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Coalition To Oshiomhole: ‘Resign Now Or Be Forced Out You PDP Mole’

Oct 11, 2018 topnews

A coalition of presidential aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have demanded for the resignation of the National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. The group, which includes governorship, senatorial, House of Representatives, state Houses of Assembly aspirants on the platform of the party, also accused Oshiomhole of working for the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP), by deliberately weakening the party to make victory easy for the opposition in next year’s general elections. In a statement signed by two presidential aspirants of the party; Alhaji…

Woman commits suicide over closure of her shops in Ghana

Oct 11, 2018 topnews

The National Association of Nigerian Traders (NANTS), Ghana chapter, has reported that a Nigerian woman and mother of three has committed suicide following the closure of her shops by Ghanaian authorities. The association made the development known when the leadership visited the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, to seek the intervention of President Muhammadu Buhari on the matter. The president of NANTS, Ghana, Chief Chukwuemeka Nnaji, said Mrs. Stella Ogonna Okpaleke, whose shops were locked for her failure to meet strict…

Five-month-old baby rescued from 22-year-old kidnapper

Oct 11, 2018 topnews

Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested one twenty-two-year old Suliyat Badmus for allegedly kidnapping a five-month-old baby in Lagos. The state Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi, on Wednesday said the mother of the child, Shukurat Opeoluwadu, had gone to hawk local herbs on September 26, 2018, when the suspect allegedly took advantage of her absence and fled with the baby. He added that after a distress call, operatives of the anti-kidnapping unit of the command were mobilised and they eventually arrested the suspect, while the baby was…

Fidelity Bank Unveils New Savings Campaign

Oct 10, 2018 topnews

A new account opening initiative has been launched by Fidelity Bank Plc. The bank also launched a new savings promotion campaign aimed at rewarding new and existing customers of the bank. The new account opening initiative enables members of the public to open online savings accounts through a Quick Response (QR) code which can be scanned from any of the promotional materials such as roll up banners, fliers, posters and newspaper adverts. This is expected to significantly ease the process of enrolment of new accounts and deepen the penetration of…

Afenifere cautions Tinubu over comment on grazing lands

Oct 10, 2018 topnews

The advice given to The Federal Government by a former Lagos State Governor and All Progressives Congress leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to convert unused land to grazing reserves, has been condemned by the Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere. The group said the APC chieftain was free to play politics the way he liked but cautioned him against playing with people’s lives by making outlandish propositions. Reacting to a statement credited to Tinubu in which he attributed the herdsmen attacks in parts of the country to scarcity of water and grazing land,…

Road accidents: 30% of truck drivers have vision problems – FRSC

Oct 10, 2018 topnews

Federal Road Safety Corps Marshal Boboye Oyeyemi has said tbat about 30 per cent of drivers of articulated vehicles have vision problems and can hardly see well at night. He said this was the outcome of a recent research conducted by the corps following frequent road accidents involving trailers/tankers leading to loss of lives. Oyeyemi who also lamented that the FRSC had lost 74 of its officials as a result to reckless acts of some drivers in the last 18 months, spoke on ‘Safety as an imperative for road cargo…

Contempt:Shell MD, two others sentenced to 3months imprisonment

Oct 10, 2018 topnews

The Managing Director of Shell Petroleum Development Company, Mr Osagie Okunbor, and two other top officials of the oil firm have been sentenced to three months’ imprisonment with hard labour for contempt by a High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. The other two officials convicted by the court are Nike Onyilola, who is the SPDC Secretary and Head of Legal Department; and Keibi Atemie, who is the Deputy Country Head of Legal/Managing Counsel, Global Litigation, Sub-Sahara Africa. Delivering judgement on Tuesday in Suit Number PHC/1929/2018, the…

Governor of Minnesota declares October 6 ‘Wizkid Day’

Oct 9, 2018 topnews

Mark Dayton, Governor of Minnesota, United State of American has declared October 6 of every year as ‘Wizkid Day, as part of a conscious effort to honor and celebrate the lifetime musical achievements of popular Nigerian pop music star, Ibrahim Ayodeji Balogun, aka Wizkid. According to the document which was officially signed, stamped and sealed by the governor, the reason behind the declaration was to honour the ‘Nowo’ crooner for his laudable achievements in music and for his role as a culture influencer. Some of his achievements, include recently becoming the first African artiste to…

Man arrested for producing adulterated wine in Lagos

Oct 9, 2018 topnews

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested one Ifeanyi Udeh, 32, for alleged production of adulterated fruit wine. The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi, said on Monday that operatives of the command intercepted the suspect during a stop-and-search duty in Agbowa, in the Ikorodu area of the state. Imohimi said Udeh confessed to producing the adulterated drinks when interrogated, adding that such product lead to health challenges. The CP said, “The policemen went to the suspect’s apartment and recovered 50 cartons of adulterated alcoholic drinks and other category…

Reaction trails Mercy Aigbe’s House acquisition

Oct 9, 2018 topnews

Popular Nollywood actress, Mercy Aigbe has found herself in the middle of a controversy after a letter surfaced online that her house which was celebrated on social media was bought by her “sugar daddy”. In the letter which was written as a Nollywood open script, the house she claimed to have put in 15 years of her hard work to build for herself, is a lie as it was a gift from her sugar daddy governor who many have alleged is the governor of Lagos state, Governor Ambode. Here are…