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A mobile police Inspector, whose name was given simply as John, has been arrested and detained at Ugba Police Station over the rape of a 13-year-old female student in Ayilamo, Tombo ward of Logo Local Government Area in Benue State. The incident allegedly took place on Thursday, 12/11/2020 in Ayilamo. Narrating how the incident happened a community leader in Ayilamo, Hon Wuam Hilega said at about 5pm on Thursday, five female students of Tombo Community Secondary School, Ayilamo, were sent on errand by their games-master to fetch water from a nearby well, close to the Mobile Police quarters. He said…

In 2011, MultiChoice gave an open invitation to Nigerians to get on the digital train and access superior audio-visual quality and top-tier entertainment at reduced costs, when it launched the GOtv in Ibadan, Oyo state, Nigeria. With its launch, the Digital-Terrestrial-Television (DTT) service platform premiered the advanced DVB-T2 decoders with better digital broadcasting standard, thus fast-tracking Nigeria’s march towards digital migration and technological evolution of broadcast television along with the premium content which it offered. Since then, the ongoing digital migration has seen an upsurge in pay-TV subscribers in search of quality digital content. The prediction is that pay-TV subscribers…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it is shocked that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) can no longer pay entitlements of it’s national secretariat staff as at when due despite billions of naira generated from the sales of nomination forms during the 2019 general elections and the recent in Edo and Ondo governorship elections. A statement by Yekini Nabena, deputy national publicity secretary noted that if a political party is not capable of running it’s national secretariat successfully, such a party has nothing to do with governance. “Nigerians should thank their stars that the PDP is no longer in power…

The Insight by Lateef Adewole There was an incident on Sunday 4th of October, 2020, that broke my heart. I had an interaction with a long time good friend of mine when he commented on my previous Saturday’s article: “NIGERIA @60: WHO STOLE MY COUNTRY?”. The discussion dovetailed into how we are now so divided as a country by tribes and religions. He concluded that the country needs urgent restructuring, just like many have been clamouring for. He narrated a recent experience of his when he attended an interview. It was for a top position in a downstream Oil and…

South East Young Progressive Forum of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared support for moves by the Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the APC. Umahi reportedly told PDP leaders at a meeting, in Abuja, on Tuesday, that he was leaving the party because of its refusal to zone the 2023 presidential ticket to the South East. The National Convener of the Group, Comrade Paschal Candle, described Umahi’s move as legitimate and timely, saying the governor has the total support of the progressive youths of APC in South East. In a statement…

The Commander, 81 Military Intelligence Brigade, Victoria Island, Lagos, Brig. Gen. Ahmed Taiwo on Saturday told the Lagos State Panel of Inquiry and Restitution that the order for the deployment of soldiers to the Lekki Toll Gate on October 20 came from President Muhammadu Buhari. Taiwo, under cross examination from the Lagos State counsel at the panel, Mr. Abiodun Owonikoko (SAN) said Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu lacks the authority to give order to the army He said the best the governor could do is to request for deployment. The Nigerian Army stated that no one was felled by bullets fired by its…

A magistrate’s court in Abuja has ordered the police to investigate the senior pastor of Daystar Christian Centre, Sam Adeyemi; former Super Eagles star Kanu Nwankwo; music star Davido and 47 other Nigerians for allegedly promoting the #EndSARS protests. The order issued by Hon. Omolola Tolulope Akindele, Presiding Chief Magistrate II, Abuja, followed a request by human rights activist, Kenechukwu Okeke. Okeke, in a criminal suit filed before the court, alleged that the defendants acted in a manner “with intent to assist in the promotion of an unlawful assembly under the guise or composition of #EndSARS.” He alleged that the…

The Nigerian Army on Saturday denied that it was looking for celebrity disk jockey (DJ), Catherine Udeh, alias DJ Switch. The army gave a blow-by-blow account of its own version of the events surrounding the October 20 shooting at the Lekki Toll gate, Lagos. It said it had neither threatened nor was after any #EndSARS protesters. There are unconfirmed reports that Switch has been granted asylum in Canada following alleged death threats for her involvement in the #EndSARS protests. She had live-streamed the Lekki shooting via Instagram and alleged that some protesters were shot and that some victims were taken…

The Nigerian Army on Saturday publicly gave a blow-by-blow account of its own version of the events surrounding the October 20 shooting at the Lekki Toll gate, Lagos, and declared that no one was felled by bullets fired by its men. The army said soldiers deployed to the scene used blank bullets containing only gunpowder. It denied shooting at or killing anyone at the scene, whether with blanks or live ammunition, contrary to claims by several petitioners and protesters. Some #ENDSARS protesters and human rights groups had claimed that soldiers killed and carted away bodies of several protesters. But the…

United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has deepened its retail products and services with an aim to delivering services aimed at meeting the needs of its customers across Africa. These services and product offerings, targeting at all classes of customers have been specifically tailored to meet the unique needs of individual customers of the bank, in line with the Customer First policy of the bank. UBA’s Head of Retail Liabilities, Ogechi Altraide, who spoke in a virtual international media parley with a diverse group of journalists and publishers from all over Africa, pointed out that UBA was well prepared ahead…