By Abimbola Ogunnaike A laundry owner, Daniel Celestine was said to have died as a result of a suspected drug overdose in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, an online news medium reports. It was learnt that the deceased, a 30 year-old indigene of Akwa Ibom State, residing along Opili Plaza Road by Azikoro area, was reported to have attended a birthday party at an undisclosed location with friends and ate food purportedly laced with “Colors” also known as Colorado. According to Celestine’s siblings and friends, the deceased attended the mysterious party on Sunday, 30 April, 2023, and came back home…
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Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Isah Idris on Wednesday, 10 May, 2023, advised the United Kingdom (UK) to review its strict visa regime, insisting that it was such action that powers irregular migration. Idris said this in Abuja at the opening session of the 2023 Nigeria-United Kingdom Migration, Justice and Home Affairs Bilateral Talks. The Immigration henchman said: “I want to express our gratitude for your magnanimity in the provision of various classes of Visas through which Nigerians can travel to the United Kingdom. “However, I will like to call on participants at this meeting to discuss…
A public procurement advocacy group, Network for the Actualization of Social Growth and Viable Development (NEFGAD) has demanded the immediate resignation of the Director General of the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), Mr. Mamman Ahmadu over the alleged irregularity of his appointment. He was given a 30-day ultimatum to resign or face further action. In a letter to the BPP Director General signed by Perfect Igbe, the group said Ahmadu’s appointment did not follow due process and the law. The letter dated May 2, 2023 read: “By virtue of Section 7 (1) of the Act, ‘There shall be for the Bureau,…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN) has confirmed that it generated at least N566 million from tickets sold across the country in April. The National Chairman of CEAN, Mr Opeyemi Ajayi, made this disclosure on Thursday, 11 May, 2023 in Lagos through a statement made available to media houses. Ajayi said there had been an appreciable increase in the revenue generated in April, compared with March, adding that for the month of March, N441 million revenue was generated. According to Ajayi, 220,781 viewers visited the cinemas in April as against 174,071 viewers in March.“CEAN has witnessed…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A Kaduna Sharia Court Judge, Muhammad Adamu-Shehu, has ordered a divorce-seeking woman, Fatima Muhammad, to return N80,000 dowry received in exchange for a divorce Adamu-Shehu gave the ruling on Thursday, 11 May, 2023 and advised her to file another suit to claim custody of their only three-year-old child. Earlier, the woman told the court that she was no longer interested in the marriage and ready to comply with any necessary settlement. “I am tired of the union and I cannot be an obedient wife to him. I prayed the court to grant me custody of our three-year-old daughter.” Fatima…
ActionAid Nigeria has called for the audit of the last general elections by all stakeholders in the process. A signed statement by the Board Chair, ActionAid Nigeria, Dr. Jummai Umar-Ajijola said this was part of the decisions made by the Board of Trustees of ActionAid Nigeria during the reviewed of the State of the Nation at her 49th meeting in Abuja recently. In the statement released to our correspondent on Friday in Abuja, the board lamented that the nation has been through turbulent times within the last few months, noting that apart from the rancorous and disempowering nature of the…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A 26-year-old electrician, Sunday George, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Thursday, 11 May, 2023 for defiling his neighbour’s 12-year-old daughter in a bathroom. Justice Abiola Soladoye held that the prosecution sufficiently proved the charge of defilement against the defendant, just as she referred to the convict as an irresponsible adult and a pathological liar whose testimony was an afterthought and lacked credibility. According to Soladoye, the court was satisfied with the testimony of the victim/survivor because it was unambiguous, noting that the testimony was chilling, cogent,…
The Federal Government has advised State Governments to fully optimise the recently signed constitutional amendment to improve the condition of inmates in custodial facilities across the country. This appeal was made by Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, who argued that it will help to further decongest the custodial facilities which currently harbour state offenders who make up more than 90 percent of the total number of inmates nationwide. Aregbesola also reiterated the need for a comprehensive review of the nation’s criminal justice system in a bid to addressing the alarming figure of inmates who are awaiting trial and languishing…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike At least 6,000 worshippers are at Galilee of the Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church Worldwide to offer prayers for the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu ahead of May 29 swearing-in In Abuja, the country’s capital The worshippers are also praying for the hitch-free inauguration of the President-elect comes May 29th.They added that the prayers of all led to the success of the 2023 general elections.Speaking with newsmen at the international headquarters of the church along Ilorin-Ogbomoso expressway, Supervising Prophet, International Council of Prophets of the church, Dr Zacheus Emmanuel, said that the annual fiesta is principally to…
The Kogi State Government said on Friday, 12 May, 2023, that the state had maintained a clear lead in the production of Cashew in Nigeria, linking the feat to sound agricultural policies. The state Commissioner for Information and Communications in the state, Kingsley Fanwo, who disclosed this to journalists in Lokoja, added that efforts were ongoing to make Kogi the cashew hub of Africa. He said, “Today, Kogi State is the biggest producer of Cashew in Nigeria because of our sound agricultural policies geared towards empowering farmers with improved seedlings, mechanisation, agro chemicals as well as creating an enabling environment…