( Published in Pointout News ) It has come and gone, its zephyr still drops like an ice with cool splendour. The protests and rages on the streets, the media hullabaloo and outcry, the burning and looting, everything has ended and what is left of the struggles is freezing […]
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Police in Adatan area of Abeokuta has arrested a 40-year-old housewife, Iswat Taofeek, in Ogun State for dehumanizing a 12-year-old boy living with her. In a press statement released by the Ogun State Police Command spokesperson, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said, the suspect was arrested following a complaint by one of […]
138 members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have tested positive to Coronavirus. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this on Monday. Director General, NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, noted that none of those who tested positive was allowed into the camps. According to him, out of the 34,785 […]
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A 19-year-old girl Jemila Ibrahim, has been arrested in Lagos for allegedly setting ablaze her ex-lover’s house and his girlfriend ablaze in FESTAC area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. In a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, said the culprit and her friend Fatima Mohammed, a 21-year-old, […]
As Nigeria slips into recession for the second time in five years, President Muhammadu Buhari, says it came about because of the severity of the global downturn caused by the Coronavirus pandemic. He said this on Monday in Abuja, while declaring open the 26th Nigerian Economic Summit with the theme: […]
Court on Monday ordered the remand of Borno South Senator, Ali Ndume, in Kuje Prison following his failure to produce former Chairman, defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, who he stood surety for. Justice Okon Abang gave the order when Ndume, failed to file a formal application to […]
The head of African football Ahmad Ahmad had been suspended for 5-years by the adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee of FIFA. The president was sanctioned after he was found guilty of having breached art. 15 (Duty of loyalty), art. 20 (Offering and accepting gifts or other benefits) and […]
The Coalition of Northern Elders for Peace and Development has thrown their weight behind Igbo presidency, insisting ahead of the 2023 general election that the position should be zoned to South East. The group states its position was borne out of the “need for all parts of the country to […]
By Tunde Odesola Even in death, the world remains indebted to eternal King of Pop, Michael Jackson. Hailing from a large family of musical greats, Michael didn’t own a patent for his Jackson surname, but with a matchless class of genius, he made his first name the most popular of […]
The sum of N311 billion is to be spend on the construction and rehabilitation of the 127.6-kilometre Lagos-Ibadan Expressway by the Federal Government. The road awarded to RCC Nigeria Ltd and Messrs Julius Berger Nigeria, in 2013, was reviewed in 2018 following infrastructural increase development in the axis. Babatunde Fashola […]