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Police sack single female cop for getting pregnant

Jan 27, 2021 topnews

‌ The Nigeria Police has sacked a female corporal, Olajide Omolola, for allegedly getting pregnant out of wedlock. Nigerians expressed displeasure over what they described as a discriminatory law and called on rights group to fight for the woman. The police, in a wireless message with reference number CJ:4161/EKS/IY/Vol.2/236, DTO:181330/01/2021, said Omolola was dismissed for getting pregnant while unmarried. The signal originated from the Department of Finance and Administration in Ado Ekiti and was addressed to the Divisional Police Officer at Iye Ekiti, where Omolola was based. The chief financial…

Insurgency: Buhari appoints new service chiefs

Jan 26, 2021 topnews

President Muhammadu Buhari has finally appointed new service chiefs for the country after much pressures from different quarters, faulting their inability to quell the insurgency ravaging the country since 2015. The new service chiefs are Major-General Leo Irabor as Chief of Defence Staff; Major-General I. Attahiru as Chief of Army Staff; Rear Admiral A.Z Gambo as Chief of Naval Staff; and Air-Vice Marshal I.O Amao as Chief of Air Staff. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement titled, ‘President Buhari…

Babafemi Ojudu is a liar, I have no business with him -Sunday Igboho

Jan 26, 2021 topnews

Sunday Adeyemo, the Yoruba activist known as Sunday Igboho, has Sen. Babafemi Ojudu, the Special Adviser on Political Matters to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to come prove that he has any dealings with him. Ojudu, in a deleted piece he published on his Facebook page on Monday, alleged that opposition politicians contracted Igboho to disrupt the 2009 Rerun Governorship Election in Ekiti State. Ojudu had claimed he and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, met with Igboho to shelve the plan and the latter…

22 year-old lady confesses: “I sold my day-old baby to pastor for N10,000”

Jan 26, 2021 topnews

Seun Oladayo, a 22 year-old woman who was arrested by the security outfit, Amotekun, in Ondo West council area of the state for selling her day-old baby for N10,000 to a pastor in Ondo state, has explained the reason for her action. She confessed that she sold the baby because she fears she would not be able to cater for him since the father left her the day he was told that she was pregnant. Seun was said to have cut the umbilical cord of the baby after delivery so…

Rain Oil Boss, Gabriel Ogbechie Fingered In Mysterious Death Of Suspect Who Implicated Him In Plot To Assassinate Prince Ned Nwoko

Jan 25, 2021 topnews

The death of Ossy Boise, who implicated an oil merchant, Dr. Gabriel Ogbechie in an alleged plot to assassinate politician, business mogul and international lawyer, Prince Ned Nwoko is currently causing ripples in the country. Sources have revealed that the circumstances leading to the death of Ossy Boise was meant to put a dead end to the ongoing investigations of Mr Ogbechei in the alleged assasination plot against Prince Ned Nwoko Ogbechie had earlier been mentioned as the sponsor and backbone of some arrested thugs who had been involved in…

Cult members clash in Lagos, three feared dead

Jan 25, 2021 topnews

In a clash between rival cults, the Aiye and Eiye confraternities, in the Aguda area of Surulere, Lagos State, three persons were feared killed on Sunday. It was gathered that the cultists, who wielded weapons such as machetes, axe, planks and broken bottles, caused panic among the residents of the area. Some of the streets affected include Enitan, Willy Omiyi, Akinyele and Adetola. It was learnt that the fight, which started on Saturday, led to the death of one Tunde Alado, who was allegedly killed by the leader of the Aiye Confraternity, identified simply as Muleru. In…

Dangote truck kills three siblings, others in AAUA, mother dies of shock

Jan 25, 2021 topnews

No fewer than nine persons, including some students of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, lost their lives in a fatal accident which occurred on Saturday involving a Dangote cement truck. The school management on Sunday ordered the closure of the institution until further notice due to the protest that followed the fatal accident, which occurred opposite the campus of the institution. The directive to close down the school was contained in a circular issued by the acting Registrar, Mr Opeoluwa Akinfemiwa. The circular read, “Further to our circular of…

Infidelity: Jealous wife allegedly kills husband with shoe heel

Jan 24, 2021 topnews

Police in Ugbuwangwe area of Warri South local government area, Delta State, have arrested a lady who allegedly killed the father of her children. The lady according to community sources allegedly used the heel of her shoe to hit the man yesterday afternoon, accusing him of womanising. The man who was simply identified as Sylvester allegedly slumped and died on the spot. The state Police Public relations officer, DSP Onome Onovwakpoyeya said the lady has been arrested for two reasons. “We arrested her to keep her in protective custody. And…

Forbes: Dangote, Adenuga, Rabiu make Africa’s top 10 billionaires’ list

Jan 23, 2021 topnews

According to the 2021 Forbes’ Africa Billionaires List released on Friday, Aliko Dangote has maintained the position of the richest man in Africa for straight 10 years. Also, Mike Adenuga of Globacom, and Abdulsamad Rabiu of BUA Group, both Nigerians, made it to the list as the 5th and 6th richest persons in Africa respectively. Forbes stated that in Africa, as elsewhere in the world, the wealthiest came through the pandemic just fine. It stated that the continent’s 18 billionaires were worth an average $4.1bn, 12 per cent more than…

Herdsmen, Sunday Igboho’s supporters clash in Oyo

Jan 23, 2021 topnews

There was chaos in Igangan in the Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State on Friday when a popular Yoruba activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, reportedly stormed the Fulani settlement in the town to eject the Seriki Fulani, Salihu Abdukadir, and some other herdsmen accused of fuelling security problems in the area. Unconfirmed reports claimed that some persons were killed while properties worth several millions of naira were set ablaze during the clash which occurred in the evening. Residents of Igangan however said that at…