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Three teachers arrested over leaked WAEC question papers

Jun 21, 2019 topnews

Police in Abuja have paraded three secondary school teachers arrested recently for allegedly aiding and abating malpractices in West African Examinations Council, WAEC, in three states in the South. The teachers, who were paraded before newsmen at the Force Headqarters, Abuja, by the Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba, however, feigned ignorance of their offence, as according them, they merely snapped questions of examinations already written by students with their phones, saying they didn’t know such act constituted an offence. According to them, their actions were merely to later…

Landlord allegedly rapes tenant’s two-year-old daughter

Jun 21, 2019 topnews

A 40-year-old man, Emeka Okwuosa has been remanded in Ogwashi prison by Magistrate court in Nsukwa, Delta State for allegedly raping a two-year-old girl. Okwuosa who was remanded for unlawful carnal knowledge of the minor was arraigned by the police yesterday and will be in the prison pending advice from Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP). The case has been adjourned to July 10. Okwuasa allegedly raped the child on May 31. The little girl lives with her parents in Nsukwa in a compound owned by Okwuasa. Okwuasa’s arrest and prosecution…

Kyari replaces Baru as NNPC GMD

Jun 21, 2019 topnews

Dr. Maikanti Baru, who clocks 60 years next month, has been replaced with Mele Kolo Kyari by the Federal Government yesterday, as the new Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). A geologist as well as Group General Manager, Crude Oil Marketing Division of the corporation and Nigeria’s ex-National Representative to the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Kyari joined the organisation over two decades ago. Announcing the appointment in a statement, NNPC Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs, Ndu Ughamadu, added that the president…

Falana to Buhari: Show sincerity by trying corrupt APC members

Jun 21, 2019 topnews

Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has told the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to show sincerity in its anti-graft war by prosecuting all alleged corrupt members of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The human right activist, who threw the challenge at the ActionAid Nigeria Strengthening Citizens’ Resistance Against Prevalence of Corruption (SCRAP-C) stakeholders’ dialogue yesterday in Kano, insisted that many members of the ruling party were corrupt and must be prosecuted to send a strong signal to others. He said: “Unlike previous administrations, this Buhari regime has shown…

Otedola concludes sale of shares in Forte Oil’s fuel, upstream businesses

Jun 20, 2019 topnews

Mr Femi Otedola, the Chairman of Forte Oil Plc, has announced the completion of the sale of all his shares in the firm’s downstream and upstream businesses. Forte Oil had disclosed on December 24, 2018, the divestment by its majority shareholder, with Otedola saying he had reached an agreement with the Prudent Energy team, investing through Ignite Investments and Commodities Limited, to divest of his full 75 per cent direct and indirect shareholding in the company’s downstream business. Otedola, on his verified Instagram handle on Wednesday, said he had exited…

Abducted Former Health minister’s son regains freedom

Jun 20, 2019 topnews

The abducted son of the immediate past Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole, Dayo, has been released. Dayo was released barely 24 hours after he was kidnapped on his farm in Iroko near Fiditi in Afijio Local Government Area of Oyo State on Tuesday. An aide to the ex-minister, however, confirmed that Dayo was released on Wednesday evening. He said, “He regained freedom just this evening and he is with his family in Ibadan. Details are still sketchy but we will issue a statement soon.” The kidnappers, who reportedly wore facial…

Four arrested for allegedly stealing grandma’s panties

Jun 20, 2019 topnews

Four men have been arrested in connection with the alleged stealing of a pair of pants belonging to a grandmother, Modupe Adekoya, in the Olorunsogo area of Basiri, Ado Ekiti. The woman, who had washed her underwear and spread them to dry on her balcony around 3am on Tuesday, raised the alarm when she could not find the pair of pants at daybreak. Following investigation, one Friday, 21, was suspected to be responsible for the disappearance of the pants and the case was reported at the Irewolede Police Station, which…

Court stops El Rufai from issuing license to preachers

Jun 20, 2019 topnews

Kaduna state governor, Nasir El Rufai, has been stopped by a Kaduna High Court, presided over by Justice Hajaratu Gwadah on Wednesday from screening and issuing licences to religious preachers in the state. The state High court however asserted that the government has the right to regulate religious activities in the state. The judgement was delivered in suit filed by the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), challenging the constitutionality of the bill on the regulation of religious preaching in the state. The Bill which was introduced by governor Nasir El…

Edo assembly crisis: Oshiomhole, Others Beaten Up By Thugs

Jun 19, 2019 topnews

Younger brother of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole Seidu Oshiomhole, was on Tuesday, beaten up by suspected thugs. Seidu is also the lawmaker-elect for Etsako West 11 to the Edo State House of Assembly. The attack on Oshiomhole and 14 other lawmakers of the Edo State House of Assembly is the latest in the crisis between the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, and the National Chairman of the APC. 15 lawmakers, who were absent at midnight on Monday when the other nine members of the…

Magician drowns after ‘magic’ act goes wrong

Jun 19, 2019 topnews

Chanchal Lahiri, an magician has drowned while trying to replicate an underwater Houdini-inspired stunt — tying himself up with chains and ropes and being lowered into a river, Indian police said. Rescue workers found the body of late Lahiri on Monday in the Hooghly river, the deputy commissioner of the port division of Kolkata police, Syed Waquar Raza said. The 40-year-old Lahiri, who was known by his stage name “Jadugar Mandrake” (Wizard Mandrake), was lowered by winch into the river in Kolkata on Sunday in a yellow and red costume.…