Category: News

Police arrest five ritualists for slaughtering, cutting a housewife’s body to pieces

topnews

A 45-year-old housewife, Memunat Akinde, and a motorcyclist, Ibikunle Ajose that were declared missing on October 1, 2020 have been confirmed dead and their body parts dismembered by some suspected ritualists. Following investigation, men of the Ogun State Police Command arrested five suspects, including an herbalist, for the crime. According to the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, he disclosed that the police in the state unravelled the mystery behind the sudden disappearance of Akinde and Ajose following the arrest of the suspects. The PPRO added…

Read More

COVID-19: FIRSTBANK LAUNCHES ‘MASK UP, STAY SAFE” CAMPAIGN

topnews

First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider has announced its ongoing digital campaign “Mask Up, Stay Safe” as part of its advocacy to encourage everyone to consciously protect one another against the COVID-19 pandemic. The digital campaign which is designed to employ a fun approach to urge and engage its stakeholders on the need to observe the safety and precautionary guidelines during the festive season is implemented using the Bank’s customised face mask filter on instagram, that is made of the bespoke FirstBank 125th…

Read More

ASUU calls off nine-month-old strike

topnews

‌ The Academic Staff Union of University, ASUU has suspended its industrial action that started since March 2020. The National President of ASUU, Biodun Ogunyemi, made the announcement in Abuja. Ogunyemi said the lecturers sympathised with students who were also their children, adding that “no amount of sacrifice would be too much to get the matter resolved as long as the government is consistent with its commitments.” While warning that the union would return to strike without notice if the government fails to fulfill its part of the agreement reached…

Read More

NIN: FG extends deadline for SIM registration by 6 weeks

topnews

The National Task Force on National Identity Number (NIN) and SIM registration stated that the Federal Government has approved three weeks extension for subscribers with NIN from December 30, 2020 to January 19, 2021. Federal Government yesterday, extended the synchronisation of SIM cards with the National Identity Number, NIN, to January and February 2021 for different categories of subscribers respectively. It also extended by six weeks for subscribers without NIN from December 30, 2020 to February 9, 2021. The extension, according to the Task Force was to save Nigerians from…

Read More

US$140,000: Atiku’s Son In-law freed by court from money laundering case

topnews

Abdullahi Babalele, the son-in-law to former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has been cleared by a Federal High Court in Lagos a two-count allegation of alleged money laundering of $140,000. Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke threw out the charge and discharged the defendant on the grounds that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had chosen a wrong venue. The court held that the charge against the defendant ought not to have been filed in Lagos when the alleged offence was said to have been committed in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. Justice…

Read More

Covid-19: FG orders civil servants to stay at home for five weeks

topnews

Federal civil servants from Grade Level 12 and below have been ordered to stay at home for the next five weeks. This directive was came from the Federal Government through the chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha in a statement on Monday. He also announced that all schools would remain closed till January 18. Mustapha also said restrictions have been placed on social and religious gatherings for five weeks. He said, “Encourage virtual meetings in government offices. The leadership of such offices are to ensure that…

Read More

Nigerian doctor shoots wife, self in US

topnews

The police in the US are investigating the death of a Nigerian couple believed to have resulted from murder-suicide. Dr. Ben Okigbo and his wife, Theresa, were found dead in their Sugar Land, Texas home on Friday morning, according to police. The discovery was said to have been made around 10:05 am at the Greatwood Subdivision in the 1500 block of Brookstone Lane. “One of the kids dialed 911 (the emergency police number), apparently there was a fight or disturbance going on inside the resident,” Police chief, Eric Robins, said.…

Read More

Zamfara State budgets N100m for cemetaries

topnews

Zamfara State Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning stated at a town hall meeting held at Kaura-Namoda town, the headquarters of the Zamfara North Senatorial area that it has budgeted the sum of N100 million in its 2021 proposal for the building and rehabilitation of cemeteries in the state. The Director of Budget in the ministry, Hamza Salihu, said the purpose of the meeting was to let the people know the projects to be executed in their areas. According to Salihu, “details of the selected town and villages who would…

Read More

Deeper Life pastor bags 7-year jail term for N1m fraud

topnews

Pastor Odenigbo Theophilus of Deeper Life Bible Church in Abolongo, Oyo town has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment by an Oyo State High Court in Ibadan for defrauding a retiree, Mr Ojo Gbadebo, of N1m under false pretence. Justice Muniru Owolabi found the defendant guilty in a two-hour judgment he delivered. He said the convict betrayed the trust reposed in him by the retiree being a pastor of a well known church. Justice Owolab said the prosecutor had proved the charge of advance fee fraud against the convict beyond…

Read More

COVID-19: Gov. Sanwoolu orders restriction for churches, mosques, parties and civil servants

topnews

The rising cases of COVID-19 pandemic in recent times due to second wave of the virus has made the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu express concerns, saying the state could not afford to lose the gains as well as relax the battle against the pandemic in the state. Sanwo-Olu, who is on isolation, and also recovering from the virus, announced his stable health condition in a statement he personally signed, expressing gratitude to all well wishers with assurance to get back soon to his normal official work. The statement…

Read More