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DETAILS: Explosion rocks Ekiti Govt House

Posted by admin Ekiti, Headlines, State News Sunday, February 9th, 2020

By Rotimi Ojomoyela There was palpable fear in Ado-Ekiti on Saturday, as a loud bang suspected to be bomb explosion rocked Ekiti state old government Secretariat. It was gathered that the explosion, which occurred around 7.05 am, ripped some of the buildings at the old government secretariat located at the Oke-Oriomi area of Ado-Ekiti, where […]

Police arraign Nigerian singer, Iyanya, over alleged car theft

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, February 9th, 2020

Popular singer, Iyanya Onoyom Mbuk, has been arraigned before a Lagos High Court in Igbosere, presided over by Justice Mobolanle Okikiolu-Ighile by men of Special Fraud Unit (SFU) in Ikoyi, Lagos on one-count charge over alleged car theft. The Police alleged that his arraignment had been adjourned six times after the charge, marked LD/9024c/2019, was […]

Indian man parades wife’s decapitated head in front of horrified onlookers

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Sunday, February 9th, 2020

Horrifying images show the moment an Indian man who had decapitated his wife paraded her head, waved to stunned onlookers and sang his country’s national anthem, according to a report. Akhilesh Rawat, 30, and his wife of more than two years, Rajani, began an argument that turned violent Saturday – and he allegedly attacked her […]

50% Pay Cut: Lawmakers tackle Pastor Adeboye

Posted by admin General Politics, Headlines, House, Legislature, Raw Politics, Religion, Senate Sunday, February 9th, 2020

Say pay cut unacceptable to us General Overseers, Pastors should sacrifice from tithes, offerings Churches amass wealth, collecting money from poor people Reducing salaries, allowances ‘ll not solve funding problem Pastors are manipulators, they don’t have moral right to advise politicians Dayo Johnson, Ola Ajayi, Anayo Okoli,Samuel Oyadongha, Umar Yusuf, Marie-Therese Nanlong,Rotimi Ojomoyela, Peter Okutu, […]

House of Reps retains Doguwa as Majority Leader

Posted by admin Headlines, House, Legislature Monday, February 3rd, 2020

Following his victory in the House of Representatives rerun election in Tudun Wada/Doguwa federal constituency of Kano State, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa has been reinstated as the Leader of the House of Representatives. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, made this announcement shortly after Mr Ado-Doguwa was sworn in yesterday. “The APC has resolved […]

Bayelsa Deputy Gov Decries Loot Of Guest House

Posted by admin Bayelsa, General Politics, Governors, Headlines, Raw Politics, State News Monday, February 3rd, 2020

The guest house of the Bayelsa State Deputy Governor, Gboribiogha Jonah, has been looted. In a statement, Jonah’s media aide, Ebi Evinson, said the looting was carried out by unknown people at the Bayelsa State Government House. This is coming barely two weeks to the expiration of the tenure of the Seriake Dickson administration. Evinson […]

Nigeria Gets $813m From Cashew Export

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, February 3rd, 2020

Minister of Agriculture, Sabo Nanono, has disclosed that the cashew sub-sector generated over $813million between 2015 and 2017. Nanono in his keynote at the Cashew Stakeholders and Export meeting, organised by the Association of Cashew Farmers, Aggregators, and Processors of Nigeria (ACFAP),,last Friday pointed out that Cashew being the second non-oil export commodity has been […]

Man jailed 10 years for raping master’s daughter in Kogi

Posted by admin Headlines, Kogi, State News Monday, February 3rd, 2020

By Friday Idachaba A Kogi High Court sitting in Lokoja has sentenced a 23-year old man, Okwudili Ayogu, to 10 years imprisonment for raping the daughter of his master. In his judgment delivered on Monday in Lokoja, Justice Nasir Ajanah, Chief Judge of Kogi, who presided over the matter, found the defendant guilty of the […]

Police arrest 24 suspects for blocking Lagos roads

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, Nigerian Police, State News Monday, February 3rd, 2020

By Oladapo Udom The Police from Ijora Badia, Area B Command, on Monday, arrested 24 suspects for blocking major roads in Ijora, Lagos following the recent ban of motorcycle (Okada) and tricycle (Keke) by the State Government. The Lagos Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Bala Elkana, in a statement said the suspects caused major […]

Supreme Court upholds Fintiri’s election as Adamawa governor

Posted by admin Adamawa, General Politics, Governors, Headlines, State News Monday, February 3rd, 2020

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, affirmed Ahmadu Fintri of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), as the validly elected governor of Adamawa State. Members of the court’s seven-man panel led by Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour, were unanimous in dismissing the appeals by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the last governorship election. The apex […]