A former Chief of Army Staff and Nigeria’s Ambassador to Benin Republic, Tukur Buratai has denied links to monies and properties recently seized in Abuja by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). Recall that the ICPC had raided a property in the Wuse 2 area ...
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JUST IN: Lagos Govt shuts Redeemers School over drowning of pupil
The Lagos State Ministry of Education on Monday evening said it has shut the Redeemers Nursery and Primary School, Ogba. The government said the school will remain closed, pending an administrative investigation of its operations and procedures as well as the conduct of its officials ¨C in line with ...
Read More »FG Cancels Training Contract For Ex-Niger Delta Militants
The Federal Government has revoked the training contract awarded to Express Concern International (ECN) to train former Niger Delta militants. The Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Col.Milland Dikio (retd), made this known in a statement on Sunday signed by his spokesman, Neotabase Egbe. Dikio stated the ...
Read More »Arsenal Sign Man City’s Jesus For £45m
Arsenal have signed Manchester City’s Gabriel Jesus for £45m, the club confirmed on Monday. The Brazilian will wear the No. 9 shirt which was worn by Alexandre Lacazette who return to Lyon. Jesus is now Arsenal’s fourth signing of the summer transfer window after Marquinhos (Marcos Aoás ...
Read More »Suspected EEDC Vandal Electrocuted In Anambra
A yet-to-be-identified vandal was electrocuted in the early hours of Sunday for allegedly vandalising Umuezerimpi 500KVA Distribution Substation. The property belongs to the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC), located at Umuatuegwu Okija, Anambra State, THE WHISTLER gathered. Mr. Emeka Ezeh, head, Corporate Communications, EEDC, Enugu, disclosed this in ...
Read More »Fraud: Buhari Govt Replaces Acting Accountant General Of The Federation
The federal government of Nigeria under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari has replaced Mr. Chukwuyere N. Anamekwe as the acting Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF). It was gathered that Anamekwe was replaced about two weeks ago over allegations of corruption and investigation by the Economic and Financial ...
Read More »APC Govs Kick As Tinubu Backs Shettima As Running Mate
The decision of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to pick for Borno State Governor, Senator Kashim Shettima, has not gone down well with governors elected on the party’s platform. Indications have emerged disclosing that APC governors want one of their colleagues ...
Read More »Gov Ortom’s Convoy Involved In Accident
The convoy of the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, on Sunday was involved in a road accident in Abuja. The development was confirmed in a statement released by the media aide to the Governor, Terver Akase. According to Akase, no life was lost in the incident that happened ...
Read More »Child, Others Rescued As 11 Burnt To Death On Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
Eleven persons were burnt beyond recognition in an accident that occured at Ogere end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in the Ogere Remo-North Local Government Area of Ogun State. The Public Relations Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps ,Ogun State Sector, Florence Okpe, who confirmed the incident on Sunday ...
Read More »Drama as Fulani Herdsmen Converts Kwara Complex Stadium into Castle Pasture
Herdsmen have converted the Kwara State Complex Stadium Ilorin, into a fertile land for cattle pasture as weeds overtake a section of the facility. This weekend, cattle were sighted grazing on grasses in parts of the complex. Fresh and dried cow dung could also be seen on the asphalt ...
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