As the Hajj is winding up and pilgrims are being airlifted back from the Holy Land, the Executive Secretary of Kaduna State Pilgrims Agency, Dr. YUSUF YAKUBU ARRIGASIYYU, narrates how the pilgrims were taken care of in the Holy...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied listing Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, as senatorial candidates for Yobe North and Akwa Ibom North West senatorial districts. INEC said the forms of...
The Police Service Commission has denied the allegations that the PSC Chairman, Musiliu Smith, was involved in multi-million naira contract scams and mismanagement of resources that gulped resources of the commission. The PSC also debunked the claims that Smith has...
The House of Representatives has summoned the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, to make available before it all documents relating to subsidy claims from 2013 till date. The Chairman, Special ad hoc committee investigating Petroleum Subsidy...
An Ikeja Special Offences Court, on Tuesday, sentenced one Pastor Erinmole Adetokunbo and one Adedoyin Oyekanmi to death for killing a seven-year-old boy for ritual purposes. The presiding judge, Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo, sentenced the duo who changed their pleas from not guilty...
Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has confirmed the arrest of five suspected killers of over 40 worshippers at St. Francis Catholic Church in the Owo area of the state. Akeredolu made the disclosure via a string of tweets on his...
United States tennis star, Serena Williams has announced her upcoming retirement from the sport. The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion made her second appearance of the year this week as she defeated Nuria Parrizas at the National Bank Open in...
Four drivers, who allegedly stole N40 million worth of diesel, were on Tuesday arraigned before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State. The defendants, 32-year-old Ibrahim Umaru, 33-year-old Sunday Ojo, 35-year-old Idowu Falade, and 46-year-old Ibrahim Bala, who are employees...
A commissioner of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Muhammad Naja’atu, has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged corrupt practices at the commission. Naja'atu has accused the Commission's Chairman and former Inspector-General of Police, Musliu Smith, of...
The operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 29 suspected internet fraudsters in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. According to a statement issued on Tuesday by the EFCC, the suspects were arrested in a sting operation...