Gunmen on Tuesday stormed the Ilejemeje Local Government Area Secretariat in Ẹda-Oniyọ, Ekiti State, causing panic and chaos among workers. The attackers disrupted normal activities and forced employees to flee the premises for safety. This happened days after armed Yoruba Nation agitators invaded the Oyo State Government Secretariat. The hoodlums, who were said to have…
The Nigerian Bar Association has stated that an electronic voting system will be used for its 2024 election. The NBA explained that this decision will allow members of the association to participate in the election seamlessly from their different locations. The association’s Electoral Committee, led by Oluseun Abimbola (SAN), disclosed this during the opening of…
The Kano State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, State Working Committee has overruled the suspension of the National Chairman of the party, Umar Abdullahi Ganduje. The Kano State APC has also suspended the ward party leaders who earlier suspended Ganduje. Recall that the APC Ganduje ward in Dawkin Tofa Local Government suspended Ganduje on…
The late Nollywood makeup artist, Abigail Fredrick, 24, has been laid to rest in her hometown in Ikot Udoma, Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, on Monday. Frederick was among the five film practitioners, including Junior Pope, who died when their boat capsized on the River Niger last Wednesday. Recall that the Akwa…
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has faulted the ruling of Magistrate Mikhail Kadiri, the Coroner who investigated the death of Master Sylvester Oromoni, a 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos State. Recall that in the ruling delivered on Monday, the Coroner Lagos exonerated Dowen College and blamed the death of the deceased on the…
President Bola Tinubu on Monday declared the first week of April as Police Week, with the last day of the week, April 7, labelled National Police Day. He premised this on the administration’s drive to honour the sacrifices of the men and women who serve the country in the decades-old institution. Tinubu announced the new…
Israel launched a “diplomatic offensive” against Iran on Tuesday, calling on 32 countries to impose sanctions against the Revolutionary Guards and their missile programme. Late on Saturday, Iran carried out an unprecedented direct attack on Israel, using more than 300 drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles, in retaliation for a deadly April 1 air strike…
Mr Sylvester Oromoni Snr, the father of the late 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lekki, Sylvester Junior, who died under controversial circumstances after allegedly being bullied and forced to drink a substance, has rejected the judgment of the Coroner Inquest which indicted him, his wife and the family doctor for their son’s death. He said…
Three years after the death of a 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lekki, Sylvester Junior Oromoni, a Coroner Inquest sitting in Ogba Magistrate Court, has attributed his death to his parents and doctor’s negligence. The Coroner Magistrate, Mikhail Kadiri, held that Oromoni died as a result of failed treatment for his enlarged liver. Recall that…
The Senior Pastor of the Dunamis International Gospel Centre, DIGC, Dr. Paul Enenche has said that it was not his intention to embarrass one of his members Ms Anyim Veronica Nnenna who testified yesterday (Sunday) at the Glory Dome Abuja, of how God helped her graduate with a degree in law after ten years. Enenche…
