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An Ondo state High Courthqs sentenced a 78-year-old man, Ojo Komolafe, to death for Killing Ondo Proprietor, Taofik Babalola. The convict was said to have shot Babalola to death on August 7, 2021, at Kajola Community in Odigbo Local Government Area of the state while he was sleeping. Thereafter, he was arrested by the men of the state police command and charged to court on a two-count bothering on murder. During court proceedings, witnesses were called by the prosecutor against the convict. Also, there were a series of arguments from both the prosecuting counsel and the defence counsel. In his…

The Norwegian Government has committed an additional $4.5 million in support of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation’s humanitarian activities in addressing the lingering crisis in the northeastern part of Nigeria. The FAO Representative in Nigeria and the Economic Community of West African States, Fred Kafeero, stated during the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding ceremony between the UN body and the Norwegian government in Abuja. Kafeero said the support from the government of Norway has amounted to $24 million, since the beginning of the crisis and it has reached over 1,198,077 conflict-affected people at present and still counting.…

Contrary to the promise by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar to call 100 witnesses against the victory of president Bola Tinubu, the petitioners called 27 and subsequently closed their case at the Presidential Election Petition Court . The witnesses included expert witnesses such as forensic analysts, star witnesses, and subpoenaed witnesses mostly Presiding Officers of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The petitioners’ tendered their last batch of documents through their 27th witness, Mike Enahoro-Eba, a legal practitioner. The documents which were admitted in evidence included certified true copies of…

First Bank of Nigeria Ltd. has won the Financial Institution of the Year Award at the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Pan African Business and Development Awards. Mrs Folake Ani-Mumuney, Group Head, Marketing and Corporate Communications, FirstBank, said in a statement in Lagos. She said that the ceremony marked the 30th anniversary of Afreximbank, as it hosted the inaugural Pan-African Business and Development Awards in association with the Business Council for Africa (BCA), in Accra, Ghana on Monday, June 19. Ani-Mumuney said that the award received was in recognition of the bank as an epitome of the Pan-African spirit through its…

A father of four, Abayomi Oreyemi, has asked a Mapo Grade A Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve his 22-year-old union to his estranged wife, Basirat, on ground of battery and waywardness. Oreyemi in his counter-argument against his wife’s allegation of irresponsibility, lack of love and domestic violence. He said that he had reported his wife to her relatives in her Igbo-Ora hometown without any positive outcome. “At around 9.30 p.m. on a particular night, a man called Baba Aliya, who I later got to know as her concubine, came to drop Basirat in my house with his car. “I…

By Onomiguren Agbamu Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori has said his administration will not entertain poorly executed projects, but would ensure that only quality projects that meet specifications would be inaugurated for the use of the people. The governor stated this on Friday while addressing journalists after an inspection of some ongoing projects in the state capital territory. Among the projects inspected are; State High Court complex, Phases I and II of the Flood Control Measures around Madonna College Road, Okpanam and Drainage Channel around Koka through Agbalusia-Ngele Street to Federal Technical College Asaba. The governor said, “we…

No fewer that 768 delegates have applied to attend the inaugural West African Journalism Innovation Conference (WAJIC) in Abuja. The event organized by the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) is to convene media and other stakeholders to reassess its approaches to content production, distribution, and financial sustainability. The conference scheduled for July 24-26, 2023 received applications from journalists, academics, and technological experts. WAJIC themed ‘Accountability Journalism: Nurturing Innovation for a Sustainable Future’, aims to explore the crucial intersection between accountability journalism and innovation in Africa. The CEO of CJID, Dapo Olorunyomi explained that the conference will feature discussions…

Olufunmilayo Bosede has sought the cooperation of the National Immigration Service (NIS), Ogun State, as she assumes office as the 27th Comptroller of Immigration. Bosede in her remark at the welcoming ceremony lauded the service for the warm reception and charged the officers to be diligent in the discharge of their duties. She emphasised that their cooperation will help her administration to achieve a greater delivery of service to the citizenry of the Gateway State and Nigeria at large.   The CIS was received at the border of the Gateway State by Acting Comptroller DCI Ukonga and other deputies, who…

By Onomiguren Agbamu Nigeria Union of journalists, Delta chapter, has frowned at the immediate past chief Press secretary to ex- Governor Okowa who was a former correspondent chairman of Asaba chapel for outrightly Denying them of benefits ex- governor Okowa made and giving only attention to government house press crew. This was contained in a Communiqué’ issued on Thursday, June 22, 2023, at the end of the emergency Congress meeting of the Indigenous Correspondents’ Chapel (ICC), held at the Chapel Secretariat in Asaba, the State capital. They noted in the communiqué that the media aides of the former governor failed…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned the public against the distribution and sale of unregistered and expired G-Man organic energy drink. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye,stated this while briefing journalists on Thursday in Lagos. She said that some of the perpetrators had been arrested, while two others are on the run. Adeyeye said the imported energy drink, manufactured in Germany, has expired, adding that the motive of the importers was to revalidate it for consumption. She said: “A case of importation, distribution and sale of unregistered and expired G-Man organic energy…