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…laments fight against corruption stalled without severe consequences I didn’t write memo seeking to leave APC — Osinbajo VICE President Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday, blamed the slow developmental pace of the country’s educational and health sectors on continuous theft of public funds. This was as he said all efforts invested overtime to fight corruption may never yield any result if ... Read More »

Ondo State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of three Secondary School students for raping a 14-year-old girl. Spokesman for the Police Command, SP Fumilayo Odunlami, gave the names of the suspects as Idris Matthew, 17, Olawale Tobi, 18, and Ajayi Michael, 17. Odunlami said the suspects were being held over a conspiracy and defilement. She said the suspects who ... Read More »

A Lagos State High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square Tuesday heard that a Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) pastor, Babatunde Dada, was found coughing blood after being stabbed and robbed allegedly by after being stabbed teenagers that he helped off the streets and gave accommodation after getting them a job. The teens, Farouk Mohammed, 16, and Kasali ... Read More »

The attention of Ned Nwoko Media Directorate has been drawn to a cowardly video where the Rivers state governor, Nyesome Wike purportedly made wild insinuations against Hon. Prince Ned Nwoko. Characteristic of the garrulous governor, he carelessly dabbled again into the issue of the $418 Paris Club refunds, a legitimate entitlement of Prince Ned Nwoko, whose patriotic ingenuity, as a ... Read More »

Lagos State Government has directed the Health Facilities Monitoring and Accreditation Agency, HEFAMAA, to conduct a thorough investigation into the allegations of sexual abuse of an unidentified patient at Optimal Cancer Center, Lagos. The state Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, gave the directive on Monday, following the a video that surfaced online. According to the commissioner: “We are aware ... Read More »

…..Details of how conductor sprayed perfume in the bus and passengers dozed off A 50-year-old man, Gbenga Maxwell Ajayi, who was abducted on his way to Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos State, on a day he was billed to travel to London has regained his freedom. The father of four was abducted last Friday inside a commercial vehicle from Ijaye ... Read More »

Operatives of the Intelligence Response Team of the Nigeria Police Force Intelligence Bureau FIB-IRT have arrested four suspected members of a kidnap syndicate that abducted wife of a popular Rivers-based businessman, eight months ago. The woman, Mrs Hussana Adamu, was on her way to drop her children at school when the armed kidnappers intercepted her near Casablanca Club , Government ... Read More »

..,.Here’s a brief profile of the billionaire octogenarian Jim Ovia, once named by Forbes as one of the 50 richest people in Africa, is a year older today. As expected, accolades have poured in to celebrate him, including one from President Muhammadu Buhari and other notable Nigerians. President Buhari called him a “beloved citizen” and praised him for his immense ... Read More »

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, docked a former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Lagos State, Olasupo Shasore, SAN, before the Federal High Court in Abuja. The erstwhile Lagos AG was arraigned alongside his company, Middlesex Investment Limited,on a 14-count charge that bordered on his alleged complicity in money laundering to the tune of about N109.8million. ... Read More »

It is more trouble for the embattled former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, as the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, gave the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, the permission to temporarily seize 40 properties that were allegedly traced to him. Trial Justice Inyang Ekwo granted the interim forfeiture order, after he heard an ex-parte application that ... Read More »