A man, who not only killed his mother with a stick but also dumped her corpse in a well, has been arrested by operatives of the Cross River State Police Command in Obudu Local Government Area of the state. Mathias Amunde, who committed matricide, in an interrogation video shared on Instagram by user @isaacfayoseoriginal, confessed to the crime, revealing that he and an accomplice struck his mother with a stick,…

There is a high indication that Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol would likely cost more as depot owners increased prices by about 4.74 per cent to N950/litre due to the rising crude oil prices. Recall that the cost of Brent, the global benchmark for crude, reached $79.76 per barrel on Sunday. With the new development, this current situation indicates that filling stations nationwide may adjust their pump…

As the National Assembly resumes today, Northern lawmakers in the legislative arm have concluded plans for a showdown if the tax reform bills currently before the assembly are not withdrawn. With clear vehemence, they have reiterated their calls for the withdrawal of the bills, citing concerns about the timing, lack of proper consultations with stakeholders, and the structure and content of the bills. Even though the bills passed second reading…

Five officials of the Katsina State Board of Internal Revenue have been arrested by operatives of the Kano Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over the alleged diversion of N1,294,337,676.53 (One billion, two hundred and ninety-four million, three hundred and thirty-seven thousand, six hundred and seventy-six Naira, fifty-three kobo) belonging to the Katsina State Government. Confirming the development on Monday in Abuja, EFCC Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale,…

Vincentia Nwankwo and Grace Okoli, the two reverend sisters, who were kidnapped in Anambra State have regained freedom after spending about six days with their captors. The Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mother of Christ reverend sisters were abducted on their way back from a vocational association’s meeting in Ogboji along the Ufuma Road in Orumba North Local Government Area of the state, on Tuesday, January 7, 2025. Although the actual…

Alexander and Enenche Enenche, who are both brothers of the senior pastor of the Dunamis International Gospel Church, Pastor Paul Enenche, have been remanded at the Keffi Prison in Nasarawa State. Also remanded with the brothers by the Magistrate Court in Wuse, Abuja, was Abraham Daniel, a former pastor at the Dunamis church. The siblings were reportedly taken to the Keffi Custodial Centre of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) on…

Taking cognisance of the current economic realities in the country, the Federal Government has approved N1,125 daily feeding allowance for inmates of correctional centres. Disclosing this while was addressing senior officers of the organisation on Monday in Abuja, Acting Controller-General of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Sylvester Nwakuche, warned personnel against any action capable of soiling the image of the agency following recent corruption allegations. The Acting C-G stressed that…

The Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has restrained the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) state executives led by Aaron Chukwuemeka from parading themselves as Exco of the party. Presiding judge, Justice Stephen Jumbo, delivered the ruling on an interlocutory injunction on Monday. Two Port Harcourt based legal practitioners, Edwin Woko, Love Otuonye, and two others who are members of the PDP filed the case was against the party’s…

Some All Progressives Congress (APC) members who are supporters of the just impeached Lagos State House of Assembly Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa were on Monday arrested by security agents inside the Assembly complex. The arrested persons were taken away from the Assembly premises in a Black Maria on the same day. They claimed to be APC youths from Agege, the constituency of the impeached speaker. According to News Central reports, the…

The Federal Government’s axe may fall on some Deposit Money Banks over the non-payment of over N200 billion on Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) to Nigerian telecom operators as the government set to list out names of the defaulting 18 banks on Tuesday (tomorrow). According to a report from Vanguard, the reason for the public seems to be for the telcos to stop offering the said services that enable their…

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Monday, inducted 48 newly-appointed Permanent Secretaries into the state civil service held at the Executive Chambers of the Governor’s Office, Agodi, Ibadan, with a vow to continue upholding merit in the state civil and public service. The new Permanent Secretaries comprise 15 from the mainstream, six Inspectors General of Education, six from the health sector, seven from the local government, one from the…

The National Assembly has resolved to exclude the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) from the Federal Government’s (FG) 2025 budget grants, citing concerns about the agency’s financial practices. Lawmakers criticised the apparent contradiction in JAMB’s financial operations during an interactive session on revenue projections for 2025, chaired by Senator Sani Musa (APC, Niger East). JAMB’s Registrar, Ishaq Oloyede, revealed that the board remitted N4 billion to the Consolidated Revenue…