Three policemen drown in Bayelsa
Day: December 5, 2020
Former Head of Service arrested in Bauchi for vote-buying
Former Head of Service inBauchi State, Abdon Dalla Gin has been arrested by men of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over allegations of vote-buying at the ongoing Dass State Constituency bye-election. Dalla, who is also the Special Adviser to Governor Bala Mohammed on Civil Service and Labour Matters, was arrested in his Polling Unit in Dass. After casting his vote, Dalla addressed the press and returned to his car. He was about moving when the operatives of the EFCC asked him to stop. EFCC officials found N1.5million inside…
Read MoreProminent businessman, Chief Harry Akande is dead
International businessman, Chief Harry Ayoade Akande is dead. Akande, who was the Agba Oye of Ibadanland, died after a brief illness in the early hours of Saturday. He died at aged 77. Akande, a former presidential aspirant, who was also a one-time Chairman, Board of Trustees of the All Nigeria Peoples Party during his lifetime as a politician was well known for his robust contacts within and outside the shores of Nigeria. His death was announced in a statement on Saturday by Olumide Akande, who described the death of the…
Read MoreNathaniel Solomon: ‘I saw 4 corpses at Lekki Tollgate’
A man who identified himself as Nathaniel Solomon said he saw about four bodies on the ground when he went to pick his brother’s remains at Lekki Tollgate in the aftermath of the shootings by soldiers on October 20. Solomon was one of the complainants at the Lagos State Court of Arbitration and Mediation in Lekki, venue of Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS-related abuses and other matters. He said his younger brother, Abouta Solomon, was shot dead and had since been buried in…
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