“The sentence beggars belief. The only thing the court valued is the accused’s right to the presumption of innocence. It has ignored its duty to protect a minor and the fact that the age of consent in Spain is 16,” Ms. Gonzalo told The Telegraph. Pegasus Reporters A Spanish court has sparked outrage after acquitting a man of sexually ...
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Suspect Ex-Governors’ Over N500 Billion Corruption Cases The EFCC Is Avoiding
The EFCC said in February 2016 that former Governor Ali Modu Sheriff of Borno State was being probed for over N300 billion state funds mismanaged by his government. He was first arrested in June 2015 and granted bail Pegasus Reporters There are more than eight former governors who were once arrested and were being prosecuted by the Economic and ...
Read More »BREAKING: IGP Disbands Police Monitoring Units In Lagos, Port Harcourt
Acting Inspector-General of Police, Alkali Baba, has ordered the immediate disbandment of the IGP Monitoring Satellite Offices in Lagos and Port Harcourt over complaints of harassment and operating beyond their briefs by Nigerians. Speaking at his maiden meeting with Command Police Commissioners and zonal AIGs, in Abuja on Thursday, Baba said the IGP Monitoring Units will be re-organized. The ...
Read More »USA Halts Use Of Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 Vaccines
Agency Report The United States of America (USA) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has called for an immediate halt of the use of a Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine. Both the FDA and CDC in a joint statement called for a temporary suspension of the use of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson ...
Read More »HEALTH: Why Middle-Age Men Are Dying Fast
“I do not believe in retirement planning that is others-based, for instance, training your children and hoping that they will take care of you in your retirement/old age. I have done my little research and I found out that parents are often not the priorities of children” Author Unknown Middle age is usually between 45 and 65 years, but ...
Read More »Omotade Bows Out Gracefully As Sanusi Resumes As Director, NYSC South-South
News Agency of Nigeria In a colourful and highly impressive ceremony, the erstwhile Director NYSC South-South Area Office and now, Director Corps Welfare and Health Services, NYSC National Directorate Headquarters, Abuja, Omotade Ayodele Folorunso, handed over the reins of administration of the NYSC South-South Area Office; to the new Acting Director, Mr Sanusi R. Abdul-Rasheed. The new Chief helmsman was ...
Read More »Lagos State Empowers Mary Daniel, The Single-Parent Amputee
The Government Also Relocated Her to Temporary Shelter For Safety Lagos State Government, on Monday, said that it has taken over the welfare of Mary Daniel, the 26-year-old homeless amputee and single mother, whose tragic story trended on social media platforms over the weekend. Speaking on the intervention of the State Government, the Special Adviser to the State Governor ...
Read More »Opinion: Babajide Kolade-Otitoju Writes On “The Lion Of Bourdillon”
“Can Bode George or Ogunlewe roll out a list comparable to Tinubu’s list? Why haven’t they been able to create a formidable opposition to kick him out? They had the federal might for 16 years to their advantage” On this Jagaban issue, every 4 years people come on social media to yell and castigate the man over his political ...
Read More »The Sad Reality About Nigeria’s Economic Situation – Obinna Okoro
“So, I am constrained to conclude that this Fulani herdsmen crisis is more political than economic. When I remember how much I lost in the cause of pursuing this project, I am tempted to give up on Nigeria” One day, I was on a business trip to Bauchi and a friend asked me to make out a time and ...
Read More »We Are Ready For Restructuring But Won’t Rotate Presidency! — Northern Leaders
“No business interest is better than another. In fact, in a crisis situation, the South has more to lose in terms of its business interests in the North and the strategic nature they established themselves in the North than Northerners living in the South.” Leaders of northern Nigeria from 17 groups, including the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and the ...
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