Category: News
Tribunal sack Dino Melaye as senator representing Kogi west
By Idowu Bankole The gubernatorial election tribunal in Kogi state has, on Friday, sacked Senator Dino Melaye as the senator representing Kogi west district. Dino Melaye In a judgement delivered on Friday, the tribunal led by A.O. Chijiok ordered a fresh election in the district. Smart Adeyemi, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in…
I am fed up with her catankerous nature, husband tells court
A businessman, Olalekan Akingbade on Friday urged a Customary Court in Badagry, near Lagos, to dissolve his marriage because he was fed up with his wife’s cantankerous nature. Akingbade, 46, who lives at 47 Agunmajayi Eyenkole St., Oko-Afo in Badagry, said his wife had picked fights with him for no just reasons more than 15…
I kidnap infants for N50,000 – Suspect
… As Troops Hand Over 2 Kidnapped Infants, 3 Suspects To Police By Femi Bolaji A 37 year old Woman from Abia state, Ruth Okoronkwo, was on Friday paraded at the Police headquarters in Jalingo, Taraba state, for Kidnap infants for the sum of N50,000. The kidnap suspect who claims she is a business woman,…
Court remands ‘Yahoo Boys’ in Ekiti prison
A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi Lagos State has given the order to remand nine suspected internet fraudsters in Ado-Ekiti prison pending the hearing of criminal charges filed against them. Justice Nicholas Oweibo, the presiding judge and designated vacation judge for the Federal High Court in the Southwest, gave the order when the Economic…
Oyo-Ita is not corrupt, says C/River Deputy Speaker
The Deputy Speaker of Cross River House of Assembly, Mr Joseph Bassey, has expressed confidence in the character and integrity of the Head of Service of the Federation, Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita, declaring she is not corrupt. Bassey told reporters in Calabar on Friday that the allegations of fraud within her office were false and baseless,…
Social media reacts as Tribunal sacks Dino Melaye
By Emmanuel Okogba The never disappointing social media has joined in with memes and hilarious remarks to the news of the sacking of Dino Melaye from his position as the senator representing Kogi West. Dino Melaye Melaye (PDP) was declared winner in the February election by INEC, but Senator Smart Adeyemi (APC) approached the tribunal,…
Minister mourns ex-Falcons Star, Chiejine
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare has expressed shock and sadness at the sudden death of veteran national female football player, Ifeanyichukwu Chiejine. Ann Chiejine The minister said this in a statement by the Director of Press in the ministry, Mrs Blessing Lere-Adams, in Abuja on Friday. Dare described the ex-international…
UK PM deeply concerned about Amazon rainforest fires
Britain is deeply concerned about fires in the Amazon rainforest and Prime Minister Boris Johnson will use the G7 summit to call for a renewed focus on protecting nature, his office said on Friday. Borish Johnson UK PM “The prime minister is deeply concerned by the increase in fires in the Amazon rainforest and the…
Breaking: APC Govs in emergency closed-door meeting
By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: Governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC are currently in a closed door meeting with the National Working Committee NWC of the party at the party’s national secretariat, Abuja to discuss several issues affecting the party and review some of its strategies ahead of the November 16 governorship elections in…