The Armed banditry which started in Shiroro local government area of Niger state has getten messier as killing of 62 more people recorded while over 1000 people have been displaced. The attack which began on Sunday has spread to eight more villages as the casualty figures continue to rise and displaced villagers are now staying…
The management of the University of Ibadan has declared the cut-off mark for the premier institution remains 200 as against 160 agreed on by the Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB) and stakeholders of higher institutions. JAMB announced on Tuesday that cut-off mark for admission into federal universities will be 160 for 2019. On Tuesday, JAMB…
No fewer than 16 suspects including a student of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology(LAUTECH), Ogbomoso were arrested by operatives of the Oyo State Police Command for armed robbery, cultism and conspiracy. The Oyo State Commissioner of Police(CP), Mr. Shina Olukolu, disclosed this on Thursday while briefing newsmen of the command’s activities at the police headquarters,…
Not fewer than 40 suspects have been arrested for armed robbery, kidnapping and cultism by Oyo State Police Command with arms and ammunition recovered from them. Speaking with journalists, the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Sina Olukolu, said Operation “Puff Adder” yield results in joint operations with the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) operatives. “They raided all…
The Federal Government may lift ban on importation of vehicles through the land border. It would be recalled that the government had in January 2017 ordered a ban on importation of vehicles through the land borders. The restriction on the importation of vehicles included that of rice, whose imports through the land borders had been…
President Muhammadu Buhari has said in his inaugural speech that most instances of inter-communal and inter-religious strife and violence were and are still being sponsored or incited by ethnic, political or religious leaders. The President who stated this in his Democracy Day address on Wednesday in Abuja, said that the leaders were hoping to benefit…
Another student from Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic, Birnin Kebbi, has committed suicide for what he described as his ‘financial misfortune’. The 29 year-old student, whose name was given as Solomon Benedict, was said have mixed insecticide with yogurt and drank it. One of his friends, who spoke to our correspondent said “We noticed he was…
A public servant in Osun State, Mr. Adenipekun Ademiju, was shot dead on Wednesday by gunmen on Ife-Ibadan expressway. The gunmen suspected to be herdsmen were said to have attempted to rob motorists at Ikire when the victim’s vehicle ran into them. Ademiju aka Okere, a staff of Atakunmosa West Local Government, reportedly boarded a…
Adewuyi Adegoke (pictured left), a pastor at Methodist Church, Ado-Ekiti, capital of Ekiti state, has been arrested by the police for allegedly organising his own kidnap. TheCable gathered that Adegoke had arranged with one Oluwadare Sunday to demand N3 million ransom from his congregation. He reportedly went into hiding on Sunday evening while there were…
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday promised that the APC government will take 100 million Nigerians from poverty to prosperity in the next 10 years. Buhari disclosed this in his opening speech at the inaugural June 12, Democracy Day celebration on Wednesday in Abuja. The President said that his administration would ensure rapid and positive growth…
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