Immediate past Oyo Governor Abiola Ajimobi is dead. He was said to have died of COVID-19 complications at First Cardiology Specialist Hospital, Lagos. He was 70. Source close to the former Governor told The Nation that Ajimobi breathed his last at about 4pm. Oyo House of Representatives member, Akin Alabi, also tweeted: “Forever in my heart.” Ajimobi was the first ... Read More »
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COVID-19: Saudi Arabia Bans International Pilgrims From Hajj 2020
Saudi Arabia has banned all international visitors from making the Islamic pilgrimage known as Hajj this year as part of measures to stop the spread of Coronavirus. Saudi Arabia has so far recorded 161,005 cases of infection and 1,307 deaths. Only a very limited number of people currently living in the kingdom may take part, BBC reports. There are fears that Hajj ... Read More »
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Missing Woman in Synagogue : T. B. Joshua in eye of Storm.
…As Ghanaian Woman, In Search Of Healing Disappears Suzanna Laar got missing. Scandal of monumental proportion is currently rocking the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Ikotun, Lagos as a Ghanaian woman, simply known as Suzanna Laar got missing shortly after visiting the church for healing in December 2019. The 54 years old woman had visited the church in company of ... Read More »
Man nabbed for raping six-year-old in Anambra
A 20-YEAR old man, Chikwado Anijiofor, has been arrested for allegedly raping his neighbour’s daughter in Ogbudike Okpoko in Anambra state. The Police spokesperson, Haruna Mohammed disclosed this in a statement, saying the suspect had confessed to the crime. He said the Commissioner of Police, John Abang has directed the case be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Awka ... Read More »
N4.2 billion fraud: Full details of the deal Obinwanne Okeke had with the US government after pleading guilty
Details of the deal Forbes celebrated Obinwanne Okeke had with the US government after pleading guilty to N4.2 billion fraud has emerged. LIB reported earlier that the Nigerian man who would be sentenced on October 22 for a potential lengthy period that could see him spend 20 years behind bars, admitted his involvement in a conspiracy to commit wire fraud ... Read More »
OSHINOWO GAVE HIS ALL IN SERVICE TO LAGOS AND NIGERIA – SANWO-OLU
Governor, Cabinet Members Visit Late Lawmaker’s Widow, Children ’Dad’s Death A Pain We Will Carry Forever’ – Son Number 12 Jimi Bewon Street in Ogudu GRA – the residence of the late lawmaker representing Lagos East Senatorial District, Senator Adebayo Sikiru Oshinowo – received a high-powered delegation from the State Government on Friday. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu led members of the ... Read More »
Updated: Giadom can’t act as APC chair, says court
It was gathered that the court presided over by Justice Florence Fiberesima granted an order of perpetual injunction restraining Giadom from parading himself as a member of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the APC in a suit filed by Dele Moses & Others. The order was made sequel to a motion exparte brought before the court by the ... Read More »
EDO SAGA : Court affirms restrain of Obaseki, others from arresting Oshiomhole over alleged corruption
Oshiomhole was the Governor of Edo State from November 2008 to November 2016. A panel of inquiry set up by the Edo State Government, headed by Justice J. Oyomire had, in a white paper, indicted Oshiomhole for act of corruption. In the white paper, the panel recommended the arrest and prosecution of Oshiomhole, a decision the suspended APC National Chairman ... Read More »
Villa Fracas: Buhari Prepares To Sack Top Security Over Alleged Threat
The last may not have been heard in the crisis rocking Aso Villa, Nigeria’s seat of power in Abuja, where wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha, has waged an open and bitter war against some persons close to her husband including his Personal Assistant, Sabiu ‘Tunde’ Yusuf, and Mamman Daura, a nephew to the President. The crisis, which started with ... Read More »