Two kinsmen of the former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Dibu Ojerinde, are set to testify for the prosecution in his trial for alleged N5.2 billion fraud. Earlier this month, Ojerinde was arraigned by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offenses Commission(ICPC) on an 18-count charge. He’s accused…
World Cup-winning defender, Raphael Varane is very close to joining Manchester United from Real Madrid according to new reports. Several media outlets in Spain and England on Sunday night, July 25, report that both sides are lose to agreeing on a deal with with a deal now expected to take place for between €45m…
Bandits who struck on Sunday July 25 at Sokoto-Gusau road, abducted at least 50 travelers. While eyewitnesses claimed that most of those abducted boarded buses belonging to the State Transport Authority, simple known as SPORA, Yahuza Chika, the general manager of the Sokoto Mass Transit told Journalists that only one of their buses was…
Saliu Adetunji, the Olubadan of Ibadanland, says he has sent a delegation to Cotonou, Benin Republic, to observe court proceedings in the trial of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho. Igboho is standing extradition trial in Cotonou today, July 26, after he was arrested with his wife at Cotonou airport…
Pope Francis has said he hopes the Tokyo Olympics will be a sign of hope and “universal brotherhood” during the coronavirus pandemic raging around the world. Duing the end of the Angelus prayer on Sunday, July 26, the pontiff said: “In this period of pandemic, let these games be a sign of hope, a sign of…
Men of the Ogun state police command have arrested three armed robbery suspects who invaded a provision shop and dispossessed the owner of a huge sum of money. A statement released by DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, spokesperson of the state police command, said the suspects, Anu Ibikunle 32years, Rasheed Bisiriyu 22 years and Adebowale Dada 25 years,…
The dismissal of over 40 pastors from Winners Chapel is still trending on social media and OAP Freeze has joined in the conversation. A few pastors had taken to social media to claim that they were sacked because they were not generating enough income for the church. Winners Chapel founder, Bishop David Oyedepo addressed the…
The Kano State Police Command has arrested five men for allegedly sodomising a 20-year-old man in Gwale Local Government Area of the state. Spokesperson of the command, DSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, July 22, said the suspects were arrested following a complaint by the victim’s aunt. The…
Activist Deji Adeyanju has taken to Twitter to comment on what he feels the aftermath of the “show of wealth” at the burial ceremony of Obi Cubana’s mother will look like. Deji in a tweet he shared, claimed that Obi Cubana will now be watched every time he’s travelling abroad as a “person of interest”.…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced that it will be announcing its own digital currency on October 1, 2021. Nairametrics reported that the CBN alongside stakeholders picked Independence Day as its launch date. According to the publication, CBN’s IT Director, Rakiya Mohammed at the conclusion of the 306th Banker’s Committee meeting, disclosed that the…
