The Ministry of Primary Education, Delta State, has shut down the Great Leaders International School, Ime-Obi in Agbor, Ika Local Government Area of the state, over alleged defilement of a 4-year-old girl by the proprietor of the school, Innocent Ezeukwu. The Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Mr. Augustine Oghoro, who confirmed the development in a statement described the act as “wicked and barbaric.” Ogboro wondered why a teacher who is supposed to be a key player in the …
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Operatives of the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency have sealed two establishments, Wine Library and Buzz Bar, in the Victoria Island area of the state, over noise pollution and environmental violations. The agency disclosed this in a statement on Monday evening, October 30, 2023. According to LASEPA, the action was ordered by the Lagos State Commissioner, Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab. “In a determined effort to combat noise pollution and …
Bandits have killed the Director of Works and Housing of Mariga Local Government Area of Niger State, Mallam Yakubu Abdullahi Bala, after collecting N7m ransom from his family. It was gathered that Bala was abducted from his home in Mariga town over 20 days ago. The bandits also raided the neighbourhood and kidnapped not less than 25 people. Some of the kidnapped victims who were released confirmed to the family of Mallam Bala that the bandits killed …
The U.S. government has accused retailing giants, Amazon of enrolling millions of consumers into its paid subscription Amazon Prime service without their consent and making it hard for them to cancel. Amazon Prime offers fast, free shipping on millions of items, various discounts and access to movies, music and television series, as well as other benefits. Prime members in the US pay $139 per year and drive much of Amazon’s sales volume. Prime has more than 200 million members worldwide. …
Malami Bandits have kidnapped the former Director of Personnel Management (DPM) in Kontagora Local Government Area of Niger State, Alhaji Usman Abdullahi Malami. The bandits also abducted a veterinary doctor with the Department of Veterinary Medicine in same LG, Musa Mohammed. According to Daily Trust report, the former DPM was kidnapped on Friday on his farm along Kontagora-Mariga Road alongside some labourers working with him while the veterinary doctor was reportedly abducted on Thursday morning while returning to Kontagora …
Four Nigerian nationals were arrested by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation Cebu Division Office (NBI CEBDO) in Philippines for allegedly falsifying government IDs and other documents to be used for online scams, authorities said on Wednesday, June 15. The NBI agents swooped down on a house in a subdivision in Barangay Marigondon, Lapu-Lapu City at past 3 p.m. on Monday, June 13, 2022, and arrested the four suspects. They were identified as Augustine Onyekachi Nkowachi, Tosen …