US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is set to send the Senate a single article of impeachment Monday accusing Donald Trump of inciting the Capitol riot, formally triggering the first-ever impeachment trial of a former president. Pelosi, the top Democrat in Congress, vowed last week that the trial — already scheduled …
Read More »My abductors threatened to transfer me to Boko Haram – Lagos varsity DVC
The Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Anchor University, Lagos, Prof. Johnson Fatokun, has narrated how he spent three days in the den of kidnappers, who abducted him last Monday. Anchor University is a faith-based tertiary institution in Ayobo, Lagos, owned by the Deeper Christian Life Ministry. Fatokun left Lagos to drop off …
Read More »Herdsmen shot, used cows to attack me – Oyetola’s aide
Hon. Mudasiru Toogun The Chairman, Committee on Peaceful Coexistence between Fulani/Bororo and the Crop Farmers in Osun State, Mr. Mudasiru Toogun, said Fulani herdsmen, especially the Bororo among them, on different occasions shot at and asked their cows to attack him and members of his committee. Speaking in an exclusive …
Read More »Ogun: Three arrested for beating man to death over phone theft
Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have apprehended three men for beating a 23-year-old man, Samuel Ajibade, to death over an alleged phone theft. The suspects narrowly escaped being lynched by an irate mob following their arrest by police. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Abimbola …
Read More »Criminalising Fulani herdsmen is fishing for trouble — Buhari’s Aide
Lauretta Onochie, Senior Special Assistant on Social Media to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has said every tribe in the country has bad eggs. She also claimed that many critics of the Buhari regime were driven by hate and bitterness and were, therefore, wont to accuse Fulani herdsmen …
Read More »N544m Grass-cutting Fraud: Court admits more exhibits against Babachir Lawal
A high court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting at Jabi, on Thursday, admitted more exhibits in evidence against the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Babachir Lawal. Trial Justice Charles Agbaza admitted the exhibits which the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, tendered through its second …
Read More »Google threatens to pull search engine from Australia
Google on Friday threatened to pull its search engine from Australia over a proposed media code that would require the tech firm to pay for news content. Mel Silva, managing director for Google’s Australian operations, told a Senate enquiry the code was unworkable and the company was unable to calculate …
Read More »Adesina explains why pigeons released by Buhari didn’t fly
Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has given reasons why pigeons released by the president initially refused to fly during the Armed Forces Remembrance Day. Earlier, it was reported that the doves, otherwise known as white pigeons, released by the President, Major General Muhammadu …
Read More »Delta: Protesters storm Seplat oil facility
Hundreds of protesters from Ikweghwu community in Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State, stormed a crude oil facility owned by Seplat Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, on Thursday morning, demanding for jobs and infrastructure development. The protesters, who stormed the facility as early as 6 am, lamented that they were …
Read More »Ogun: Police arrest sales boy for masterminding robbery attack on his boss
The Ogun State Police Command on Thursday said it arrested a 25-year-old salesboy, Peter Okenu, for allegedly masterminding the robbery of his boss. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, explained that the suspect was arrested after “painstaking investigation” by detectives from the Ifo divisional headquarters, who had been …
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