An evangelical Nigerian pastor based in the UK, Michael Oluronbi, 60, has been jailed for 34 years after he was convicted of multiple rapes of members of his congregation. A jury heard that some of his female victims became pregnant multiple times. He was also found to have used his position to abuse children and…
●Oba Adetona represents ancestral heritage of the Ijebu people-Abiodun President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Friday, conferred on the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, the second highest national honour of the Grand Commander of the Order of Niger (GCON) to mark the monarch’s 90th birthday celebration. President Tinubu made the announcement at the Olabisi Onabanjo…
A former Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Hon Francis Okiye, has resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Okiye’s resignation has worsened the gale of resignations that had hit the PDP in recent times. The resignation by leaders of the party across the state represent significant protests against Governor Godwin…
The Abdul Samad Rabiu Africa Initiative (ASR Africa) on Thursday in Uyo flagged off the construction of a 4-classroom block in the University of Uyo (UNIUYO). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the foundation laying ceremony for the 1000-seat capacity classroom block was done by the Director and Chief Executive Officer of ASR…
He was arraigned on a two-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust while being the Registrar of Upper Sharia Court 1 Gusau, Zamfara State. Count one reads “That you Abubakar Garba Dandare Male Adult while being the Registrar Upper Sharia Court 1, Gusau Zamfara State, on or about the 4th day of December 2010,…
The Abuja Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, May 9, 2024 arraigned a former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Abubakar Sirika and three others: Fatima Hadi Sirika, Jalal Sule Hamma and Al Buraq Global Investment Limited before Justice S.C Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court sitting in…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr Chukwuemeka Woke as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Ogun-Osun River Basin Development Authority. This is contained in a statement by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, on Thursday in Abuja. Ngelale said that the appointee is a seasoned…
The United Nations Women Representative to Nigeria and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Ms. Beatrice Eyong, said that security challenges arising from armed conflict, insurgency, banditry, and kidnappings across the country had exacerbated the prevalence of Gender Based Violence (GBV) in Nigeria. Eyong, in her welcome address in Abuja on Thursday at the…
The National Fire Academy will come alive on May 28 as President Bola Tinubu performs the groundbreaking of several projects in the school. The event is part of activities lined up for the one year anniversary of the present administration. Minister of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja, after inspecting some…
