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Agency Report The absence of a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) driver, Andrew Ominnikoron, charged with rape and murder of his passenger, Oluwabamise Ayanwole, on Monday stalled his trial. Ominikoron, 47, is charged with five counts of rape, conspiracy, sexual assault and murder. The Lagos State Government had accused him of the rape and murder of a 22-year-old fashion designer, Ayanwole. At the resumed hearing on Monday, counsel to the defendant, Mr Abayomi Omotubora, told the court that his client was absent in court due to a leg injury. He told the court that the defendant fell in the bathroom and…
Agency Report Gov. Hyacinth Alia of Benue has said that his administration inherited over N359 billion salary arrears of several years from his predecessor. The governor stated this at Okpoga, headquarters of Okpokwu Local Government Area on Monday, during a thank you tour of Ado/Okpokwu/Ogbadibo Federal Constituency. He alleged that previous administrations in the state lied to the people that the Federal Government denied them funds to pay salaries. The governor promised that his administration would continue to prioritise the payment of workers’ salaries. “Henceforth, civil servants in the State will be paid from 22nd of every month,“he said.…
Warns of Dire Consequences By Halimah Olamide It appears that there are people in Nigeria trying to use my name and image on social media to fight battles on different sides of the political divide, putting words in my mouth that I never said. The Director General of the World Trade Organisation, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has on Monday alerted of the growing cases of people using her name to fight political battles. The WTO President said it is important she makes alerts Nigerians to the festering cases of people attributing to her, claims she never made to score political points.…
By Halimah Olamide The Dangote Group has accused the International Oil Companies (IOCs) of deliberate attempt to sabotage its refinery. The Vice President of the group in charge of Oil and Gas, Devakumar Edwin, accused the foreign oil companies of frustrating the refinery’s efforts to buy local crude by raising up high premium price above the market price, thereby forcing it to import crude from countries as far as United States, with its attendant high costs. According to Edwin who spoke with Energy Editors at a one-day training programme organised by the Dangote Group, the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum…
By Halimah Olamide The police on Sunday accused actress, Laide Bakare of misinforming members of the public over the incident that led to the impounding of her car in Lagos. According to the Police, the actress had driven on the BRT Lane leading to officials of the Lagos State Transport Management Agency (LASTMA) apprehending her. Bakare had made social media posts alleging that the officials abused her rights and drove her car away to “unknown destination” with her child in the car. The video had gone viral. But the police command countered the actress on Sunday accusing her of distorting…
Confirms Being Inundated By Nigerians’ Complaints By Halimah Olamide Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation Festus Keyamo on Sunday admitted to widespread reports of extortions at the nation’s airports. Keyamo said he has been inundated by calls by concerned citizens who have been victims of the extortion. The Minister said the anomaly has assumed the dimension of a national crisis that has attracted the attention of the National Security Adviser to the President Mallam Nuhu Ribadu. Keyamo in a tweet on Sunday described those engaged in the act as “unscrupulous persons who give all of us a bad image.” He said the agencies…
By Kamil Opeyemi Christ Embassy, a church founded and pastored by Chris Oyakhilome has gone on fire on Sunday. The church, located on Oregun Road, Ikeja area of Lagos, was said to have gone on fire before the commencement of the weekly Sunday service. Lagos emergency officials and fire fighters are on ground to battle the fire which was raging at press time. Thick black smoke was seen oozing out while tongues of flames flew in the air with the inferno seen consuming many parts of the very expansive church. https://x.com/i/status/1804796352087425513 More Details later…
By Kamil Opeyemi Armed robbers have killed a retired Nigerian Army General, Harold Udokwere in Abuja. Udokwere, who retired from the Army as a Brigadier General was murdered at the Kubusa area of the Federal Capital Territory on Saturday. It was gathered that the armed robbers had gained access into Udokwere’s residence through the fence backing the expressway. His house is said to be No 1 Sanga Street, Sunshine Homes by Kabusa Junction at Lokogoma Abuja. It was also learnt that it was about the fourth time Udokwere’s residence came under attack by the armed robbers who came at about…
By Halimah Olamide The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited at the weekend said it is set to deliver the Obiafu-Obrikom-Oben (OB3) Gas Pipeline project. Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPC Ltd, Mr. Mele Kyari, confirmed this during an inspection tour of the OB3 pipeline River Niger Crossing operation at Aboh, Delta State, on Saturday. The company, through its Chief Communication Officer, Mr. Olufemi Soneye, said by design, the OB3 Gas pipeline is the inter-connector which links the Eastern gas pipeline network to the Escravos-Lagos Pipeline System (ELPS) in the West and the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) Pipeline in the North. The River…
By Halimah Olamide The Lagos State Police Command has explained what led to the killing of a man with Okada riders seen riding on him severally. NPO Reported earlier that a man was killed by hoodlums and commercial motorcycles riders rode over his corpse several times to ensure he was dead. Lagos State Command spokesman Benjamin Hundeyin, while explaining the incident on Saturday, said the man whose corpse was lying on the road was among touts allegedly recruited by some policemen to join them in an illegal operation. However, luck ran out for the policemen and the touts they recruited…