Suspected armed robbers have shot dead a traveller at Ilu-Abo, along the Benin-Owo highway, in the Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State. The incident was said to have occurred at about 1am last Friday. Ourworldgist gathered from Daily Trust that unsuspecting vehicle drivers ran into the robbers, who shot at passengers, killing one and wounding many others. Members of the Miyetti Allah vigilante group in the state, who arrived at the scene immediately after the attack, said the armed robbers blocked the highway with stones and other dangerous objects. The Chairman, Miyeti Allah in Ondo State, Alhaji Bello…
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It was a talk of the town on Saturday morning in the city of Kano as a Tenant identified as Umar allegedly stabbed his landlord to death for sleeping with his wife (Zuwerah). According to an eye witness report, this incident happened around popular area known as Sabon Gari of the Kano town. From explanation, Mallam Umar (Tenant) narrated that the Landlord ( Kadir ) has been having canal knowledge of her wife in which Residents around the area have been using it to mock him. Mallam Umar explained that the last one that happened before he took such deadly…
Ekiti state governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi on Monday revealed that the proposed bill that would give legal backing to the Western Nigerian Security Network codenamed Operation “Amotekun” will be signed into law on Friday, February 14 by the six south-west state governors. Fayemi who made this disclosure in his office in Ado-Ekiti yesterday at the official presentation of the draft bill by the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Wale Fapohunda noted that the South West houses of Assembly had promised to give the bill accelerated passage. The governor said that the draft bill will be subjected to…
The Executive Chairman, Cross River State Universal Basic Education Board (CR-SUBEB), Dr Stephen Odey has presented a fifty thousand naira (N50,000) cash reward to Odidi Anita Nkpa, a primary 5 Pupil of St. Thomas’s RCM Primary School, Edor-Ikom LGA, in recognition of her outstanding performance at the recent commissioning of a 9 classroom block with Library, Lavatories and Offices. The Board Chairman who was visibly impressed with her presentation, stated that the reward will serve as an encouragement to Anita and other pupils of the school to choose hard work and dedication over laziness. He added that all hands must…
Two serving corps members serving in Kano, who met during their orientation program, have tied the knot with NYSC uniform. The corps members are identified as Mohammed Alhaji Musa and Hauwa Yahaya Bagudu got married in their NYSC Khakis on Saturday 7th February 2020 in a most dramatic way as it has never happened in the history of NYSC scheme. A post culled from NYSC Official Forum, it reads; ”The ancient city of Kano stood still today when two serving Corps Members, Mohammed Alhaji Musa and Hauwa Yahaya Bagudu exchanged marital vows”. Ourworldgist learnt that the new couple met at…
The Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the November 16, 2019 governorship election in Kogi State, Engineer Musa Wada, on Monday being 9th February 2020 presented a total of 259 witnesses to give evidence at the tribunal. Recall that Engr Musa Wada and his party had in December 2019, filed their petition against the Independence National Electoral Commission (INEC), Governor Yahaya Bello of the All Progressives Congress (APC) before the Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja. They are challenging the outcome of the November 16, 2019 election in the state, which according to them,…
Yellow House has emerged as overall winners of the Inter-House competition of Nigerian Navy Secondary School Akura ( NVSSA ) Kogi State. The competition which is one week long activities cut across different field of events such as Football, volleyball, badminton and swimming. Details breakdown of the results show that Yellow House emerged overall best of the competitions with the total score of 109 point while Red House came second with total score of 98 point and green house took 3rd position with total point of 78. The grand finale of the competitions was witnessed by parents of the…
An Abuja-based lawyer, Mr Oluwatosin Ojaomo, has sued, the daughter (Hanan ) of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for alleged illegal use of the presidential aircraft for a private visit to Bauchi State on January 10. On Friday, ourworldgist obtained copies of the processes filed by the claimant at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja on February 6. Hanan is the sole defendant in the suit marked CV/1023/2020. The claimant urged the court to order Hanan to refund the costs of both the “fueling” of the aircraft and “the travel logistics” incurred to the…
The Federal Government has warned Nigerians on the dangers inherent in the continued usage of Microsoft Windows 7. The warning was handed down on Friday by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, through his Technical Assistant, Mukhtar Sadiq. He said the warning is necessitated by the decision of Microsoft to officially end support for the Windows 7 Operating System (OS). The tech giant announced official support for Windows 7 came into effect on 14th January 2020, and the company will no longer provide technical support and security or software updates for the platform. “Systems running on Windows…
It is no longer news that Npower Beneficiaries across the country are yet to receive their January 2020 stipend what is however the news is what must have caused the delay and how soon will the stipend be paid? From investigation, the cause of the delay is yet to be established but there is a sign of relief as Npower official responded to a tweet sent by one of the Beneficiaries on Thursday asking why the delay. Read the both tweets below: Meanwhile, the official portal for application into the Npower program for 2020 is not yet opened to accept…