THE body of a yet-to-be-identified male has been found inside the premises of a popular secondary school in Ilọrin, the Kwara State capital. News Point Nigeria learnt that the discovery was made last week at Ilọrin Grammar School around Garin Alimi, leaving the school authorities puzzled over the circumstances surrounding the mysterious demise. It was gathered that some students who were cutting grass as part of the school’s labour activity first discovered “a decomposed leg” before raising the alarm. Explaining further, the principal of IGS (Senior), Ms Muslimat Abdullahi, told our correspondent in a telephone chat on Sunday night that…
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POPULAR Agbeni market in Ibadan, Oyo State, has gone up in flames. This newspaper reliably gathered that the market gutted fire at about 04:30am, on Sunday. When contacted on phone, the state General Manager of Fire Services, Yemi Akinyemi, confirmed the incident to our correspondent. Akinyemi said, “The agency received the distress call at exactly 04:37hrs through Sunday Ogundele, Access Bank security that Agbeni market is on fire. “Our men are still battling with the job, we are grateful to Central Bank of Nigeria that allows us to use their water supply. Everything is under control. They are still going…
THE Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside the appeal by Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC) challenging the election of Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as Osun State Governor. The apex court, in its judgment read by Justice Emmanuel Agim, also upheld the Appeal Court’s judgment which upheld the election of Adeleke as the state governor. The apex court held that the appellant failed to adduce enough evidence to prove his allegation of over voting in the July 16, 2022 governorship poll. The judgment is affirmed and adopted by the entire five members of the…
THE Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday granted leave to former Ekiti State governor Ayodele Fayose, who is facing money laundering charges, to travel for medical treatment. Justice C.J. Aneke granted the leave following an application to that effect by Fayose’s lawyer, Ola Olanipekun (SAN), who was represented at the Monday proceedings by Mr Ahmed T. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has been trying Fayose, alongside his company, Spotless Investment Limited, since 2018 shortly after he finished his second term in office as governor. The EFCC accused him of laundering N2.2bn, which he allegedly used to prosecute his…
THE Supreme Court has fixed May 9 for judgment in the appeal filed by former Osun Governor, Gboyega Oyetola against the election of Ademola Adeleke. In his appeal, Mister Oyetola is seeking the reversal of the March 25 judgment of the Court of Appeal in Abuja which affirmed Adeleke’s victory in the last governorship election in Osun State. The Appeal Court had, in its judgement, set aside an earlier judgment by the Osun Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which held in favour of Oyetola and removed Ademola Adeleke. A five-member panel of the Supreme Court announced the date after taking arguments from…
THE federal lawmaker representing Akoko SouthEast/South-West Federal Constituency Area of Ondo State in the National Assembly, Hon. Ade Adeogun, has been suspended from the All Progressives Congress (APC). Adeogun was suspended alongside Hon Gbenga Omole, the lawmaker representing Akoko South West Consistency I, in the State House of Assembly, for alleged anti-party activities. This newspaper gathered that the two were suspended with twenty other members and leaders of the party in Akoko South Local Council Area of the state, in a letter signed by the chairman of the party in the LGA, Mr Sehinde Mise. Others suspended include Yaya Adelakun,…
THE National Association of Resident Doctors have given the Federal Government two weeks to implement agreements concerning their demands or face industrial disharmony. News Point Nigeria, the resident doctors made this known in a communique issued on Saturday at the end of their Extraordinary National Executive Council meeting held in Abeokuta, Ogun state. The meeting which held from Thursday, April 27 to Saturday was predicated upon burning issues affecting the welfare of the doctors and the alarming rate of flight of doctors and other healthcare workers on account of poor remuneration, grossly inadequate funding of the health sector, and the…
GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike of Rivers State is asking Nigerians to rally around President-elect Bola Tinubu, saying the time for politics is over. News Point Nigeria reports that, Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) defeated the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) to clinch the seat in the hotly-contested February poll. Although Wike belongs to the PDP (did not support the party’s candidate but worked for Tinubu), the Rivers leader is asking Nigerians to back the incoming administration which is set to be sworn in on May 29th, 2023. “Elections have come…
THE Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has donated relief materials to Aiyetoro, a coastal community in Ondo State recently ravaged by ocean surges. The relief materials were handed over by the Executive Director of Projects of the NDDC, Mr. Charles Ogunmola, who was accompanied by the NDDC Director of Ondo State Office, Mr. Olaniyi Salami, Director of Environmental Protection and Control, Engr. Obeka Onuoha, Director of Community and Rural Development, Mr. Gordon Okeya, at a ceremony at the Naval Base Igbokoda on Thursday. Ogunmola said he received videos of the ocean surge that displaced over 200 households and destroyed properties…
THE ruling All Progressives Congress has dissolved its Presidential Campaign Council, which was inaugurated in October to campaign for the victory of the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima, in the build-up to the 2023 presidential election. The dissolution was contained in a statement that was jointly signed by the PCC Director General, Governor Simon Lalong and the Secretary of the council, James Faleke. Lalong also applauded the President Muhammadu Buhari for his unflinching support for APC presidential candidate throughout the electioneering campaign Recall that Buhari had presided over the unveiling of the presidential campaign…
ONE of the aviation unions on a two-day nationwide strike has described as “a fallacy”, a claim by the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika that the aviation sector is an essential service and should not embark on strike. The General Secretary of the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), Ocheme Aba, stated this on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Tuesday. The minister, had in January 2023, said with the new Act of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), industrial actions are illegal as aviation has been classified as an essential service. However, about three months after, aggrieved…
NOVA Merchant Bank Limited (“NOVA or “the Bank”), announced its Audited Full Year 2022 financial results, showing an outstanding 107.9% year-on-year growth in profit before tax and the group year-on-year profit before tax of 98.2%, as both funded and non-funded income grew significantly on the back of innovative offerings and exceptional customer service. Notably, the Group continues to gain market share, a reflection of its steady penetration across key growth sectors, as reflected in the 30% growth in customer deposits. Asset quality remains exceptional, with Non-Performing Loan ratio of 0.2%, underscoring the best-in-class governance and management discipline in creating quality…
THE access roads to the international and domestic wings of the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos State were on Monday blocked by aviation workers protesting the Federal Government’s failure to address their concerns. News Point Nigeria reports that, the action of the aviation workers has caused serious gridlock around the Airport Road in Ikeja, with entrance to the Murtala Muhammed Airport Two terminal hugely affected. The gridlock left several travellers distraught amid desperate efforts to catch their flights. A coalition of aviation workers unions had announced a two-day strike what they described as the government’s failure to address their concerns.…
THE police in Ogun State have arrested a 33-year-old mother, Olaide Adekunle, who allegedly sold her 18-month-old baby for N600,000 to pay off a loan she obtained from a microfinance bank. The buyer, now at large, was said to have bought the baby in Lagos. The police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi told newsmen in Abeokuta on Monday that the suspect was arrested following a report at Sango divisional headquarters by her husband, one Nureni Rasaq. Oyeyemi quoted the husband to have reported that the wife left home for Lagos in March with their baby girl, Moridiat Rasaq, but she returned home…
SOME gunmen have reportedly kidnapped three persons in the Igoba area of Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State. It was gathered that the kidnappers stormed the area on Thursday night and abducted four men but one of the victims escaped. The victims were identified simply as Adeseye, Paul and ‘vulcaniser.’ The monarch of Igoba Community, Oba Adinlewa Adeniyi, appealed to the state government to beef up security in the area, which, according to him, had now become a safe haven for kidnappers. Meanwhile, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mrs Funmilayo Odunlami, when contacted, said, “Nobody…
THE Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has reiterated his position on who will emerge as his successor. Gbajabiamila, in a tweet on Thursday, refuted a report claiming he was in opposition to the purported ambitions of Deputy Speaker Ahmed Idris Wase and others in the running for the office of Speaker in the 10th House. The news article published in a national daily alleged the Speaker was backing the member representing Zaria Federal Constituency in Kaduna State, Tajudeen Abbas. However, Gbajabiamila, who is tipped to serve as President-elect Bola Tinubu’s chief of staff, maintained, “I have not…
GUNMEN on Wednesday invaded the Ago Igbira settlement in Osun State and abducted a resident identified as Mohammed Jubril. Before the victim was eventually taken away, some locals engaged the attackers in a gun battle during which another resident, Hassan Jubril, was injured, our source learnt A resident of the village, who asked not to be named for security reasons, said eight armed men attacked the community in the early hours of Wednesday. “Police, men of Nigeria Hunters and Forest Security Services, Amotekun Corps, and some other volunteers are already combing the forest,” the source said. “There was rain of…
THE Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development has confirmed the collapse of an “unapproved” seven-storey building under construction collapsed on Banana Island in the Ikoyi area of the state. A source with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) revealed to Channels Television that some workers were trapped in the rubble. It was also gathered that the incident occurred on First Avenue in the exclusive neighbourhood of the some of the wealthiest Nigerians. “Few who sustained injuries are being treated. There is no fatality. This unfortunate incident happened while casting was being done,” said a statement by the…
THE management of Ekiti State University (EKSU) has stopped academic activities in the institution for two weeks. This followed an early morning protest on Tuesday by students of the institution over a N5,000 late registration levy imposed on them by the institution. The angry students shut the school gate preventing both lecturers and students from gaining entry into the premises to express dissatisfaction with the levy. They also barricaded all roads leading to the university. The students frowned upon the imposition of the late registration fees in face of hike in their school fees even as they have just few…
– Pledges To Mobilize Colleagues AHEAD of the inuaguration of the 10th National Assembly, the governor of Osun state, Senator Ademola Adeleke has vowed to mobilize colleagues to actualize the aspiration of Ahmed Idris Wase as Speaker of the House of Representatives. “We don’t belong to the same party but it is immaterial. And when it was time to constitute the last National Assembly leadership and you agreed with your party to step down for their choice, it means you are man of integrity amd character; you have shown character. That means ‘Wase lokan’, the governor told the depity speaker…