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The Nigerian Army has arrested a soldier who lambasted the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, for ordering the arrest of an army personnel and an okada rider driving against traffic in the state. The Chief of Army Staff, Taoreed Lagbaja, confirmed the arrest of the soldier. He, however, did not …

A father and his son, who slept with a girl who happens to be a daughter to the man, and sister to the younger man (brother), till she was impregnated and put to bed have been remanded. A Family Court in Ibadan, on Tuesday, ordered the remand of the father, …

President Tinubu has summoned the minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo to the Presidential Villa. According to reports, the minister was summoned to Aso Rock over payment of N438m as consultancy fee to a company linked to him by the suspended minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Betta Edu.

Taraba State Governor, Dr Agbu Kefas, has disclosed plans by his administration to make master’s degree the minimum academic qualification for anyone wishing to teach in the state’s secondary schools. For primary school, the governor said the minimum academic qualification will be a university first degree. Kefas said the current …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has detained a former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, for questioning over allegations of corruption in the handling of N37.1 billion social intervention funds during her tenure. Mrs Umar-Farouq arrived at the headquarters of the commission in …

The Synagogue Church of all Nations (SCOAN) on Tuesday countered the BBC documentary on its founder, late Temitope Babatunde Joshua, popularly known as TB Joshua, calling it sponsored. SCOAN described the documentary as unfounded, noting that the characters interviewed in the report were unknown to the church. The church reacted …

A 70-year-old piggery farmer and elder with a parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Ijebu Igbo, headquarters of Ijebu North Local Government Area, simply identified as Pa Adeife Ifelaja, has been abducted by kidnappers. Pa Adeife is said to have been held in the kidnappers’ den nine days …

Betta Edu, the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation is set to report at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja on Today Tuesday, January 9. The suspended Minister was suspended by President Bola Tinubu over alleged N585m cash transfer saga on Monday. …

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, sitting at Maitama, has ordered the Federal Government to pay the sum of N100million to the embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele for violating his fundamental rights. The court, in a judgement that was …

President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, suspended the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Betta Edu, following widespread anger over an alleged N585 million scandal. The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists. “In line with his …