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TENANT REMANDED FOR ALLEGEDLY DEFILING LANDLORD’S DAUGHTER
The Chief Magistrate of the Iyaganku Family Court in Ibadan Oyo State, Mrs Olabisi Ogunkanmi, on Wednesday, ordered the remand of a tenant, Kareem Mojeed, for allegedly defiling his landlord’s seven-year-old daughter. The court ordered that the defendant be remanded at the Agodi Correctional Centre, pending legal advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions. Mojeed…
BREAKING: TINUBU TO SWEAR IN KEKERE-EKUN AS NEW CJN FRIDAY
President Bola Tinubu will swear in Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as the new Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) on Friday, August 23, following the retirement of Justice Olukayode Ariwoola. The scheduled swearing-in ceremony, which will be held at the Council Chambers of the State House, was announced in a statement issued on Thursday by Special Adviser to…
KIDNAPPED MONARCH BEGS SOKOTO GOV’T, SULTANATE COUNCIL TO PAY RANSOM
The Sarkin Kudun Gatawa in Gatawa District of Sokoto state, Alhaji Muhammad Bawa, who was kidnapped 23 days ago has appealed to the Sokoto State Government, Sultanate Council and his relatives to pay ransom for his freedom before the deadline set by his captors. Alhaji Bawa, in a released video clip over the weekend, was…
SENATORS’ N29M EARNING NOT A LOT OF MONEY, EX-LAWMAKER CLAIMS
A former senator who represented Adamawa North Senatorial District, Ishaku Abbo, has claimed that the monthly earnings of senators are only “big on paper” and not enough for the demands and challenges of their office. In an interview on Arise TV on Sunday, Abbo stated that his salary and allowances while serving as a senator totaled N14.4…
DEMOCRATS PROJECT ANTI-TRUMP CAMPAIGN MESSAGES ONTO HIS CHICAGO HOTEL
The Democratic National Committee projected anti-Trump campaign slogans onto Trump Tower in Chicago on Sunday, one day before the convention kicks off. The messages include “Trump-Vance ‘weird as hell,’” “Harriz Walz fighting for you” and “Project 2025 HQ,” a reference to the controversial conservative policy plans authored by a slew of allies of former President Donald Trump. Trump has disavowed Project…
TINUBU JETS OUT TO FRANCE ON MONDAY
President Bola Tinubu will travel to France on Monday, the presidency has said. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. He said Tinubu would return to the country after his stay in the European nation. “President Bola Tinubu will embark on a trip…
FOOD PRICES SOAR IN KADUNA AFTER HUNGER PROTEST
In the aftermath of the recent nationwide hunger protests, the prices of cooking gas and food items have skyrocketed in Kaduna. Prices of goods such as provisions, grains and other staple food items are rising steadily in markets and shops across the board. Checks by a News Agency of Nigeria’s Correspondent on Monday in Kaduna…
WIFE MAY BAG JAIL TERM FOR TEARING HUSBAND’S PASSPORTAT LAGOS AIRPORT – NIS
A Nigerian woman named Favour Igiebor, who tore up her husband’s passport at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, could face a jail term as punishment for her actions if found guilty, according to the Nigeria Immigration Service Act of 2015 (as amended). The NIS had on Monday revealed that it had launched an investigation into…
MAN ARRESTED WITH FRESH HUMAN SKULL IN IBADAN
A man simply identified as Musa has been apprehended in the Amuloko area of Ibadan, Oyo State capital, with a fresh human skull of an unidentified woman. Residents, suspicious of his unusual behaviour, confronted him and demanded to see the contents of a sack he was carrying. Upon inspection, they discovered a human skull inside….
VIDEO: WHY I TORE MY HUSBAND’S PASSPORT, WOMAN BREAKS SILENCE
A Nigerian woman identified as Favour Igiebor has revealed why she destroyed her husband’s passport at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos. Over the weekend, a video of Igiebor damaging her husband’s passport at the airport began circulating on social media. The couple and their children appeared to have arrived in Nigeria from Europe. In…