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The Police Command in Ogun says a 400-level female student of Olabisi Onabanjo University, OOU, in Ago-Iwoye, Adaeze Jaja, has allegedly committed suicide in a hotel room. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, confirmed the incident to newsmen on Tuesday in Abeokuta. She said the 31-year-old was reported to have been found lying unconscious in the room and foaming in the mouth with an empty bottle of Sniper beside her. Mr Odutola explained that the incident was reported to the Divisional Police Officer, Ago-Iwoye Division, on Jan. 27 at 7:30 a.m. “The Director of Be-Happy Hotel in Ago-Iwoye,…

Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has spoken on the reported allocation of N1.5 billion by his administration for the purchase of two Toyota Hilux Pickup trucks in the state. In December 2023, Mr Otti presented the N567.2 billion 2024 budget to the State House of Assembly which he later signed into law after the state’s lawmakers passed it. In the approved budget which surfaced online recently, the sum of N1.5 billion was earmarked for the purchase of the two pick-up trucks. Several Nigerians, consequently, criticised the governor, with some accusing him of being extravagant. But reacting on Tuesday, Mr…

The South African government has slammed the Federal Government for warning its citizens in the rainbow nation against wild celebrations if the Super Eagles defeat the Bafana Bafana on Wednesday at the on-going African Cup of Nations in Côte d’Ivoire. Recall that the Nigerian High Commission had warned its citizens living in South Africa to “be watchful of their utterances, be mindful of where they choose to watch the match especially in public places, and refrain from engaging in loud, riotous or provocative celebrations should the Super Eagles win.’’ The warning is coming on the heels of xenophobic attacks against…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has charged former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello with corruption, a few days after he completed his tenure in office and was stripped of his constitutional immunity shielding him from criminal prosecution. Mr Bello handed over to his successor, Usman Ododo, after eight years in office on 27 January and, days later, was charged by the EFCC. The anti-graft agency did not bother to file a fresh case in court. It simply amended existing charges in which his nephew and an associate were accused of diverting Kogi State funds, to add the former…

The mass protest in Minna, Niger State, against rising food prices and worsening economic situation rattled the Bola Tinubu administration and partly influenced the decision of the president to issue marching orders to relevant officials to work out immediate measures to check rising food prices in the country. This was disclosed by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, after a meeting of the Presidential Committee on Emergency Food Intervention on Tuesday in Abuja. He said that the president was concerned about the accessibility and affordability of food items across the nation. “The government is very concerned about…

President Bola Tinubu has returned to Nigeria after a two-week private visit to France. The jet, which conveyed the president back to the country, touched down at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe Int’l Airport, Abuja, on Tuesday night. He was received by his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila; Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume; National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. Some governors were also at the airport to welcome back the nation’s number one citizen. It is unclear why the president went to France, but the…

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Olayemi Cardoso has attributed the recent increase in the dollar exchange rate to the rise in Nigerian students who study abroad, as well foreign medical trips embarked on by Nigerians. Cardoso spoke at the sectoral debate put together by the House of Representatives on Tuesday in Abuja. The apex bank’s boss said the high cost of living remains a concern, adding that the CBN was working to bring lasting solutions, and bring down the inflation to 21.4 per cent through improved agricultural productivity. “Volume on transactions on our market was over…

Hundreds of workers in the food, beverage and tobacco sector took to the streets of Lagos on Tuesday to cry out over the huge number of jobs that will be lost in the coming days as a result of the ban on sachet alcoholic drinks by the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). Agitating under the umbrella of the Food Beverage and Tobacco Senior Staff Association and National Union of Food Beverages and Tobacco Employees, the workers, who displayed various placards and sang songs of solidarity in front of the Lagos office of NAFDAC, said that the…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused opposition parties of instigating protests to undermine President Bola Tinubu-led administration. Yesterday, protesters, including youths and women, blockaded major roads in Minna, the Niger State capital on Monday, to protest economic hardship in the country. There were also reports of similar incidents in Kano State. Reacting to the protest on Tuesday, National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Felix Morka, alleged that the opposition instigated “unsuspecting young people” to protest in the streets. The statement read: “Opposition parties have resorted to instigating unsuspecting young people to protests in the streets of some major cities.…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the Abubakar Ahmad Sirika, the brother of Hadi Sirika, the immediate past Aviation Minister over an alleged contract fraud in the aviation ministry. Abubakar was picked up by the anti-graft agency on Sunday, February 4 following an investigation in the Aviation Ministry. During his tenure as minister, Sirika faces allegations including conspiracy, abuse of office, diversion of public funds, contract inflation, criminal breach of trust, and money laundering totaling N8,069,176,864. The Commission stated that the amount in question is related to four aviation contracts awarded by the former minister to a…