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Nasarawa Gov Loses Son, Hassan

January 27, 2023January 28, 2023 Ganiyu Amodu

The Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule, has lost his son, Hassan Sule. It was gathered that the governor’s son died in Lafia in the late hours of Thursday, January 26, 2023. The deceased who got married to his first wife, Hajiya Sule, in June last year was Governor Sule’s eldest son. Hassan aged 36. This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Lafia on Friday by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Ibrahim Addra. READ ALSO: Adeleke Rejects Tribunal Verdict, Heads To Appeal Court BREAKING: Tribunal Sacks…

Adeleke Rejects Tribunal Verdict, Heads To Appeal Court

January 27, 2023 Ganiyu Amodu

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has described the judgement of the governorship tribunal as ” a miscarriage of justice”, vowing to challenge the ruling at the Court of Appeal. Reacting to the verdict of the Tribunal in a statement issued by his spokesperson, Rasheed Olawale, Governor Adeleke faulted the resolution of the over-voting question in favour of Mr Oyetola, calling it ” an unfair interpretation against the will of majority of voters”. READ ALSO: BREAKING: Tribunal Sacks Adeleke As Governor ICPC Re-Arrests Ex-JAMB Registrar, Ojerinde Bullion Van At Tinubu’s Bourdillon…

ICPC Re-Arrests Ex-JAMB Registrar, Ojerinde

January 27, 2023 admin

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has re-arrested a former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Adedibu Ojerinde, on Thursday in Abuja. Ojerinde’s re-arrest followed a warrant issued by the Federal High Court, Abuja. He is expected to face a team of investigators over new evidence uncovered in relation to his ongoing trial for diversion of funds while he was a public officer. ICPC operatives uncovered two accounts opened in the names of Trillium Learning Centre Ltd and Sapati International Schools Ltd…

Police Confirm Alleged Killing Of 27 Pastoralists In Airstrike

January 27, 2023 admin

The Nasarawa State Police Command has confirmed the killing of 27 pastoralists in an airstrike in Doma Local Government Area of the State. DSP Ramhan Nansel, the Command’s spokesman, confirmed this and casualty figure to the News Agency of Nigeria. In an interview on Thursday in Lafia, Nansel said that preliminary investigation revealed that the pastoralists had on Tuesday gone to Benue State to pay fines for the release of cattle impounded by the Benue State Livestock Guards implementing the State’s Anti-Open Grazing and Ranching Law. READ ALSO: Bullion Van…

How Fire Gutted Lagos Popular Balogun Market

January 26, 2023January 26, 2023 Abibat Babalola

Some shops in the ground floor of a three storey building at Popular Balogun market, Broad Street, on Lagos Island again was on fire at about 01:33am on Thursday, the fire incident started at midnight. The cause of the fire outbreak could not be ascertained as of the time of filing this report. READ ALSO: Earth’s Inner Core May Have Stopped Turning, Could Go Into Reverse – Study Fuel Crisis, Naira Redesign Plots Against My Election – Tinubu After Platforms Africa’s Report Buhari Sets up 14 Man Committee on Fuel…

Why I Married My Daughter’s Boyfriend – Kano Woman

January 26, 2023January 26, 2023 Ganiyu Amodu

A married woman in Rano Local Government Area of Kano State, Malama Khadija, has dissolved her own marriage and married her daughter’s boyfriend. The incident happened after the daughter of the woman, Aisha, rejected her suitor. However, in their reaction, the woman’s relatives told a local Radio Station in Kano that they were accusing the Hisbah Commandant of Rano LGA of marrying off their daughter without their consent and that they didn’t even know where she was. READ ALSO: BREAKING: Chief Imam of Oyo, Mas’ud Ajokidero, Is Dead OML 18:…

OML 18: Fire Guts Nigeria Oil Block’s Wellhead

January 25, 2023January 25, 2023 Abibat Babalola

Eroton, oil well operator, confirms incident, gives details Eroton Exploration & Production Company has reported fire at a wellhead at the Akaso field in its Oil Mining Lease, OML, 18 asset. The company said the incident, at the Cawthrone Channel operational area, occurred last weekend. The company’s spokesperson, Mercy Max-Ebibai, said the well was releasing hydrocarbons into the environment, accompanied by wildfire due to suspected vandalism and bunkering activity on the Xmas tree containment valves of the wellhead. READ ALSO: Oil Slips To $86 Per Barrel After Platforms Africa’s…

Diphtheria Outbreak: Kano Leads As NCDC Records 123 Cases, 38 Deaths

January 24, 2023 admin

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it has recorded 128 cases of diphtheria and 38 deaths in the country. Ifedayo Adetifa, NCDC director-general, said this on Monday during a media briefing at the ministry of health in Abuja. Diphtheria is a bacterial infection caused by the corynebacterium species that affect the nose, throat, and sometimes, skin of an individual. Some symptoms of diphtheria include fever, runny nose, sore throat, cough, red eyes, neck swelling, and difficulty in breathing. READ ALSO: Photo Of The Day: Obasanjo Captains Old Boys Of BBHS ln…

300 Level Nigerian Varsity Student Commits Suicide

January 22, 2023 Ganiyu Amodu

For alleged depression and financial constraints, a 300 level student of the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA, in Ondo state, Olona Joseph Oluwapelumi, has reportedly committed suicide. Olona was said to have committed suicide in his off campus lodge, located Aule area, in the state capital. Vanguard gathered that the department of industrial design student hanged himself . His friends who visited his room yesterday morning discovered it was locked and after several telephone calls without response, the door was broken. READ ALSO: Wife Dies 11 Days After Wedding…

Wife Dies 11 Days After Wedding

January 22, 2023 Abibat Babalola

A groom Idris Mustapha Daja has lost his bride Maryam Muhammad Liman barely 11 days after the solemnisation of their wedding. The bride reportedly died after a brief illness on January 17, 2023. The wedding took place on Friday, January 6, 2023 at late Muhammad Kolo Sati’s residence, Sabon Gari Ibbi, along Mokwa-New Bussa road in Niger State. Walima was held same day at the residence of the late Etsu Zagurma Alhaji Usman Isa in Daja. READ ALSO: South West Governor Declares Work-free Day For PVC Collection South Africa Disconnects…