The death toll from a school massacre in Yobe by suspected Boko Haram Islamists on Tuesday has risen to 43, a hospital source in the troubled northeastern Yobe state said. . “Ambulances have been bringing in bodies from Federal Government College in (the town of Buni Yadi,” a senior medical source at the Sani Abacha Specialist Hospital in Yobe’s capital Damaturu told AFP. “So far 43 bodies have been brought and are lying at the morgue,” he said, requesting anonymity as he was not authorised to discuss death tolls. . Yobe’s police chief Sanusi Rufai told AFP that 29 people…
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The Nigeria Police Force has paraded ten suspects arrested in connection with the torture, murder and sodomy of three females accused of stealing pepper in the Ejigbo area of Lagos State. . The Police PPRO, Mr. Frank Mba, who briefed the press, also declared four other suspects at large wanted while promising that justice will be ensured in the prosecution of the suspects. . The event which is popularly known as the Ejigbo 3 took place in February 2013.
The Ondo State Government has announced the death of the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Hon. Adesina Samuel Ajayi, representing Odigbo Constituency 11. . Dr. Rotimi Adelola, the Secretary to the State Government in a statement, said the death occurred in the course of a protracted battle with Cancer of the Urinary Bladder. . The late speaker during his life time, the statement said,was a bridge builder, a man of integrity and a reliable team player who placed the interest of the state above personal consideration. . “The Ondo state government received the news of the death of…
A former National Chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, has emphasised the need for Nigerians to support those in leadership positions at all levels to ensure national development. . He stated this on Tuesday in Abuja when the Goodluck Support Group, a political pressure group affiliated to the PDP paid him a courtesy call. . “Support your leaders because they are your embodiment of your originality, what we do not own we cannot take care off it. . “We need to believe and support our own to ensure good governance and development in all sectors,’’ Tukur said. . He…
The 2014 Appropriation Bill passed second reading at the Senate on Tuesday as Senators continue to ask for more funding for agriculture, judiciary, security and decried over bloating in non priority areas. . When the Senate resumed debate on the budget, several Senators, in their contribution, said that so many on-going projects had been neglected while areas that should have less appropriation had large sums. . Sen. Gbenga Kaka (APC-Ogun), in his contribution, said that it was appalling that the agriculture sector, which was capable of employing a teeming number of youths, had very little allocation. . “Agriculture is capable…
A mammoth crowd at the Liberation Stadium for the rally. Eleven individuals died following a stampede. . Mr Kayode Idowu, Chief Press Secretary to the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has cautioned politicians against early campaign to avoid overheating the polity. . Idowu made the call in an interview with on Monday in Lagos. . He said that INEC had issued timetable which clearly indicated the timeline for commencing campaign by political parties and candidates in the country. . According to him, the commission has repeatedly warned political players to always abide by the provision of the Electoral Act…
The EFCC on Monday re-arraigned three pastors for allegedly defrauding Angel Estate Residents Association in Amuwo Odofin, Lagos of N7.9 million. . The defendants, David Eshiet, (44), Samson Ugbara, (47) and Adesanmi Aderoju, (43), were re-arraigned before Justice Kudirat Jose of an Ikeja High Court. . They are facing a six-count charge of conspiracy, obtaining money by false pretence, forgery and uttering. . Reports have it that the defendants were previously arraigned on March 13, 2013 before Justice Olabisi Akinlade. . The trio had pleaded not guilty to the charges and were granted bail in the sum of N500,000 each.…
Gov. Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Monday in Ikeja met with the state`s delegates to the forthcoming National Conference on the state `s agenda for the conference. . The six delegates include a former Federal Commissioner for Works and Housing, Alhaji Femi Okunnu and a former Attorney General of Lagos State, Mr Supo Shasore. . Others are Mr Rabiu Oluwa, Mr Waheed Ayeni, Prof. Tunde Samuel and Mrs Funmilayo Bashorun. . Fashola said at the meeting that the state would present its position on issues affecting it and the country strongly at the conference, with a view to getting…
The Commissioner of Police in the FCT, Mr Joseph Mbu, on Monday, gave a 24 hour deadline to motorists with tinted glass vehicles to obtain the necessary permit or be arrested. . Mbu, who gave the ultimatum at a news briefing on the security situation in the territory, warned that from Wednesday, Feb. 26, vehicles plying the territory without registration numbers would be arrested. . He said “I want to make this pronouncement now. If you do not have a tinted glass vehicle permit, formally approved by the Inspector-General of Police, and you are not permitted to have tinted glass…
A former Chief Whip, Kwara House of Assembly, Chief Iyiola Oyedepo, on Monday said the results of the 2015 general elections would mark the end of Saraki’s hegemony in the state politics. . Oyedepo, who is also a staunch member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), made the observation in an interview in Ilorin. . He said that the party had become “a unity rally“ and indivisible entity to flush out the long reign of Saraki in the state. . Oyedepo described the dream of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to perpetrate itself in power in Kwara as a “dream…