“I stayed at home for three years owing to lack of money. My parents wanted education but they were helpless. “I managed to conclude my secondary school education because my dad couldn’t pay the fees. I won’t blame him because he was strong
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, illegally lodged billions of naira in no fewer than 593 bank accounts in the United States, United Kingdom, and China without the approval of the
After six hours of fierce legal fireworks, the Supreme Court on Thursday in Abuja reserved judgment in the Kano State Governorship legal battle. At the centre of the legal battle are the New Nigeria Peoples Party NNPP and the All Progressives Congress APC
A Calabar-based lawyer, Justice Osai Ahiakwo, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to conduct another election for the 27 vacant seats in the Rivers State House of Assembly following the defection of the lawmakers from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,
The Nigeria Police Force has arraigned a 23-year-old man, Saidi Musa, before a Kwara State Magistrates Court in Ilorin for allegedly killing his father, Chief Musa, the Elemosho of Shareland in Ifelodun Local Government Area of the State. Saidi is standing trial for
The Bauchi State Police Command has apprehended a 19-year-old man, Muhammad Ibrahim, for the alleged murder of a commercial sex worker in the Bauchi Local Government Area. The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, SP Ahmad Wakil, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued
Musa Salihu Iyimoga, a former member of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, has officially joined the All Progressives Congress, APC. The seasoned politician, who represented the Doma North Constituency in the 6th Assembly, declared his allegiance to the APC in a gathering
The Rivers State Police Command says its operatives gunned down two notorious kidnappers, including a gang leader nicknamed ‘Occasion’ during a gun battle in a forest in Emuoha Local Government Area of the State. The Police Public Relations Officer, Grace Iringe-Koko, made this
The Nasarawa State Police Command has banned the sale and use of fireworks in the state during the yuletide. Mr Umar Nadada, the state Commissioner of Police, said this in a statement signed by DSP Ramhan Nansel, the Police Public Relations Officer on
The Police Command in Katsina State says it has arrested five persons found to be in illegal possession of AK-47 rifle in Kurmi village of Bakori Local Government Area. ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, the command’s spokesman disclosed this to newsmen on Wednesday in Katsina.