The Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Lekan Balogun and the elevated obas as well as Governor ‘Seyi Makinde are in for another round of legal tussle as the Otun Olubadan of Ibadan, Rashidi Ladoja has dragged them to court. Vanguard recalled that like he did during the Abiola Ajimobi administration, Ladoja, a former governor of Oyo…
The road fittings installed on the newly inaugurated Second Niger bridge have been vandalized by robbers. It was learnt that the vandalization on the facility occured on Wednesday, with the expansion joint walkway on axis 330 of the bridge stolen. A source is quoted to have said, “Unfortunately, It’s true. The stolen fitting is an…
The Osun State House of Assembly has annulled the Osun State Anthem, Crest and Flag Law 2012. The annulation of the law was carried out during a plenary of the House on Tuesday. In a statement by the Speaker of the Assembly, Adewale Egbedun, the action was taken in compliance with the judgement of a…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control(NAFDAC) has warned against consuming calcium carbide ripened fruits in the country. The Director General of NAFDAC, Prof. Moji Adeyeye, in her keynote address, at the flag-off of the NAFDAC Media Sensitization Workshop on Dangers of Drug Hawking and Ripening of Fruits with Calcium Carbide, also…
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has approved the appointments of Nigeria’s former minister of state for agriculture and rural development, Malam Bukar Tijani as Secretary to Borno State Government. The Governor has also reappointed Professor Isa Hussaini Marte as Chief of Staff. The two appointments were announced by the Governor’s spokesman Malam Isa Gusau in a…
Ahead of the November 11, Governorship election in Bayelsa, political actors in the state have been cautioned against reckless and unguarded utterances capable of undermining the prevailing peace in the state. A concerned group, Network of Bayelsa Professionals (NBP), made the appeal in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. The statement which was signed by…
Nigerian man known as George Onyekachi Onuoha has been brutally beaten to death in Indonesia. It was gathered that Onuoha was killed by suspected ‘Ambon boys’ at Tangerang, in the province of Banten on Sunday, 9 July, 2023. A Nigerian, who witnessed the incident told SaharaReporters that the reason for the action remains unknown. ‘This…
Jacob Olalekan Ponle popularly known as Mr Woodberry has been to eight years and three months in prison for coordinating a multimillion-dollar fraud. Mr Woodberry who is a known associate of imprisoned Nigerian fraudster, Hushpuppi, was sentenced on July 11 by Judge Robert Gettleman of the United States District Court for the Northern District of…
An Ikeja High Court has sentenced a 30-year-old hotel worker, Jeffrey Ehizojie to death by hanging for strangling his employer, Olusola Olusoga and the hotel manager, Tunji Omikunle, to death in Lagos. Delivering judgment on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, Justice Oyindamola Ogala, held that the prosecution has proved its case beyond reasonable doubts. Mrs. Ogala…
Nollywood actor Kanayo O. Kanayo has cursed any partner who would subject his daughter, Uloaku to Brazilian Butt Lift, BBL, enlargement operation. In a video on his Instagram story on Monday, the actor shared a tale of a young woman who eventually passed away from an infection after she was compelled by her boyfriend to…
