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AN Anambra nurse, Amarachukwu Happiness Nzekwe, who used a hot pressing iron on the back of her househelp has admitted that she did it, saying the aim was to discipline the child. Nzekwe, 38, who hailed from Ezinifite, Aguata local government area of the state, said the reason for using the hot…
Eight retired and active members of the Taiwanese military were on Thursday sentenced to prison for up to 13 years for leaking classified information to China. According to NAN, the Taiwan High Court said the eight defendants were handed sentences ranging from a year and a half up to 13 years…
Activist lawyer Deji Adeyanju has declared that former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, is not above the law. Adeyanju said President Bola Tinubu was shielding Bello from being arrested by security agents. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had initiated fraud cases against Bello over the misappropriation of…
President Bola Tinubu has expressed his condemnation of the tragic death of Alhaji Isa Bawa, the District Head of Gatawa in Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State. In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, President Tinubu described the brutal attack on the traditional ruler as…
The Sarkin Kudun Gatawa of Gatawa District in Sokoto State, Alhaji Muhammad Bawa, has reportedly passed away while in the custody of bandits. The news of his death was confirmed on Wednesday afternoon by one of his sons, who stated that the family had been informed of the tragic development. Alhaji Bawa was abducted approximately…
The Lagos State Police Command has made a significant breakthrough in combating kidnapping activities in the Ikorodu area with the arrest of three suspected kidnappers. The arrest was announced in a statement by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who disclosed that the suspects had attempted to kidnap a car dealer at Ebute-Igbogbo…
The Osun State Police Command has apprehended a suspect, identified as 29-year-old Damilare Jacob, for alleged armed robbery and rape. According to the Command’s spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola, Damilare, who works as a commercial motorcycle rider, is accused of robbing and sexually assaulting a student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in Ile-Ife. The incident occurred on…
Three staff members of a high school in Sanski Most, western Bosnia, were shot and killed by a fellow employee who then attempted to take his own life, local police reported. Adnan Beganovic, spokesperson for the Una-Sana Canton police, confirmed that authorities received a report about the shooting at 10:15 a.m. (0815 GMT). According to…
The Federal Capital Territory Police command has disclosed the identity of the popular crossdresser who was tragically murdered in Abuja earlier this month. The individual, known as ‘Abuja Area Mama’, was found dead along the Katampe-Mabushi Expressway on August 8. The police launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident. In a statement released…
A student of the Kwara State College of Health Technology, Mojisola Awesu, was found dead at a refuse dump in the Aleniboro area of Ilorin, Kwara State capital. Awesu was reportedly contracted by her friend to act as a girlfriend for a private varsity student at a party for the sum of N15,000. The Kwara…
The world’s oldest person alive, Spain’s Maria Branyas Morera, who was born in the United States and lived through two world wars, has died at the age of 117. Her death was disclosed by family on Tuesday. “Maria Branyas has left us. She died as she wished: in her sleep, peacefully and without pain,” her…
A Tech Expert and Chief Executive Officer, Start Innovation Hub (SIH), Mr Hanson Johnson, has kicked against the labelling of young tech talents as criminals by security agencies without proper investigation. Johnson, who spoke in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital on Monday, described the constant harassment and arrest of these young tech-savvy individuals, he referred…
The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Ogun State, Barrister ‘Niyi Ijalaye, is dead. It was reliably gathered that the Ogun REC slumped and died in Abuja on Monday evening after a meeting of RECs at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja. A source at the Ogun State INEC headquarters,…
Organisers of the just concluded #EndBadGovernanceinNigeria protest held nationwide from August 1 to 10, 2024, are planning to stage another protest in October. The Director of Mobilisation of the Take It Back Movement, Damilare Adenola, who disclosed this yesterday, said the protesters’ demands would remain the same unless there were other issues, requiring them…
An Osogbo-based cleric, identified as Femi has been accused of having non-consensual sex and impregnating his stepdaughter when she was 13 years of age. The allegations were brought against Femi by his 16-year-old stepdaughter, name (withheld). The victim, aged 16, had approached a Non-Governmental Organisation, the World Institute for Peace, to seek Alternative Dispute Resolution….
Cuba and Nigeria have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen their capacity in the area of regulatory activities in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, biological and other related fields, especially to mark 50 years of bilateral ties between both countries. This agreement was signed on Monday in Abuja by Nigeria’s National Agency for…
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has once again tackled President Bola Tinubu over the continued payment of subsidies on Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, and issuance of contrary statements against it. This is coming after the president gave approval to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited’s, NNPCL, to use the 2023 dividends due to the…
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has summoned an emergency National Executive Council, NEC, meeting over the police invitation to its President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, for alleged terrorism. A circular dated August 19, 2024, entitled: “Notice of emergency National Executive Council (NEC) hybrid meeting, signed by the NLC General Secretary, Comrade Emma Ugboaja, invited all…
Abia State has recorded one case of Mpox just as the government has set up treatment centre for the disease at the Abia State University Teaching Hospital (ABSUTH), Aba. The state’s Commissioner for Information, Okey Kanu, at a press briefing after the state’s weekly Executive Council meeting in Umuahia, the capital,…
Two brothers tragically lost their lives when a large mass of earth collapsed at an artisanal mining site in Kakaki village, located within Paikoro Local Government Area of Niger State. According to reports, the siblings, Zubairu and Sadiq Ibrahim, were at the site to extract gold in an effort to meet a pressing financial obligation….
Organisers of the just concluded EndBadGovernance protests that recently disabled economic activities nationwide are currently planning to stage more demonstrations across the nation in October. A former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore confirmed the plan on Saturday. DNI recalls that Nigerian youths had staged nationwide protests from August 1 to…
Catholic priests and their congregation will no longer use their mobile phones during mass. This is after the Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), banned the use of such gadgets, Facebook and other social media platforms. The CBCN further banned the inappropriate importation of secular music into the liturgy, abuse of the pulpit for personal gains,…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has revealed that bread sold in the markets is failing laboratory tests because producers are using saccharine due to the high cost of sugar. NAFDAC warned water producers, patent medicine dealers and other manufacturers of regulated products against selling fake and substandard…
Gunmen who kidnapped 20 medical students of the University of Maiduguri and University of Jos and a House Officer have demanded N50 million ransom for their release. The medical students were abducted on Thursday night along Otukpo- Enugu Highway, Benue State. The Federation of Catholic Medical and Dental Students,FCMDS, on Friday…
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Nigeria’s former military president, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida on his 83rd birthday on Saturday, August 17. General Babangida, fondly called IBB, was Nigeria’s military president from 1985 to 1993. President Tinubu in a statement by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale saluted the former Head of State on…
The House of Representatives’, Special Committee on Crude Oil Theft has issued a strong warning against those involved in the act stealing the nation’s oil, vowing that anybody found to be involved in it will face the wrath of the law. The chairman of the special committee, Hon Ado Doguwa, said…
The Presidential Food Systems Coordinating Unit (PFSCU) has initiated a series of stakeholder engagements across Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones, aimed at addressing the nation’s food security challenges. Consequently, a two-day workshop held in Abuja brought together representatives from Niger and Nasarawa States, as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to discuss…
The Nigeria Society of Engineers, NSE, on Friday described roads and bridge projects being executed by the Governor Ademola Adeleke-led administration in Osun are in line with global best practices. This is as Governor Ademola Adeleke reiterated his administration’s commitment to delivering timely and quality infrastructure projects across the state. …
POWER blackout over Akwa Ibom state entered day three Friday with no sign of abatement as ‘earth fault’ and senior staff strike ground public power supply by the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED) to residents in the state. PHED’s announcement of the “earth fault” on Wednesday had compounded the Disco’s operational…
Anambra State Commissioner of Youth Development, Mr. Patrick Aghamba and his wife were on Friday kidnapped while on their way to Abuja for the wedding of Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s daughter, Adaora, at the nation’s capital. Aghamba and his wife were said to be travelling in their private vehicle when they were reportedly…
The Imo State Police Command has successfully apprehended three individuals involved in robbery activities, particularly phone snatching at gunpoint. Among the suspects arrested were 23-year-old Elijah Chigemezu, known for his specialization in phone theft, 27-year-old John Chukwudi, and 32-year-old Chibeze Tasie. The arrests were made possible by the diligent efforts of the Nekede Divisional Headquarters…
