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Investigative Panel: Bobrisky Given Special Privileges But Served Term In Custodial Facility

Bobrisky
An investigative panel set up by the Federal Government has revealed that controversial crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly called Bobrisky, served his six-month jail term following his conviction over Naira abuse offences. However, the panel revealed that the crossdresser was granted certain privileges during his time at the Kirikiri Medium Security Custodial Centre in Lagos. The panel, chaired by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Dr. Magdalene Ajani, also found no evidence to support claims that the crossdresser bribed officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCos) to be allowed to stay in a rented apartment outside the prison. BobriskyRead More

National Security Council Meeting Is Ongoing At The State House

National Security Council Meeting
There is an ongoing National Security Council Meeting at the State House. President Muhammadu Buhari is presiding. In attendance are the Vice President, Prof. Osinbajo, Ministers of Defence, Interior, andRead More

A Nigerian Economist, Deji Idowu, Asks What Federal Gov. Is Planning To Evacuate Nigerians In Wuhan, China

CORONAVIRUS
Deji Idowu, a Nigerian economist and senior consultant on trade and investment helping to build bridges across Nigeria-China business corridor is concerned about the fate of Nigerians trapped in Wuhan,Read More

NYSC Members Monthly Allowance Increased To N33,000

NYSC members
The National Youth Service Corps’ Director-General, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, has said that the monthly allowance of corps members’ has been increased to thirty three thousand Naira (N33,000.00) only. HeRead More

Police Arrest Suspects Who Use POS Machines To Extort Motorists In Lagos

POS machine criminals
Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested seven (7) suspected criminals who allegedly use Point of Sale (POS) machines to extort unsuspectingRead More

Notorious Armed Robbers Nabbed After Killing A Couple In Abia

Armed robbers arrested in Abia State
Detectives of the Abia State Police Command have nabbed and paraded suspected armed robbers identified as Promise Sunday Obilor a.k.a Esere (26), Kingsley Emezue aka Pakins, and Enyinna Asiegbu (25),Read More

Man Lynched By A Mob For Killing His Wife In Abia

Lynching and setting a human being ablaze
A man named Kalu Ilum has been lynched and set ablaze by an angry mob in Etitiama Nkporo community in Arochukwu Local Government Area of Abia State for allegedly killingRead More

Delta Polytechnic Students Protest Over Ban On Driving In School Premises

Delta State Polytechnic, Ozoro
Delta State Polytechnic, Ozoro students, on Tuesday, January 28, 2020 protested over a ban on students driving their vehicles into the school premises and introduction of what they call “draconian”Read More

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, Alleges Herdsmen Shot At Him Last Week On His Farm

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom
The governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has alleged that suspected herdsmen attacked and shot at him last week at his farm, which is located along Makurdi-Naka Road in Makurdi,Read More

Dangerously-Open Manhole Spotted In Iddo Area Of Lagos Mainland

M.I Abaga vs open manhole
Nigerian rapper and record producer, Jude Abaga, popularly known as M.I Abaga, has warned via a tweet, motorists and pedestrians plying the Iddo area of lagos mainland to be cautious,Read More

IPPIS: ASUU Threatens To Embark On Nationwide Strike Over Withheld January Salaries

IPPIS and ASUU strike
The Academic Staff Union of Universities’ leadership has threatened that the association will go on a nationwide strike, if the Federal Government fails to repeal its decision to withhold theRead More