Author: Olabanji Ayoola

Many students and passersby have been injured as soldiers dispersed protesters who occupied the Ilesa-Akure-Owo highway over prolonged strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The protesting students from various tertiary institutions in the State blocked the highway with canopies and set up a musical stage. They brought gas and pots for […]

Source: @rccg_pr The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has postponed the Light Up Sokoto Crusade scheduled to hold physically in the North-West state from May 16 to 17, 2022. The 80-year-old cleric made the announcement on Monday in a social media post. Instead, the physical crusade was held […]

The Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has condemned the killing of Deborah Yakubu, a 200 level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto State, describing the act as a crime not only against the Christian community but humanity at large. Governor Sule condemned the act of killing the student during a security meeting […]

The Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has condemned the killing of Deborah Samuel, a 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, murdered over alleged blasphemy. In a statement on Monday, the APC presidential aspirant said no where in the Qur’an read by him justified killings. The statement […]

The suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has been promoted to the level of Assistant Inspector-General of Police. The Police Service Commission’s spokesperson, Ikechukwu Ani, announced Magu’s elevation on Monday. According to Ani, Magu was promoted alongside some senior officers at the 15th Plenary Meeting of the commission on […]

Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, on Monday, tasked the Department of State Services to arrest the Chief Imam of Bayero University, Kano, Sheikh Abubakar Jibril, for allegedly inciting Muslims against the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan-Kukah. HURIWA, in a statement by its National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, […]

Lagos based lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has revealed how President Muhammadu Buhari summoned and sacked ministers involved in politics but who failed to submit their letters of resignation. Recall that the Minister of Labour and Employment Media Office had dismissed the claims by Falana, that the Minister, Chris Ngige withdrew his resignation letter after the […]