Day: March 21, 2025

Osimhen Hits Brace As Nigeria Defeat Rwanda 2-0

Ganiyu Amodu

A brace by Victor Osimhen on Friday lifted Nigeria above Rwanda in a World Cup Qualifier on Friday in Kigali. Osimhen, who has so far scored 26 goals for his club, Galatasaray in the 2024/2025 season, scored the two goals in the first half. He scored the first in the 11th minute and the second in the third minute of the added time of the first half. ‘Mama Mammy’ Maria Ochefu, First Military Barrack Market Founder, Is Dead Lagos Central Mosque Tussle Worsens, Chief Imam Drags Baba Adinni To Court…

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Nigeria Rehabilitates 3,030 Inmates,Fortifies Prisons

Abibat Babalola

The federal government has rehabilitated no fewer than 3,030 inmates across prisons in the country, training them in various skills and vocations. Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, who disclosed this at a ministerial briefing organized by the Ministry of Information and National Orientation in Abuja yesterday, said the government had also boosted security across some of its facilities to ward off external attacks. He said: “3,030 inmates were rehabilitated between July and December 2024 in various vocational skills including: carpentry, tailoring, poultry, fishery, hairdressing and others. READ ALSO: Court…

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Court Rejects EFCC’s Additional Proof Of Evidence On Emefiele

Abibat Babalola

Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court Abuja, has rejected the additional proof of evidence brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, in the alleged procurement fraud trial brought against him. Delivering ruling in a motion on notice filed by Emefiele to object to the action of the EFCC, Justice Muazu held that the Commission had on February 12, 2024, first filed additional proof of evidence against the former CBN governor to…

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One Feared Dead As Osun Communal Crisis Worsens

Ganiyu Amodu

One person has been reportedly killed following renewed hostilities between Ifon and Ilobu communities in Osun State over disputed lands. Eyewitnesses reported that sounds of gunshots rented the air since the evening of Thursday while houses were still being razed in the early hours on Friday. The Spokesperson to Olufon of Ifon, Mr. Akeeb Adekunle, alleged that the crisis has been brewing since last week following a series of attacks on Indigenes of Ifon by Ilobu, which were reported at the police station without any succor. His words, “The incident…

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