Founder of the Sotitobire Praising Chapel, Prophet Babatunde Alfa, has been sentenced to life imprisonment after he was found guilty by a High Court in Ondo State over the mysterious disappearance of one-year-old Gold Kolawole from his church. Prophet Babatunde Alfa was convicted alongside other defendants by Justice Olusegun Odusola having found them guilty of…
Dr Anthony Fauci, top infectious disease expert in the US, has warned that US president Donald Trump’s condition could worsen over the coming days. Trump returned to White House after spending four days at Walter Reed Medical Centre following his COVID-19 diagnosis, but Fauci in an interview with CNN said that the issue with…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday said he has accepted the apology of the son of former President Shehu Shagari, Aminu, who worked against him during the run-up to the 2015 presidential election. The former President made this known in a Facebook post while acknowledging Aminu’s public apology. Jonathan wrote in the post titled Dear…
Joel Nettey, a Ghanaian and the first African to hold such position, has been elected as the Chairman and World President of the International Advertising Association (IAA), the global compass for marketing and communications. His election was held virtually during the World Board Meeting of the International Advertising Association on October 5th 2020. Srinivasan Swamy…
Following its commitments to teeming entrepreneurs and youths’ empowerment, Heritage Bank Plc, Nigeria’s Most Innovative Banking Service providers has been engaged by the Federal Government to commence account opening for beneficiaries of the Special Public Works Programme through-out the 774 local governments. Also, five other financial institutions- Zenith, UBA, Access, Fidelity, FCMB are part of…
The Lagos zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, October 2, 2020, took over a vessel, MV Poseidon alongside 10 crew members, after they were arrested on July 20, 2020 by the Nigerian Navy Ship Beecroft, for investigation and prosecution. The suspects are: Umoh Samuel, Abonida Seaman, Ogidigbo Kelly, Ajemfuja…
Tammy Abraham alongside his team-mates Ben Chilwell and Jadon Sancho are set to miss out of England’s friendly with Wales on Thursday after breaching COVID-19 protocols. The three players were told by the Football Association to stay at home on Monday rather than report to St George’s Park, where Gareth Southgate assembled his squad. The…
The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has said that his administration would continue to give priority attention to roads, hospitals and other projects abandoned by his predecessors because they were ab initio funded with tax payers’ money. The Governor made this declaration over the weekend while inspecting major roads in the East and Central…
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, had on Sunday banned the personnel of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) and other Tactical Squads of the Force from embarking on routine patrols. Following this directive, here are 10 things you need to know about the IGP’s position on F-SARS. The IGP has banned FSARS, STS,…
The Private Sector-led Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) has petitioned the Edo state government over alleged misappropriation of its food palliatives worth over N465 million by a member of House Representatives from the state, Dr. Omoriege Ogbeide Ihama, who represents Oredo Federal Constituency, Benin, Edo state. CACOVID, a coalition of Organised Private Sector operators had earlier…