Category: Metro
Ajimobi operated 60 bank accounts, withdrew N5.2bn 3 weeks to handover and left N19k – Makinde
The Oyo state governor, Seyi Makinde has said that his predecessor, Abiola Ajimobi, left a balance of N19,000 from N5.2 billion he allegedly withdrew [...]
US puts Nigeria on ‘Religious Persecution’ watchlist
The United States has put Nigeria on its Special WatchList (SWL) for governments that have engaged in or tolerated severe violations of religious fre [...]
Collapse of Governance: Everyone seems to have lost their voice in Yorubaland – Danjuma
Former Minister of Defence, Lt. Gen. T.Y. Danjuma (retd.) has voiced his concern on the deafening silence emanating from the South West. He said that [...]
You have no business in governance if you don’t want criticism – Alaafin speaks on hate speech bill
Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi, has come hard on the National Assembly, berating the Senate over the introduction of the anti-hate spee [...]
Ondo Pastor arrested over missing child sues DSS for N100m
Barely 24 hours after Pastor Alfa Babatunde's church, Sotitobire Miracle Centre in Akure, Ondo State, was set ablaze by an angry mob over claims that [...]
Boko Haram attacked six communities in three weeks – Zulum
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum has expressed concerns over recent attacks by Boko Haram in some towns and villages of Askira-Uba loc [...]
Adoke now with us, to face trial over Malabu scandal – EFCC
The anti-graft agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, says it now has Former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello [...]
Visa-on-arrival, ploy to bring back Ruga – Ohanaeze alleges
Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation Ohanaeze Ndigbo has faulted the Federal Government’s plan to grant visas to foreigners on arrival into Nigeria, [...]
#ThrowbackThursday: How Kebbi gov, Bagudu, was arrested in America for money laundering
Long before he was elected governor, prosecutors in the United States and the United Kingdom said Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi State was a bagman for the [...]
No corpse was exhumed from burnt Akure church – Police
The mother of the missing one-year old Gold Kolawole and the Ondo State Police Command have shut down rumors that the body of the boy was exhumed from [...]