According to reports, Taiwo Odebiyi, a pastor at the Cherubim and Seraphim Maberu Parish in Offin, Sagamu, Ogun State, set Sukura Owodunni, a 21-year-old woman, on fire when he was attempting to perform deliverance on her. The incident took place on August 17, 2023, when the victim attended the church at the pastor’s invitation for a special prayer. Our correspondent also discovered that the victim was instructed by the priest to purchase local eggs, the...
The Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps, also known as So-Safe, reported that it had detained a 38-year-old man named Matthew Ifeanyi for allegedly killing his father, Anthony Nnadike, with a machete in the Olorunda area of Eruobodo Ntabo, Ijoko. According to reports, Ifeanyi killed his father since he was unable to provide the N70,000 he had with him since July 2022. This was stated in a statement...
ALMOST THREE MONTHS INTO HIS PRESIDENTIAL TERM, Bola Tinubu has maintained the same pattern of flagrant contempt for the law and defiance of court decisions as his predecessor. The Department of State Services is leading the attack as usual, solidifying its reputation for impunity. In a recent case involving the illegal possession of a firearm against Godwin Emefiele, the Central Bank of Nigeria’s suspended governor, Nicholas Oweibo, a judge of the Federal High Court in...
On Wednesday, the House of Representatives discovered records that purportedly showed the National Agency for the Great Green Wall spent an astounding N81.2 billion on the planting of 21 million trees throughout 11 frontline states. Kebbi, Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina, Kano, Jigawa, Bauchi, Gombe, Adamawa, Yobe, and Borno are the states in question. The lawmakers raised concerns about the conflicting financial reports provided by the Central Bank of Nigeria, Office of the Accountant General of the...
Chief Oluwafemi Adegboye, a leader of the All-Progressives Congress (APC), has charged the Federal Government and the administration of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) with breaking the Federal Character Principles when hiring staff for the organization. He also demanded that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) launch an investigation into the finances of NIMET over the previous eight years, stating that the organization engaged in a number of fraudulent actions during that time. In...
Prof. Emem Bassey, the chairman of the Committee of Chief Medical Directors of Federal Tertiary Hospitals, claimed on Wednesday that Nigerian medical doctors and other healthcare workers are now being stolen by other African nations. Additionally, he claimed that nations like Sierra Leone and the Gambia were giving them up to $3000 to $4000, which was around three to four times the amount in the nation. The University of Uyo Teaching Hospital’s CMD, Bassey, claimed...
Computer science experts have said that the appeal for researchers of Nigerian heritage to collaborate on the building of a National AI will promote economic growth. In a paper published on Monday, Dr. Bosun Tijani, minister of communications, innovation, and digital economy, invited leading researchers of Nigerian ancestry from around the globe to collaborate on developing a national artificial intelligence strategy. Tijani advised Nigeria to create a national AI policy to use AI for sustainable...
Dangote Cement Plc has stated that its cement price is comparable to or lower than that along the West African coast. The company also stated that, contrary to widespread media claims, the price of a bag of cement from its Nigerian operations had not increased. There has been substantial criticism directed at the corporation due to the differential in the price of its cement in Nigeria compared to other West African countries. According to a...
The Lagos State House of Assembly said on Monday that some anonymous individuals planned to harm its Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, and other lawmakers over the recent screening and rejection of several cabinet nominees provided by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. During plenary on Monday, Obasa emphasized that the House would not be intimidated, despite “sponsored protests by some civil society groups and activists,” because its action was “in tandem with the constitution.” “Before today, I had been...
Otuekong Franklyn Isong, Chairman of the Center for Human Rights and Accountability Network, CHRAN, Akwa Ibom State, has advised the Akwa Ibom State government to channel the N5 billion released by the Federal Government into the procurement of Compressed Natural Gas, CNG, vehicles. It also advised the government to subsidize transportation costs for civil servants, students, and other residents. Isong, who is also a member of Akwa Ibom State’s Palliatives Committee, stated that the Civil...
