May 20, 2019

Court grants Iwu ₦1billion bail, still in prison custody

Hotel supervisor in court for theft of employer’s ₦154, 000

May 20, 2019 11:17 am

A 49-year-old hotel supervisor, Dotun Akingbade, on Monday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for alleged theft of ₦154,000 belonging to his employer.

The defendant, who resides at No. 5, Olugbenga Street, Agbado-Ijaiye,Lagos, is facing a two-count-charge of stealing and breach of peace before Chief Magistrate, Mrs A.A. Adetunji.

Prosecuting Inspector (Insp.) Matthew Akhaloude, told the court that the defendant committed the offences sometime in February 2018, between 6.00 a.m. to 12.00 p.m. at Dansoky Hotel, located at No. 3, Prince Ademola Adunola Street, Ijaiye, Ojokoro, Lagos.

Insp. Akhaloude said the defendant allegedly stole the sum of N154, 000 …

WAEC releases 2019 WASSCE results, withholds 180, 205

Teacher docked for allegedly giving WAEC answers to student

May 20, 2019 11:09 am

A 24 -year-old teacher, Oluwaseun Adegoke, who allegedly sent West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) answer booklet on the internet to a student, on Monday appeared in Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.

The police charged Adegoke, who live in Orile-Agege, Lagos, is charged with unlawfully assisting a candidate in the course of an examination.

The Police Prosecutor, Insp Innocent Odugbo, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on May 17 at a private school in Agege, Lagos,

He said that the defendant scanned a WAEC answer booklet of a student while the examination was still on and sent it …

Traditional rulers need funding to help curb crimes - Oluwo

Traditional rulers need FG funding to curb crimes – Oluwo

May 20, 2019 10:45 am

The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdul-Rasheed Adewale Akanbi, Telu I, has explained how the Federal Government could utilize the traditional institution to curb spate of kidnapping and other crimes in the country.

Speaking with reporters in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, the Oluwo advocated for empowerment of traditional rulers to re-establish communal structure in combating high ranking crimes.

The first class traditional ruler, who regretted the height of insecurity across the nation, said far reaching and creative measures must be applied urgently to “forestall impending doom hanging dangerously on the nation.”

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OPM’s free specialist hospital: succour to Nigerian masses

May 20, 2019 10:31 am

A joint report on maternal mortality by the World Health Organisation (WHO), UNICEF, World Bank and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) estimates that Nigeria has approximately 58,000 maternal deaths, accounting for 19 per cent globally.

This means that at least 800 women die in every 100,000 live births and to address the high maternal mortality rates, the Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole, in July 2017 inaugurated a 34-member Taskforce to accelerate reduction of maternal mortality in Nigeria.

The high maternal mortality rate in Nigeria as revealed by the reports of the world renowned agencies became a source of …

Google sever ties with Huawei

May 20, 2019 12:35 am

US internet giant Google, whose Android mobile operating system powers most of the world’s smartphones, said Sunday it was beginning to cut ties with China’s Huawei, which Washington considers a national security threat.

In the midst of a trade war with Beijing, President Donald Trump has barred US companies from engaging in telecommunications trade with foreign companies said to threaten American national security.

The measure targets Huawei, a Chinese telecoms giant in Washington’s sights that is listed by the Commerce Department among firms with which American companies can only engage in trade after obtaining the green light from the authorities.…

Actress Uche Ogbodo tells her story with nude pictures

May 20, 2019 12:09 am

Nollywood actress Uche Ogbodo, who added a year over the weekend, celebrated the special day with the releases of new pictures, which included a nude picture which she used to tell the story of her life.

Posting the pictures on Instagram, and pouring out her mind, the mother of one revealed that she never choose her career, but found herself in the line of stardom.

“I didn’t choose this Life, this Life chose me. I didn’t choose to Be Born without a Silver Spoon, the option wasn’t given to me. I never chose to be born in Poverty, To grow …