Kwara State University, Malete, has dismissed a member of its academic staff, Pelumi Adewale, over the alleged sexual harassment of one Tosin Adegunsoye, a student of the Department of Pure and Applied Sciences of the school. KWASU Vice-Chancellor, Mustapha Akanbi, made the revelation in Ilorin on Monday, December 6, while addressing a news conference…
A man is facing fraud charges for allegedly selling over 600 fake COVID-19 vaccine cards that he advertised on Facebook for $75 each. Amar Shabazz, 23, from Maryland, USA, purchased the fake vaccination cards through a foreign online marketplace in June and immediately started advertising them on his social media accounts, federal prosecutors said. A month later,…
Singer Lyta’s baby mama, Kemi Ayorinde has shared excitement of buying a new house in the UK. The mother of one disclosed that she prayed for a family home this year and “God granted it to her in the last minute in the most unexpected way”. Kemi also revealed that her baby now has his…
The federal government has faulted red-listing of Nigeria and other African countries by the United Kingdom over fears of the Omicron COVID-19 variant. Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire who described the ban as a hasty decision in an interview on Channels Television, also revealed that over 50% of the COVID-19 positive arrivals that the country has…
Suspected hoodlums have killed a 28-year-old leader of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Lagos State, Kunle Ajibade. It was gathered that the assailants stabbed Kunle at his house in Ijeshatedo area of Surulere, trailed him to a hospital where he was receiving treatment and shot him multiple times.The victim’s brother, Kehinde, said…
A 65-year-old man has gone missing and his family members are asking for help to find him. Mr Moses Adebayo Ogunbayo left his home at Adebisi Ogunniyi Crescent, Ikate, Lekki, Lagos, at about 3pm on November 24, 2021. When he didn’t return home, his son, Olawale Ogunbayo, called his phone number on the same…
Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has said that the issue of pardoning the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, is premature. The AGF said this while appearing as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday December 1. According to him, the trials associated with Kanu have…
Bayelsa state police command has arraigned 12 women in court for allegedly plotting to stop the ongoing construction of the Yenagoa-Oporoma Road by the state government with juju (charms). The women who were accused of carrying out a demonstration demanding that the road should pass through their community to give residents a sense of belonging, have…
The Nigerian senate has said that the aviation ministry is not being realistic with its proposal of a national carrier. Chairman Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions, Senator Uba Sani said this at the committee’s retreat in Niger state on Wednesday December 1. Sani also accused the Aviation Ministry of frustrating the efforts of…
South-East Governors have raised an alarm of killings in the region being carried out by criminals hiding under the Eastern Security Network (ESN), the para-military arm of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Dave Umahi, Governor of Ebonyi state and chairman of the south-east governors forum, said this in a statement released after a virtual meeting with Governors…
