adopt Kindness as a Way of Life

Jul 21, 2021 topnews

The best definition of kindness is not one provided by any of the world’s best dictionaries but one demonstrated by how we treat others on a daily basis. Kindness is a universal language that does not require any special knowledge, exposure, skills, training or background to understand and appreciate it as a beneficiary or observer of a kind act. Neither is any special knowledge or training required to show and extend it to others. Just as anyone and everyone can be shown acts of kindness, all persons without exception can…

NYSC members get N1m, cows, rice as sallah gift from President Buhari in Daura

Jul 21, 2021 topnews

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members serving in the Daura Local Government Area of Katsina State, received the donation of N1million, two cows, and 20 bags of rice from President Muhammadu Buhari, as sallah gift. Mr. Alex Obemeata, NYSC’s spokesperson in Katsina, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, said the President’s gesture was delivered to them when they visited him in Daura to celebrate the Eid-El-Kabir. “It was another joyous Sallah day for the corps members serving in Daura, the country home of Mr President, as he…

Man commits suicide in Delta after being accused of rape

Jul 21, 2021 topnews

Henry Jegbe, a middle-aged man, has reportedly committed suicide over allegation of raping a minor in Agbor, Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State. It was gathered that the incident occurred on Saturday, July 17, 2021, at Iregwa Street, off Ojeifoh Street, Upper Queen Lane, Agbor. Residents in the area raised the alarm when they woke up in the morning to see the pastor’s body dangling on the roof. It was learnt that the act forced occupants to desert the compound for fear of the unknown. Some…

Igboho still in Republic of Benin, lawyer refutes release rumour

Jul 21, 2021 topnews

The Department of State Services (DSS), Benin’s Republican Police on Monday night reportedly nabbed popular campaigner for Yoruba self-determination, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, three weeks after he was declared wanted by Nigeria’s secret police, Igboho was arrested in neighbouring Cotonou, Benin Republic, while trying to travel to Germany. According to local reports, Beninoise authorities arrested Igboho at Cardinal Bernardin International Airport, Cotonou. He was “disembarked from his plane, arrested by the Beninoise police while he was trying to travel to Germany and then transferred to the Cotonou…

Tiwa Savage loses Dad

Jul 21, 2021Jul 21, 2021 topnews

Nigerian singer, Tiwa Savage, has lost her father to the cold hands of death. The sonorous singer took to her verified Instagram page to announce the death of her father who died yesterday (Tuesday). She wrote, “Early hours of this morning (Tuesday), you made a peaceful transition. You fought till the very end, you really fought daddy. It’s been rough for you these past couple years but you are resting now. “This is tough on me, I’m so numb, so weak. Rest In Perfect Peace my King. I love you…

Redeemed Pastor stabbed to death while settling couple’s fight

Jul 20, 2021 topnews

Investigation has begun by the Imo State Police Command of Police, over the killing of a pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God in the state, Thompson Onyekwuru, aged 62. The pastor was allegedly stabbed to death on Wednesday, July 14, by one Obumneke Omyemechileuzo of Umukoto- Umudibia Nekede in the Owerri West Local Government Area of the state. Obumneke allegedly stabbed the pastor when the victim went to separate a fight between him (suspect) and his wife, Ogechi Onyemechileuzo. A statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer,…

Sunday Igboho arrested in Benin Republic

Jul 20, 2021 topnews

Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo a.k.a Sunday Igboho, has been arrested in Cotonou, Benin Republic by security operatives. Igboho was arrested on Monday night after fleeing Nigeria to evade arrest by Nigeria’s secret police. A source privy to his departure from Nigeria said he had perfected plans to secretly escape from Nigeria through Cotonou and was heading to Germany. He was, however, nabbed by security operatives in the neighboring country. His plan, according to sources, was to travel to Germany through Cotonou by Monday night. He wanted to leave Africa…

COVID-19: NCDC registers 203 new infections

Jul 19, 2021 topnews

Nigeria posted more COVID-19 cases on Sunday, with Lagos state leading the table in infections. The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC), reported 203 additional COVID-19 cases and one COVID-19 related death on Sunday, as the deadly virus continued to rage in Africa in its third wave. The NCDC disclosed this on its official website on Sunday. The agency stated that the 203 additional cases represent an increase in infections from the 123 cases reported from seven states and the FCT on Saturday with no death. It added that Lagos…

Lawyer allegedly brutalized by Lagos Assembly CSO over council poll suit

Jul 19, 2021 topnews

Yakubu Eleto, a lawyer, has accused some workers at the Lagos State House of Assembly, led by the Chief Security Officer, of brutalising him when he attempted to serve the Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, with a suit. Eleto, who spoke on Saturday, alleged that he was beaten to a pulp and taken to the Alausa Police Station, where he collapsed. He claimed that the police later put him in a vehicle, where he was kept for several hours before he was released. It was learnt that the incident happened on Friday.…

Prison O/C allegedly seduced inmate’s wife, paid aggrieved husband N10,000 ‘bride price

Jul 16, 2021 topnews

The Officer in Charge of the Suleja Custodial Centre, AbdulRahman Musa, an Assistant Controller of Corrections, has allegedly seduced and married the wife of an inmate under his custody. Controller General of the Nigerian Correctional Service NCoS, Haliru Nababa has initiated a high-level disciplinary procedure into the circumstances leading to the illicit marriage contract. The inmate (names withheld) is currently awaiting trial at the facility on charges of armed robbery and possession of illegal firearms. While his wife had been visiting him regularly, she was said to have recently complained…