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Covid-19: Don’t reopen schools until 2021, ASUU tells FG

Jul 19, 2020 topnews

ASSU, Academic Staff Union of Universities, has said it supported the decision of the Federal Government to stop Senior Secondary School 3 pupils from partaking in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination earlier scheduled to commence on August 4. The union advised the government to shut down schools until 2021 to ensure adequate preparations, citing the case in some countries such as Kenya. Recall that the Federal Ministry of Education met with officials of the West African Examination Council in Abuja and resolved to announce a new date for…

Youths protest increased cost of weed in Ilorin

Jul 19, 2020 topnews

An outbreak of hostilities among youths at ‘Alore’ part of Ilorin town, over an alleged increment in the cost of Cannabis sativa, ‘Igbo’ or ‘Weed’ in the area became a source of concern to elders of the community. The protesting youths, some of whom went berserk, two days ago, to register their anger by destroying unsuspecting residents’ property, allegedly conscripted sellers of the outlawed substance to reduce the cost. But former Secretary of the state branch of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Dr. Olusola Ajolore and the Chief Imam of…

FirstBank Rewards Verve Card Holders with Free Fuel

Jul 19, 2020 topnews

First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s leading financial inclusion services provider is set to reward customers for Verve Card usage in its Free Fuel Promotion. The Free Fuel promo which is activated by FirstBank in collaboration with Verve International and Oando Plc. kicked off on Monday, 6 July 2020 to Friday, 24 July 2020 between 6 am and 6 pm. In the promo, for a minimum of N3,000 fuel purchase, FirstBank Verve Cardholders will receive 5 extra litres of fuel for FREE instantly at selected Oando Fuel Stations across Lagos…

Suspect confesses to receiving N500, food for killing six persons

Jul 18, 2020 topnews

An arrested suspect linked with serial killings in the Akinyele area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, has said that he got N500 and food for each of the six persons he murdered in the area. No fewer than five females were raped and murdered in Akinyele Local Government Area of Ibadan in the month of June. The 19-year-old suspect whose name was not disclosed was among the 19 suspects paraded on Friday by Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Nwachuckwu Enwonwu, for various offences ranging from armed robbery, defilement, motorcycle…

Umahi suspends five aides for not wearing face masks

Jul 18, 2020 topnews

‌ Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, on Friday suspended five of his special assistants managing Margaret Umahi International Market Abakaliki, over non-compliance with the COVID-19 safety protocols at the market. The five SAs were recently appointed to enforce compliance with COVID-19 protocols in the market. The governor, who visited the market on Friday afternoon, was enraged when he noticed that most of the people at the market were not putting on face masks. The governor also discovered that the five aides were not on duty at the market. The governor…

25 countries including Nigeria to face hunger in coming months – UN

Jul 18, 2020 topnews

Nigeria and 24 other countries were “set to face devastating hunger in the coming months due to the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic”. This was made known by the United Nations Organisation in a report published on Friday by two of its agencies. The UN agencies, World Food Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organisation, said in the report entitled, “Early Warning Analysis of Acute Food Security Hotspots” that the current decline in crude oil prices would also have far-reaching consequences on Nigeria to tackle the COVID-19 crisis and implement…

75-Year-Old Mother Marries Son-in-Law After Her Daughter Divorced Him

Jul 18, 2020Jul 18, 2020 topnews

Galina Zhukovskaya, a 75-year-old woman, who married her 52-year-old former-son-in-law has sparked controversy in Russia. The woman from St. Petersburg, Russia married Vyacheslav Zhukovsky, after her 56-year-old daughter divorced him. The 23 years gap between the couple is not what shocks many but the fact that Vyacheslav was Galina’s son-in-law for three years when he was married to her daughter Elena. Vyacheslav reportedly divorced Elena over infidelity shortly after he was released from prison and he found refuge with his mother-in-law. It is gathered that Vyacheslav met Elena while serving…

Nunieh accuses Akpabio of hijacking NDDC forensic audit ordered by Buhari

Jul 18, 2020 topnews

Mrs Joy Nunieh, the embattled former acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, on Friday accused the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, of hijacking the forensic audit of the NDDC ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari. Speaking when she appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on NDDC over allegations of illegal expenditure and mismanagement by the commission, Nunieh, at the investigative hearing, alleged that the minister breached various laws in a bid to hijack the forensic audit. On Thursday, the investigation of the NDDC took…

Tyrese Haspil Arrested And Charged With Murder Of Gokada CEO

Jul 18, 2020 topnews

The personal assistant of the young tech entrepreneur who was found decapitated and dismembered in his Manhattan apartment this week was arrested early on Friday and is expected to be charged in the grisly killing, according to two officials briefed on the matter. The entrepreneur, Fahim Saleh, 33, was discovered dead on Tuesday afternoon by his sister inside his $2.25 million condo in a luxury building on the Lower East Side, the police said. She had gone to check in on him after not hearing from him for about a…

Order forfeiting Saraki’s houses to FG reversed

Jul 17, 2020 topnews

The order forfeiting to the Federal Government two houses in Ilorin belonging to a former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has been reversed by the Federal High Court in Lagos. The court, in a judgment by Justice Rilwan Aikawa, released the houses to Saraki, while delivering judgment on an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission seeking to permanently forfeit the houses to the Federal Government. The EFCC had in December last year secured a court order for the interim forfeiture of the houses – Plots No. 10 and No.…