Author: Akintayo Adams

Ajadeh Event Centre in Iperu Remo along Sagamu road, turned a centre of tragedy as gunmen dressed in black were said to have invaded the venue, killing Yinka Olowojobi, a lecturer from Babcock University. Two others were equally abducted during the invasion. The incident, according to a statement from the Spokesperson of Ogun State Police Command, Omolola Odutola, on Monday, happened on Friday, April 19 at about 9:20 pm. “A report from the Iperu Division indicates that a kidnapping and murder incident occurred on April 19th, 2024, at about 9:20 pm,” the statement partly read. “It was reported that gunshots…

On Sunday, Mr Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, the Governor of Ondo State was declared the winner of the APC Governorship primaries held over the weekend. 16 APC aspirants competed for a total of 171, 922 votes with the aim of emerging as the flagbearer of the party in the gubernatorial election coming up later in the year. However,  on Sunday, some members of the ruling party in the state took to the streets of Akure, the state capital to protest against the conduct of the primary. The protesters alleged that the primary election committee led by Governor Ododo failed to follow…

Nadeem Anjarwalla, the official of Binance, a cryptocurrency giant, who fled Nigeria has been arrested by the Kenya Police Service. The International Criminal Police Organisation, is also working to extradite him to Nigeria before the week ends. According to a report by The PUNCH, Government sources familiar with the case confirmed the arrest on condition of anonymity.  “Binance executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla, has been arrested by the Kenya Police Service, and he would be extradited to Nigeria this week by INTERPOL,” a source said. “As we had said before that Anjarwalla would be extradited, he has been arrested in Kenya, and…

The Yoruba Self-Determination Movement, spearheaded by Prof Banji Akintoye and Chief Sunday Adeyemo, known as Sunday Igboho, is seeking a peaceful breakaway of Yoruba people from Nigeria. This was contained in an open letter addressed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The letter read, “We have the honour to send to Your Excellency this important letter on behalf of the many millions of Yoruba people at home in Yorubaland in Nigeria and in the Yoruba Diaspora in almost all countries across the world. “We send this letter as a follow-up to our earlier letter, dated August 06, 2022, which we delivered…

Israel will “increase the political and military pressure on Hamas in the coming days” so as to secure the release of individuals held hostage in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday. Netanyahu accused Hamas of quashing their requests for the release of hostages. “In the coming days we will increase the military and political pressure on Hamas because this is the only way to free our hostages and achieve our victory,” he said. He further commented on an imminent US sanctions, according to various reports, on Netzah Yehuda, IDF religious battalion, saying: “If anyone thinks they can impose sanctions…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) stated that candidates whose fingerprints could not be captured at their respective CBT centres will not be rescheduled. This announcement was made in a post via its official X account on Saturday. The post read: “Candidates whose fingers could not be captured will not be rescheduled. “The fingers that didn’t have problem at NIMC office during registration and were successfully captured during JAMB registration won’t suddenly develop issue during exam.” Join our WhatsApp community via https://goquick.ly/cj8q2 for instant and latest news updates.

President Bola Tinubu would declare open, the African Counter-Terrorism Summit, in Abuja on Monday. This was contained in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale on Sunday. The theme of the summit, according to the statement is ‘Strengthening Regional Cooperation and Institution Building to Address the Evolving Threat of Terrorism’ and it is being organized by Nigeria, with the support of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism. The statement further explained that Heads of state and high-level government officials across Africa, representatives of international organisations and multilateral institutions, members of the diplomatic corps, and…

Nigeria, through the Federal Government, is set to be awarded a $2.2 billion single-digit interest loan by the World bank. The nation is also expected to benefit from another budget support facility from the African Development Bank. This was contained in a statement by the Minister of Finance & Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, during a press briefing which signalled the end of Nigeria’s activities at the World Bank/International Monetary Fund Spring meeting in Washington DC, the United States on Saturd Edun highlighted diaspora remittances, foreign portfolio investments, and facilities from the World Bank and other international development…

Banji Ajaka, Ondo State Commissioner for Health, was beaten to stupor, on Saturday, at Ugbo Ward 3, Ilaje Local Government Area of the state for allegedly hiding result sheets during the party’s primary election. He was dealt with by  some angry members of the All Progressives Congress (APC). According to a member of the party, “Ajaka received beating in his home town as his name was mentioned with the Aiyedatiwa camp that compromised the system by removing the result sheet from the materials given to them. “The place was like the ocean of water for the supporters of Chief Olusola…

Israeli’s forces launched overnight strikes on Rafah, killing 13 people, including nine children, according to reports. Health officials were quoted as saying that strikes launched on the southern Gaza city of Rafah overnight killed at least 13 people. A nearby Kuwaiti hospital, which took delivery of the bodies, revealed that the first strike killed a man, his wife and their three-year-old child. They further disclosed that the woman was pregnant and the doctors managed to save the baby. The second strike killed eight children and two women, all from the same family, the hospital continued. Israel carried out the attack…