Ojo, Lagos state – The body of a 28-year-old graduate of Lagos State University (LASU) Adedamola Ogunbode, has been exhumed from a shallow grave behind the LASU fence in its Ojo Campus. Legit.ng recalls that Ogunbode was killed weeks before the 28th Convocation Ceremony of the institution set for April 3–10, 2025. The deceased was … Read more
Kwara State Government has asked the management of Ansar-Udeen College, Ijagbo in the Oyun Local Government Area of the state to forward the list of property damaged during the Monday rainstorm disaster in the community. Over 100 residents of Ijagbo town were rendered homeless by the rainstorm which wreaked havoc on the community. It was … Read more
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has charged an Assistant Superintendent of Immigration with the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Abubakar Aseku, for allegedly receiving salaries from two additional government agencies while still employed by the NIS. Naija News reports that Aseku appeared before Justice Binta Dogonyaro at the Federal Capital Territory High … Read more
The Senate has again summoned all security chiefs to appear before the chamber next week over the rising insecurity in the country. Those summoned include the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu; Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa; Chief of Army Staff, General Olufemi Oluyede; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla; and Chief … Read more
Over 70 shops were ravaged by fire at the popular Aleshinloye market in Ibadan, Oyo State. The incident, which happened around 10:15pm, on Tuesday, in the Ibadan South West Local Government Area of the state, has left the entire traders at the market devastated as they continue counting losses as of Wednesday. One of the … Read more
President John Mahama has stated that declassified US documents have confirmed that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) played a pivotal role in the overthrow of Ghana’s first president, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. Speaking in Accra during Ghana’s 68th Independence Day celebrations, Mahama, widely quoted in Ghanaian media, described the February 24, 1966, coup that toppled … Read more
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has revealed that reforms in the oil and gas sector, driven by the enactment of the Petroleum Industry Act 2021 and Executive Orders issued by President Bola Tinubu, attracted about $17bn in foreign investment in 2024. The Executive Vice President of Upstream, Udy Ntia, disclosed this during an investor … Read more
The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested 12 suspects over the vandalisation and theft of electric cables and transformers in Ado Ekiti and other parts of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, Sunday Abutu, said in a statement on Wednesday that the suspects were apprehended in various criminal hideouts within and outside the state … Read more
The Rivers State House of Assembly has disclosed plans to ask the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission to investigate the Chairman of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, Justice Adolphus Enebeli. This decision was made during the 134th legislative sitting, on Wednesday, with the lawmakers … Read more
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) says it is introducing a special intervention to address incessant power failure in tertiary institutions across the country. Chairman, Board of Trustees of TETFund, Aminu Masari, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja, while inaugurating the steering committee for Alternative Energy Solution Initiative in tertiary Institutions Masari said the initiative … Read more