2024
VeryDarkMan reports, “My NGO account was hacked, and N180m was diverted.”
Martins Vincent Otse, a Nigerian social media activist who goes by the handle VeryDarkMan (VDM), has made the startling disclosure that an unidentified hacker was able to steal 180 million Naira from the bank account of his recently founded Non-Governmental Organization (NGO). Widespread worries about the safety of financial institutions and the susceptibility of nonprofits […]
The minority caucus of representatives urges President Tinubu, Governors, and Lg chairs to address poverty and hunger.
The House of Representatives’ minority caucus has called on all tiers of government to take specific steps to combat hunger and poverty in the nation. In a statement released Thursday, minority leader Kingsley Chinda (PDP-Rivers) said the caucus sympathized with the victims of the stampede that took place in Abuja, Ibadan, and Anambra. The stampede […]
In Kogi, police arrest a man for cutting his friend’s throat.
According to police, Usman Tijani, a 200-level undergraduate at Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara in Kogi State, was viciously attacked and wounded by his friend, Abdulmuqeet Musari. “The suspect has been in our custody, and investigation is ongoing,” stated SP Williams Aya, the spokesperson for the state command, who confirmed the incident […]
The governor of Osun State shows mercy to 53 prisoners.
Ademola Adeleke, the governor of Osun State, has shown mercy to 53 prisoners incarcerated in different facilities throughout the state. These prisoners had been sentenced to varying lengths of incarceration. While some were given death sentences and had been in detention for at least ten years, others had completed significant sections of their sentences. The […]
A lawmaker from Anambra is abducted by gunmen on Christmas Eve.
A member of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Justice Azuka, was abducted by gunmen along Ugwunapampa Road in Onitsha, Anambra State. According to Ikenga Tochukwu, the state police spokesperson, this incident happened on Tuesday, December 24. He mentioned that while travelling home for the Christmas celebrations, the legislator, who represents the Onitsha North constituency, […]
Seyi Makinde Tops Chart for Minimum Wage
Starting in January 2025, Oyo State employees would receive an 86% pay increase. According to a statement released by Prince Dotun Oyelade, the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, the government will pay workers ₦11.9 billion per month instead of the present ₦6.4 billion starting on January 1, 2025, when the ₦80,000 minimum salary is paid. […]
Two Sokoto settlements are bombed by a fighter plane, with many people thought killed and others injured.
On Wednesday morning, two communities in Sokoto State’s Silame Local Government Area were accidentally bombed by a fighter plane that was targeting the Lakurawa terrorist group. Several civilians were injured during the airstrike, and many were thought to have died. The impacted communities of Rumtuwa and Gidan Sama are close to Surame Forest, which is […]
Christmas meal products and keke are shared by Victor Osimhen.
Victor Osimhen said, “The food items should be distributed to our mothers, while the keke should be distributed to my fellow youths, it’s my own little way to say thank you for the youths of Olusosun”
Oyo State concludes the year with an economic growth plan.
The Business-Enabling Reforms Action Plan (BERAP), which aims to further the state’s economic development goal in 2025, was adopted by the Oyo State Executive Council. Prince Dotun Oyelade, the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, said in a statement that the clearance will make conducting business in the State much easier and attract more investors. Prof. […]
Makinde Helps BCOS Employees During Mishap, RATTAWU Shows Appreciation
Governor Seyi Makinde has been thanked by the Radio and Television Theatre Arts Workers Union (RATTAWU) BCOS branch for helping one of its members, Mr. Sola Ajayi, who was injured in an accident. Comrade Kolapo Carew, the Chairman of BCOS RATTAWU, signed and published a statement on Tuesday expressing gratitude. The announcement states that Mr. […]