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Month: October 2023

Why My Father Disowned Me – Hilda Baci

NIGERIAN celebrity chef, Hilda Bassey popularly known as Hilda Baci, has narrated how she was disowned by her biological father, Effiong Bassey Edem. The Guinness World Record holder disclosed this during her latest interview with Taymesan on the ‘Tea with…

Ambrose Alli Varsity’s SIT Pays Itself Bogus Allowances As Staff Groan Under Non-payment of Salary For Months

THE crisis of non-payment of salary in the Edo State-owned Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma has worsened following the failure of the University Management to pay salaries in the institution for two months running now. Reports from the University indicated…

Collapsed Schools In Edo: EFCC Okays Probe Of Obaseki, Oviawe, Salami Over Alleged Disappearance Of $75m, N129.12bn

THE Economic  Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has confirmed the receipt of a petition against Mr. Godwin Obaseki, Edo State Governor, Dr. Joan Oviawe, Commissioner for Education and Mrs Salami Ozavize, Chairman, State Universal Basic Education Board. Salami. According to the…

Man Bags Two Years In Kaduna For Internet Fraud

JUSTICE A.A Isiaka of the Kaduna State High Court sitting in Kaduna, Kaduna State, has convicted and sentenced Destiny Maikarfi (a.k.a TudTech) to two years imprisonment for internet fraud. He was jailed on Monday, October 30, 2023, after pleading guilty…

Police Arrest 14-year-old Housemaid Over Murder Of FUTMINNA Lecturer

THE Niger State Police Command has arrested a 14-year-old, Joy Afekafez over the murder of Dr Mrs Funmilola Adefolalu, a lecturer at the Federal University of Technology, FUT, Minna. The suspect, Joy, was the housemaid of the slain lecturer. The…

Yahaya Bello Accepts Appeal Court Verdict Affirming Natasha Akpoti As Elected Lawmaker

In a surprising turn of events, the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has said he accepts the verdict of the Appeal Court, which upheld the election of Natasha Akpoti Uduaghan as the duly elected Senatorial candidate of her constituency. Akpoti-Uduaghan…

Court Sentences Eight Crossdressers To Three Months In Jail

A Sharia Court of the Kano Hisbah Board has sentenced eight crossdressers to three months in prison and ten lashes each for indecent dresses and dancing like women in public. The Sharia Court had already carried out the public open…

Reps Members Demand Justice For Murdered NYSC Member, Chalya Silas

THE House of Representatives has urged the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, to ensure the speedy delivery of justice for Miss Chalya Silas, a National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, member that was murdered in Kaduna state. The call was a sequel…

Education Tax Collected In 2023 Is The Highest – TETFund

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, says the education tax collected in 2023 was the highest in a single year since its inception. The Executive Secretary of the TETFund, Arc Sunny Echono, disclosed this on Tuesday during an interactive session…

Ijaw Group Reacts Over Impeachment Plans Of Rivers Governor, Fubara

A pan-Ijaw group, under the auspices of Ijaw Nation Development Group, INDG, on Tuesday, warned political actors involved in the alleged impeachment moves of the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, saying the plot can instigate crisis and jeopardize security and…