Seyi Tayese, Yenagoa Authorities of the Bayelsa State Police Command have taken into custody an 80-year-old man identified as Pa. Stephen, who allegedly defiled a 10-year-old pupil at Otuokpoti Community in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. According to reports filed by some Gender Advocacy groups in the state, including the Dise ogbise Foundation (Do Foundation), Reigneth foundation, Starrz safety initiative and the Collins Cocodia Foundation, the octogenarian was identified by indigenes of the community as a serial paedophile, who is ill with advance pile and hernia. The Gender Advocacy groups, when alerted about the incident, stormed the Otuokpoti…
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Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, on Wednesday, presented over 25 Hilux vehicles to various security agencies in the state. The gesture was part of the Governor Aiyedatiwa-led administration’s efforts to ensure adequate security across the state. While presenting the vehicles to the heads of the security agencies at the Governor’s Office car park in Akure, Aiyedatiwa said the gesture was the first batch of the provision of operational vehicles to boost security by his administration. The Governor who stressed the vital role that the security agencies play in safeguarding the lives and property of the people of the state, expressed…
Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, on Wednesday, appealed to state Governors to “settle pastoralists” with the return of grazing reserves designated for herders in the 1960s. MACBAN President, Baba Othman-Ngelzarma, made this appeal while speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily live programme. Othman-Ngelzamar noted that the “preservation” and the “protection” of grazing reserves, especially those in the 19 northern states, would address the intractable and internecine challenge of the farmer-herder crisis. MACBAN made this demand following President Bola Tinubu’s announcemeny on the creation of a new Ministry for Livestock Development. He assured that the livestock sector could turn…
National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, his wife, Hafsat and six others are expected to appear before a Kano State High Court on Thursday to answer to charges bordering on alleged bribery, diversion and misappropriation of funds running into billions of naira. The New Nigeria Peoples Party-led Kano State Government has dragged Ganduje and others before justice Amina Adamu Aliyu. On June 5, the court granted leave to the applicants to serve the respondents through substituted means which was effected on June 6, 2024 through advertorials in two national newspapers, Daily Trust and The Nation.…
President Bola Tinubu is scheduled to meet with the Organised Labour in Abuja on Thursday for further discussions on a new minimum wage for workers in the country. Channels Television gathered from a Labour source that Tinubu invited the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress to the meeting expected to be held at the Aso Villa in Abuja. During the meeting, President Tinubu is expected to make a decision on the ₦62,000 proposal of the government and private sector side; as well as the ₦250,000 demand of the Organised Labour. The meeting is coming barely a…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is at present presiding over the Federal Executive Council Meeting (FEC) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Tinubu also used the occasion to swear in eight recently appointed Federal Permanent Secretaries. Earlier, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, announced that Wednesday FEC is divided into two segments – theswearing of the New Permanent Secretaries and the Council meeting. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, then called out the new perm secs, read their citations before the President administered the oath of office. The swearing in was done in…
Senate Chief Whip, Senator Ali Ndume, says the rising cost of living and food scarcity call for serious concern. Ndume in an interview with BBC Hausa, said the Federal Government’s inability to address these issues is a major challenge, adding that some ministers are unable to meet with President Bola Tinubu to discuss the matter. According to him, “The major problem with this government is that its doors are closed, to the extent that even some ministers cannot see the President, not to mention members of the National Assembly, who do not have the opportunity to meet with him and…
Gbenga Abegunrin, Ibadan The lawmaker representing Ibadan North Federal Constituency, Hon. Musiliu Akinremi (Jagaban), is reportedly dead. An Ibadan-based online platform, OyoInsight, broke the sad news of the sudden demise of the All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmaker. The platform claimed that Hon. Akinremi’s colleagues, who spoke with its Correspondent, expressed disbelief about the lawmaker’s passage. Some other sources said that he died earlier this morning at a hospital in Jabi, Abuja. Efforts to reach his media aide to speak on the matter proved abortive. A popular politician in Ibadan North Federal Constituency, Ismaila Asipa, has taken to the social media…
. Admissions for 2024/2025 academic session ongoing @hust.edu.ng/admission Hillside University of Science and Technology, Okemesi-Ekiti in Ekiti State is leveraging on its massive infrastructural edge and quality faculty comprising of leading academics to redefine the trajectory of education in Nigeria. To this end, the University is leaving no stone unturned to equip students with skills and knowledge needed to excel in a rapidly evolving global landscape. Making the disclosure recently was the Chancellor of the Institution, Mr Joseph Olaoye Jaiyeola during a university event. Mr Jaiyeola said: “Hillside University of Science and Technology, is rapidly positioning itself as a transformative…
An Assistant Manager with Zenith Bank Plc, Mrs Ifeoma Ogbonnaya, has narrated how Mr Godwin Emefiele, the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), moved funds to his wife, Mrs Margaret Emefiele. Ogbonnaya told an Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday how Emefiele used the bank to move multimillion naira to his wife. Emefiele is standing trial over abuse of office and alleged $4.5 billion and N2.8 billion fraud while in office. Ogbonnaya, the fifth prosecution witness, was led in evidence by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Counsel, Mr Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN). She told the court…