Author: Festus Adeloye

Armed robbers have raped two female students of the Ogun State-owned Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ijebu Ode. It was gathered that the two first-year female students of the institution were raped by robbers on Monday. The incident reportedly occurred around 12:30 am when the robbers invaded students’ apartments. A source at the school disclosed that the suspects, armed with guns, forced the students to surrender their phones and other belongings before leading them to an uncompleted building where they took turns to rape them. Police spokesperson in the state Omolola Odutola confirmed the incident in Abeokuta, the state…

Fifty-eight of the 164 member states of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) members have voiced support for a proposal from the African Group backing incumbent Director General, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to serve a second term. The 58 member countries of the trade association made this known at a July 22 meeting of the WTO General Council, according to a statement by the world trade body. “The African Group requests that the current Director-General make herself available to serve a second term, and has proposed that the process of reappointing the Director-General should be started as soon as possible,” the statement partly…

The Governor of Kaduna State, Uba Sani, has expressed concern over the rising cases of out-of-school children, poverty and other socioeconomic problems in the North, stating that the region was on the brink of collapse if the leaders do not come together to find solutions to the challenges. Sani raised the alarm during a courtesy visit of the National Chairman of the Arewa Consutative Forum (ACF), Mamman Osuman to Kaduna State. He said, “This new executive committee has emerged at a time of great challenges. We are confronted with difficult developmental and security questions. Criminal elements have been laying siege…

World record holder Tobi Amusan has been selected as the country’s flagbearer for the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. This appointment marks a historic moment for Nigerian athletics, as Amusan becomes the first track and field athlete in two decades to receive this honour. A tweet by Making of Champions on social media platform X on Tuesday said, “Tobi Amusan has been named as Nigeria’s flagbearer for the opening ceremony of #Paris2024 #Olympics – she becomes the first athlete from Athletics in 20yrs, since Mary Onyali at the Athens 2004 Games, to have such honours.” Amusan, known…

Justice (Professor) C. A. Obiozor of the Federal High Court sitting in Benin City has convicted and sentenced one Olabinjor Ajobor, a businessman to seven years imprisonment without an option of fine. The defendant was first arraigned in 2018 before being re-arraigned in July 2023 on an amended three-count charge of obtaining by false pretence. One of the charges reads: “That you OLABINJOR AJOBOR and BISOFRANK INVESTMENT LIMITED on or about the 21st day of February 2017 in Benin, Edo State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable did with intent to defraud induced one Mr George Ezomo to deposit the…

Former Senate Chief Whip, Mohammed Ali Ndume, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to listen to the yearnings of Nigerians which inform the planned protest. Ndume made the call during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today. When asked to comment on the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) President Joe Ajaero’s call to the president to talk to President Tinubu, Ndume said he endorsed the motion. He said, “I second his motion. The NLC president moved that motion. Tell him I support his motion that the president should listen to Nigerians. “We are 26 days away from the attack in Gworza.…

The Senate and the National Council for Women Society (NCWS) have sought for inclusion of domestic servants in the proposed 70,000 naira National Minimum Wage Scheme. This was highlighted during a public hearing by the Senate Committee on Employment, Labour, and Productivity on a bill for an Act to Provide for Domestication and Registration of Domestic Workers and Employers in Nigeria. The Senator representing Imo West Osita Izunaso as well as the Acting National President of NCWS Geraldeen Etuk especially argued for the inclusion of domestic servants in the proposed National Minimum Wage law and asserted that part of the…

The Federal Government has moved to resolve the ongoing dispute between Dangote Refinery and the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, over the quality of diesel distributed in the country. To resolve the issue, the Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Oil), on Monday night, convened a high-level meeting with key stakeholders to address and resolve the ongoing issues surrounding the Dangote Refinery. A statement by the Minister’s media aide, Nneamaka Okafor listed those present at the meeting as: Mr. Aliko Dangote, Chairman/CEO of Dangote Group, Mr. Farouk Ahmed, Authority Chief Executive, Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority…

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on President Bola Tinubu to invite the leaders of a planned nationwide protest over hardship in the country, asking him to also address the challenges facing the citizens. “As the date for the widely reported national protest looms, the Nigeria Labour Congress urges President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to invite the leadership of the protest movement for discussions on their grievances,” the NLC said in a Monday statement by its president Joe Ajaero. The NLC chief said with inflation hitting 34.19 per cent coupled with the hike in food and electricity tariffs among others,…

Nigerian skit maker Brain Jotter has met with legendary highlife singer, Mike ‘Gentleman’ Ejeagha. Ejeagha’s song ‘Ka Esi Le Onye Isi Oche’ recently gained widespread popularity after Brain Jotter used it as the soundtrack for his viral dance moves. The dance involves participants facing opposite directions, walking towards each other, performing a funny leg dance, and then chasing each other to the chorus “Gwo Gwo Gwo Ngwo.” Brain Jotter’s first Instagram clip of the dance, shared on July 5, garnered nearly one million likes by July 21. On TikTok, similar videos have been viewed massively. The trend has also seen…