The Kuwaiti General Department of Criminal Investigation (GDCI) has arrested two unidentified Nigerians in the Ahmadi Province for allegedly robbing an exchange office and stealing $14,918. They have been charged with the crime. In a statement on Wednesday, the Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior, as reported by Arab Times Online, confirmed that the suspects were apprehended…
By Bankole Taiwo The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Wednesday awarded scholarship grants of N5.8m to 29 indigent students of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye. Each student received N200,000. The OOU branch of the ASUU bore the burden of 27 scholarships while the ASUU national body awarded two students. Presenting the grants at the…
A year and few months after the death of Ilerioluwa Oladimeji, popularly known as Mohbad, a group of Nigerians in the diaspora has called on the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to launch an impartial and thorough investigation into a controversial video linked to Mohbad’s death. The group’s request came after a press conference…
By Olugbenga Ige The United Nations Children’s Fund has said that Katsina, Sokoto and Zamfara States will need $15 million to upscale the quality of life of their citizenry. The UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, Christian Munduate, said this at a news briefing in Gusau on Wednesday shortly after holding an interactive session with stakeholders from…
Real Madrid are the first football club to top a billion euros in revenue during a single season, fuelled by income generated by the revamped Santiago Bernabeu stadium, according to financial experts Deloitte. The order of the clubs at the top of Deloitte’s annual Football Money League stayed the same, with Madrid (1.05 billion euros,…
By Kazeem Olanrewaju and Adeniji Olakitan A disastrous fire incident occurred in the early hours of today at Fijabi Junction, at the Agbowo/Ojoo axis of Ibadan. The incident according to residents and eye witnesses is allegedly as a result of a collision between a filled diesel tanker, a trailer carrying motor parts and an empty…
By Davies Iheamnachor PORT HARCOURT: Rivers State Government has confirmed the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza commonly known as ‘Bird Flu’ in poultry in the state. It confirmed the bird pandemic in a 3,000-capacity poultry farm in Iriebe Community, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner for Agriculture, Victor kii, who revealed…
By Damilola Aina The Federal Government, through the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, has announced the approval of a licence for the construction of a new refinery. The approval was given to MRO Energy Limited, an energy company for the construction of a 10,000 Barrels Per Stream Day Refinery at Imode In Ughelli,…
By Chika Otuchikere, Gift Habib, Ted Odogwu, Godwin Isenyo and Faith Maji Death toll from Saturday’s fuel tanker explosion in Niger State has reached 98, with 69 injured and 20 shops razed. On Monday, the Federal Government said victims still battling for life had been transferred to tertiary medical centres for enhanced care in life…
By Olugbenga Ige US President Donald Trump has ordered a 75-day pause on enforcing a law that would effectively ban TikTok in the US, as he floated an idea of partnering with the app’s Chinese owner. The executive order delayed the implementation of the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which took effect…
