A 13-year-old boy, Wisdom Hashimu, has committed suicide after he was severely brutalised by a soldier and members of the civilian Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Ungwan Maigero Community in the Chikun Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State. Until his death, the teenager was living with his parents, Mr and Mrs Saul Hashim…
In North Korea, two teenage boys from the city of Sariwon recently went on trial in a public court have bagged 15 years and life imprisonment respectively. Their crime? Distribution of South Korean songs and photos. The sentence was harsh: 15 years of hard labour for one of them, life imprisonment for the other. According…
The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has felicitated with Olori Iyabo Lamuye, the wife of Nigeria’s first Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Prince Tiamiyu Alade Lamuye (OON), eulogizing her as a woman of great importance considering her impacts in the society. Governor Adeleke acknowledges Olori Lamuye’s kindheartedness and simplicity, saying that…
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has urged his daughter, Nike Adeleke, to find a partner and get married. Adeleke gave the urge during a Q&A session on Nike’s Instagram page on Saturday. Nike, who is approaching her 29th birthday, asked her father how he felt about her not being married yet. “I am now 28…
The Kaduna State chapter of the, Peoples Redemption Party, PDP, has declared that the report of the Kaduna State House of Assembly on former Kaduna governor Nasir el-rufai’s financial expenditure has vindicated the opposition party in the state. In its reaction the party’s state publicity Secretary, Albera Catoh in a Press release said, ‘reports of…
Assistant Inspector- General of Police, AIG Yetunde Longe was born in Lagos State where she is from. She attended Anglican Girls Grammar School, Surulere, Lagos (1980) and City University of New York John Jay College of Criminal Justice (1986) with a Bachelors Degree in Forensic Toxicology. Her journey to the Force was inspired by the…
Governor Ademola Adeleke has surpassed the entire records of 12 years of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in pension payment with Twelve Billion and Seven billion naira plus within one and half years as against Eleven Billion and One Hundred million naira plus of the entire Twelve years of APC government. Governor Adeleke made the…
By Sarafa Ibrahim A family man of four was soliloquizing recently about the options available to him and his family on managing their health. And, out of nowhere, he asked a curious yet, insightful question– why do we (him and his family) need a health coverage? Hearing him, I paused a bit, and in between,…
The Spokesperson to the Governor of Osun state, Olawale Rasheed has stated that Former Minister of Police Affairs, Mr Jelil Adesiyan was ill informed about his assessment of Osun infrastructure agenda and the administration of palliative support under Governor Ademola Adeleke. Reacting to the ex-minister’s libelous allegations against Governor Ademola Adeleke and his lack of…
The Police Command in Kaduna State has confirmed a failed kidnap attempt by gunmen on Wednesday night on Alhaji Umar Musa, the Paramount Ruler of Ninzo Chiefdom in Sanga Local Government Area. ASP Mansir Hassan, spokesperson of the command, however, said that the whereabouts of the chief’s wife was still unknown. Mansir said that security…
