WAEC FAULTS RUMOURED PAPER LEAKAGE, EXAM SUFFERS DELAY

AS the West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination began across the country on Monday, the West African Examination Council has dismissed claims in some quarters that the Mathematics questions…

FAYEMI SAYS : GOVERNORS IN SUPPORT OF JUDICIAL AUTONOMY

The Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum and the Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Monday, expressed the support of the 36 governors of the federation for judicial autonomy in the…

ABUJA TRIP :ANAMBRA ELDERS PROTEST, DEMAND MONARCHS’ SACKING

Protesters from Governor Willie Obiano’s Aguleri community in the Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State, on Monday, demanded the sacking of two traditional rulers from the area for…

ANYONE INSULTING ME IS WASTING HIS TIME -OYEDEPO

The Presiding Bishop of the Living Faith Church Worldwide aka Winners’ Chapel, David Oyedepo, has said anyone insulting him is wasting his or her time. He also disclosed that his…

COURT SENTENCES TEACHER TO 28 MONTHS IMPRISONMENT FOR STEALING N28,000

An Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama in Jos on Tuesday sentenced a 30-year-old teacher, Thomas Joshua, to 28 months imprisonment for stealing N28,000. The Judge, Malam Lawal Suleiman,…

OGUN PASTOR BLAMES EVIL SPIRIT FOR IMPREGNATING TWO SISTERS

The founder of Church of the Lord of Isreal, Olomore, Abeokuta, Ebenezer Ajigbotoluwa, who allegedly impregnated two underage sisters and duped their mother of the sum of N1.5m, has blamed…

CURBING LAWLESSNESS OF KILLER FACTORIES

A promising 300-level undergraduate of the University of Ibadan died recently in a cruel manner in an avoidable factory accident in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The victim, Richard Gbadebo,…

CSO URGES COURT TO STOP NIMC DIGITAL ID CARDS

A civil society organisation, Laws and Rights Awareness Initiative, has asked the Federal High Court in Abeokuta to stop the digital identification cards being introduced by the National Identity Management…

2.2 MILLION VOTERS PICK EDO GOV ON SEPTEMBER 19

A total of 2,210,534 residents have registered to vote in the governorship election in Edo State on September 19. According to the Independent  National Electoral Commission, 1,159,325 are men, while…

EXPERTS FINGER PETROL PRICE HIKE, OTHERS AS INFLATION HITS 12.82%

The consumer price index, which measures inflation increased by 12.82 per cent (year-on-year) in July, the National Bureau of Statistics disclosed in its Consumer Price Index July 2020 report released…