Author: Alex Enemanna
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SGTV CEO, Omoluabi appointed Political Adviser to Kogi Governor
The Chief Executive Officer of Stardom Global Television, SGTV Omoluabi Olabode Adeyemi has been appointed the Senior Special Assistant to Kogi state governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello on Political Matters. This was announced Thursday night in a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Dr Mrs Folashade Ayoade Arike. The media entrepreneur in a…
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AfDB’s reconstituted panel to review corruption allegation against Adesina
The Bureau of the Board of Governors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has raised a panel to review its Investigation Committee report on the allegation of insider abuse levelled against the bank’s president, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, by a whistleblower. The three-man review panel is headed by former Irish President Mary Robinson and two others…
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Church pegs number of members lost to Boko Haram at 8,370
The largest indigenous Christian denomination in the North-east, Church of the Brethren in Nigeria, known in Hausa as Ekklesiyya Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN), has said that it lost over 8,370 members to Boko Haram attacks in the North-east. The EYN, an Adamawa-based denomination with headquarters in Kwarhi, Hong Local Government Area of the state has…
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Ogun residents troop to scoop diesel from fallen tanker
A diesel-laden tanker, on Thursday, fell and spilled its content on the road in the Arepo area of Ogun State. The tanker driver, who was conveying diesel to a company in Arepo, veered off the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway to connect to his destination and lost control of the vehicle. An eyewitness, who gave his name simply…
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Splinter Ohanaeze group sues CAC, demands N500bn
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo General Assembly Worldwide has sued the Corporate Affairs Commission for N500bn for deregistering it. The President General of the body, Basil Onyeacholam, a lawyer, disclosed this to our correspondent on the telephone on Thursday. The CAC had reportedly deregistered the group, stating that it did not meet some conditions. Recall that following…
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UNILAG receives 5 robots from investment firm
When students resume at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), they will find some new mechanical assistants looking almost human with screens for face and hands taking temperature, helping with data, or even ready to dance with them. These ‘assistants’ were presented to the UNILAG management at the university library by investment firm, Platform Capital on…
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Kogi Security Trust Fund chairman dies at 69
The chairman of the Kogi State Security Trust Fund, Siaka Oyibo is dead. The Kogi State government in a statement, on Thursday, said that Oyibo, a retired military officer, died from diabetes. He was aged 69. The statement was signed by the state Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo. It reads: “The Kogi State…
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How SSS1 pupil absconded home to live with Facebook lover in Bayelsa
14-year-old girl (name withheld), has fled her parents’ home in Biogbolo, Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, to cohabit with her Facebook lover, Victory Age, aged 17. Victory, along with his friend, identified simply as Gospel, were paraded at State Police Headquarters, Yenagoa, for harbouring the underage SSS1 pupil for one month without parents’…
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Omoluabi Felicitates With Pastor Aboyeji on Golden Jubilee
The Chairman Stardom Global Television, SGTV Omoluabi Olabode Adeyemi has congratulated the Presiding Pastor Potter’s Porch International Church Abuja, Pastor John Taiye Aboyeji as he marks golden jubilee. Describing the clergy as a father, teacher, prophet, mentor and confidant, Omoluabi said he falls short of words to qualify the picture of the Man God has…
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Our passengers won’t be served food on board — Aero Contractors
The Managing Director of Aero Contractors, Capt. Ado Sanusi, says when flights resume next week, passengers would not be served food on the airplanes. Sanusi said this on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Thursday. The Aero Contractors boss said serving passengers with food on the aircraft would require them removing their face masks to…