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By Halimah Olamide A 45-year-old alleged fake doctor, Adegoke Olaoluwa, has been ordered remanded in prison custody by an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court on Monday. The court remanded him for allegedly causing the death of his patient. The Magistrate, Mrs A.T. Oyediji, who did not take the defendant’s plea, ordered that he be remanded in Agodi correctional facility in Ibadan, pending legal advice from the Office of Oyo State Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP). Olaoluwa, of Idi-Aro area of Ibadan, is facing a count charge of murder. Earlier, the Police Prosecutor, Insp Opeyemi Olagunju, told the court that the defendant…

By Halimah Olamide Academic activities in the nation’s universities are to grind to a halt as the Senior Staff Union of Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU) on Monday vowed to embark on a nationwide strike. According to the SSANU president, Mohammed Ibrahim, who read the communiqué of the meeting to journalists in Abuja on Monday, the decision to embark on the warning strike was taken as a last resort since several protest letters and other communications with the Federal Government did not result in the payment of the withheld salaries. The statement added: “If nothing…

By Yetunde Yekini-Oropo Amidst complaints of abandonment of victims of the January 9 bomb explosion in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, the government on Monday said it has been spending huge resources to sustain those who suffered in one way or another. The state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, said the allegation of abandonment was false. Oyelade reacted in a statement he issued on Monday in Ibadan. The commissioner said the state government had been spending between N15 million and N20 million weekly on accommodating and feeding the victims since Jan. 16 when the explosion occurred. Describing…

Agency Report An Ikeja High Court has adjourned until April 15 to hear applications of counsel involved in the case of a businessman, Chief Cletus Ibeto, accused of N4.8 billion fraud. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that when the case was called on Monday, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Dr Babajide Martins, announced his appearance on behalf of the Lagos State Attorney-General. Justice Oyindamola Ogala adjourned the case until April 15 to enable her go through the case file of various applications submitted by all parties to understand the case. Ogala also ordered that parties should…

By Halimah Olamide The Osun government on Monday named the Director of Finance, Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory (NUPRC), Prince Ademola Makinde, as the new Owa of Igbajo. Igbajo is in Boluwaduro Local Government Area of the state. The announcement was made via a statement by Mr. Kolapo Alimi, the Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, on Monday in Osogbo. Alimi said that Makinde’s the nomination as forwarded by the Boluwaduro Local government was approved in line with due process, chieftaincy law and tradition. He said the kingmakers had earlier approved Makinde in line with chieftaincy laws and tradition. According…

By Femi Alabi The Governor of Kano State, Abba Kabir-Yusuf has called on President Bola Tinubu to open land borders to enhance food security in the country. He stated this during a courtsey visit by the Comptroller-General of Customs, Mr Adewale Adeniyi, on Monday in Kano. Kabir-Yusuf, who lamented the harsh economic condition being experienced by Nigerians, said that reopening of the borders would check inflation and cut prices of food items. “We wish to appreciate the president’s intervention in the ongoing national food initiative. “He considers Kano as the host for the initiative ahead of its planned…

By Femi Alabi Barely five days after the councillor representing the ward of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, Achor Nna resigned his position to support Governor Siminalayi Fubara, another group of Wike’s supporters have collapsed their structure for the Rivers governor. The latest to join Fubara’s camp is a group of 12 men who were Local Government Coordinators of Grassroots Development Initiative (GDI). The political pressure group was instrumental in the massive grassroots mobilization for the FCT minister while contesting the governorship elections in Rivers State since 2015. The coordinators represent Ogu/Bolo, Port Harcourt City, Opobo/Nkoro,…

By Femi Alabi The Minister of Art, Culture and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa has called for the support of the Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, in providing strategies for the promotion and preservation of literary arts in the country. The Minister in a statement issued by her Special Adviser, Nneka Anibeze, stated that Musawa made the call during a courtesy visit to Soyinka. The minister said that the sector needed to tap into the wealth of experience of the literary icon in promoting the rich cultural heritage of the nation. “It is an honour to share my vision for…

By Femi Alabi The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde has called for more prayers for Nigeria, in the face of economic hardship in the country. Makinde made this call in a congratulatory message to all Muslims in the state and across the world, on commencement of the month of Ramadan. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Sulaimon Olanrewaju, in a congratulatory message on Sunday described the holy month as a blessed one, in which God rewards the worship of the Muslims. He noted that though leaders had been doing everything to turn the situation around, “prayers…

By Femi Alabi Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has called on the authorities of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to compensate the families of victims of a stampede in Lagos State last month, or face legal action. Falana in a statement also asked the NCS to lift the suspension of the distribution of the remaining bags of rice without any further delay. On February 23, 2023, the Nigeria Customs Service embarked on the distribution of 25kg bags of rice to indigent Nigerian citizens in the Lagos Area at its Zonal Headquarters, in Yaba, Lagos State. The exercise was marred…