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Court orders immediate release of ex-NSA, Dasuki, declares his detetion illegal

Jul 2, 2018 topnews

Federal High Court, Abuja Division has ordered the Federal Government to release the detained former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki, retd, forthwith, declaring his continued detention as illegal. The court, in a judgement that was delivered by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, held that FG failed to justify why it has kept Dasuki in detention for over two and half years. It dismissed FG’s claim that the ex-NSA was being detained for the sake of national security and over alleged role he played in the illegal diversion of $2.1billion meant…

WAEC Set To Release 2018/2019 Results

Jul 1, 2018 topnews

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Council Head of Public Affairs, Damianus Ojijeogu during an interview on Saturday disclosed that the results of the 2018 WASSCE for School Candidates will be released in 45 days. The council, he said, was satisfied with the conduct of the just concluded examination for school candidates nationwide. The WASSCE for school candidates commenced on March 27, 2018 and was concluded on May 15, 2018. Below was the speech made by WAEC “We are indeed happy that the examination was conducted in a hitch-free manner.…

French president Macron to visit Fela’s African shrine

Jul 1, 2018 topnews

Emmanuel Macron, French President will on Tuesday visit a nightclub founded by Nigerian music legend Fela Kuti, becoming the first “real president” to enter a venue synonymous with marijuana smoke, sexy backup dancers and protest music. The New Afrika Shrine located in the teeming Lagos district of Ikeja replaced Fela Kuti’s original club that burnt down in 1977, but for millions of fans it still represents the original Shrine built by the musical maverick. “The Shrine is a must-see place,” said Olivier Laouchez, the head of the TRACE media and…

Belgian boy Laurent Simons heads off to university aged 8

Jun 30, 2018 topnews

A Belgian boy has graduated secondary school aged eight after completing six years’ study in just a year and a half. Laurent Simons, whose father is Belgian and mother Dutch, and has an IQ of 145 according to his parents, collected a diploma with a class of 18-year-olds. Speaking to Belgium’s RTBF radio, Laurent said his favourite subject was maths “because it’s so vast, there’s statistics, geometry, algebra”. After a two-month holiday from school, he will start university. His father said his son had struggled when he was younger to…

Pastor arrested for killing prostitute for ritual

Jun 30, 2018 topnews

Otaru Olusegun, a Pastor with the Voice of Canaan Church, Cherubim and Seraphim, Azuri-Okene, in Adavi Local Government Area of Kogi State, has been arrested for allegedly killing one commercial sex worker for ritual. He confessed that poverty led him into committing the crime. He confessed to have killed Mercy Moses, a sex worker at Hollywood Hotel in Azuri community with the hope of raising N2.5 million from the ritual before he was arrested. The pastor who was paraded with two of his accomplices, Yakubu Abdulmuminu and Samuel Olusegun at…

2-year-old Chrisland School pupil allegedly raped by school supervisor

Jun 30, 2018 topnews

A two-year and 11-month old pupil of Chrisland School was confirmed to have been raped. A medical expert on Friday told an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court that her findings revealed that the child was raped. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Oluwatoyin Olayioye was testifying before Justice Sybil Nwaka at the resumed trial of Adegboyega Adenekan, the school supervisor who allegedly raped the child. The witness, who has been practising medicine for eight years, holds a Bachelors of Medicine, Bachelors of Surgery, a Masters degree…

Maradona stripped of ambassador role by FIFA

Jun 30, 2018 topnews

Over his poor conduct during the Argentina and Nigeria match, Football legend Maradona has been removed as ambassador for FIFA. Maradona had celebrated Argentine’s second goal by raising his middle finger at fans who were trolling him when the score was at 1-1 draw. FIFA had considered his behaviour embarrasing and hence will no longer be entitle to the fee he do receive from the world soccer governing body for bringing the spotlight to any world cup match he witnessed live. He had also been urged to be of good…

Fashola Commiserates With People Of Lagos State Over Tragic Tanker Explosion

Jun 30, 2018 topnews

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola SAN has commiserated with the government and people of Lagos State over the tragic tanker explosion which occurred on Thursday evening outward Lagos towards Ojodu Berger. The fatal mishap which occurred when a tanker loaded with Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) lost control after descending the stretch of the bridge around the Otedola Estate led to the loss of nine lives and several vehicles. In a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Communications, Mr Hakeem Bello, Fashola expressed sadness over…

Phase 4 Of 2nd Niger Bridge Will Be Completed In July – Lai Mohammed

Jun 29, 2018 topnews

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has said phase four of the second Niger Bridge will be completed next month. The minister, who disclosed this, on Wednesday, in continuation of his ongoing tour of Federal Government projects across the country, declared that the bridge will be ready for use in 2020 and expressed satisfaction at the pace of work on the bridge. He said: “I am very excited. The thing about this project is that, because of the alignment, people travelling on the old bridge will say nothing…

Deputy superintendent of prison arrested for alleged robbery

Jun 29, 2018 topnews

Collins Ugwu, a Deputy Superintendent of Prisons has been arrested in Enugu State over his alleged involvement in armed robbery. Ugwu, serving with the Nigerian Prisons Service in Abuja, is from Ezza South Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. Police also arrested two suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) over the recent bombing of Ukehe residence of Chief John Nnia Nwodo, President-General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo. They were among the eight criminal suspects paraded by the Commissioner of Police in Enugu, Danmallam Mohammed. Their names were given…