Former President Goodluck Jonathan has paid tributes to his late boss, ex-President Umaru Yar’Adua, 13 years after his death. Jonathan, who was Yar’Adua‘s deputy, described him as a “great and selfless leader”. In a post shared via his Twitter handle on Friday, he wrote, “On this day thirteen years ago, our nation lost a great…
Arsonists, burglars or any other persons found guilty of destroying or setting any public property in any part of Oyo State on fire is liable to a fine of N2 million, DAILY POST reports. This development is sequel to a new bill passed by the Oyo State House of Assembly. The bill was passed into…
Napoli have officially won the 2022-23 Serie A title and have been crowned champions of Italy for the first time since the 1989-90 season, having waited 33 years. It could’ve already been celebrated last week with a win over Salernitana, but Boulaye Dia’s equaliser postponed the party. The Partenopei’s extraordinary season has ended a 33-year…
British pop phenom Ed Sheeran did not plagiarize Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On” when composing his 2014 hit “Thinking Out Loud,” a US jury ruled Thursday. Sheeran stood up and hugged his team after jurors ruled that he “independently” created his song, according to an AFP reporter inside the Manhattan federal courtroom. The lawsuit…
The Nigerian Army on Thursday said it had rescued two additional girls from the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, nine years after their abduction by Boko Haram in 2014. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the Theatre Commander, North-East Joint Operation Hadin Kai, Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Ali, made this known while briefing newsmen at the…
The operatives of Osun Amotekun Corps has arrested two men, Nafiu Biodun, 21 and Tijani Wakili Dada, 30, for attempted murder of one Lateef Sikiru, in Apomu area of Osun State. The duo were arrested on Wednesday after a complaint was lodged at Amotekun Isokan Command and the operatives swung into action immediately and apprehended…
…insists ICPC re-arrested him without warrant The former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Adedibu Ojerinde, on Thursday, prayed the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to order his release from detention. Ojerinde, who is facing trial for allegedly diverting public funds totalling about N5billion, was on January 26, re-arrested at the…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Femi Fani-Kayode has said that no one can stop the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu from being sworn in as the President of Nigeria. He stated this against the backdrop of a statement credited to Cardinal John Onaiyekan that it doesn’t make sense for Tinubu to be sworn…
The Nigeria Police Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi has called for an investigation into a viral video of police officers assaulting a man who refused to release his phone to them. A tweep on Wednesday shared a video of officers assaulting a man, tagging the accounts of the Nigeria Police Force and the Lagos…
Mr Cisse Abdullahi, father of quadruplet (two boys and two girls) on Thursday appealed for financial assistance from Lagos State Government for the children’s upkeep. Abdullahi, 38, a native of Ilorin, who lives at Kumapayi, Baale Bus Stop, Oko-Afo, told newsmen that he needed the support of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and other well-meaning Nigerians to…
