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The Enugu State Government has imposed a daily Mortuary Tax to discourage people from leaving their de@d ones in the mortuary.  The Mortuary Tax circular addressed to all the mortuary attendants in the state is trending online.  Reacting, the Executive Chairman, Enugu State Internal Revenue Service (ESIRS), Mr Emmanuel Nnamani, said the Enugu Mortuary Tax is not meant to generate …

A councilorship candidate, Adeyinka Adeleke, was on Saturday afternoon October 12, shot de@d by yet to be identified men in the Jide Jones area of Abeokuta South Local Government Area of Ogun State.   The victim was said to be the All Progressives Congress Councillorship candidate for Abeokuta South Local Government Ward 15 in the forthcoming November 16 Local Government …

Habibu Abubakar Wushishi, the Director, Media and Strategy, Niger State Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, has said that the only solution to fuel price hike is for Nigerians to return to old means of transportation like donkeys, horses, and bicycles.       

A father, Aliu Ibrahim, 41, has been accused of having carnal knowledge of his 12-year-old daughter, Rodiat Ibrahim, for two years.  Ibrahim was arrested on October 10 after his estranged wife, Egbebi Temitope, who resides in the Papa Olosun area on Oja-Odan reported him at Oja-Odan Division of the Ogun State Police Command.  Temitope said Aliu Ibrahim defiles their daughter …

A father, Aliu Ibrahim, 41, has been accused of having carnal knowledge of his 12-year-old daughter, Rodiat Ibrahim, for two years.  Ibrahim was arrested on October 10 after his estranged wife, Egbebi Temitope, who resides in the Papa Olosun area on Oja-Odan reported him at Oja-Odan Division of the Ogun State Police Command.  Temitope said Aliu Ibrahim defiles their daughter …

A father, Aliu Ibrahim, 41, has been accused of having c@rnal knowledge of his 12-year-old daughter, Rodiat Ibrahim, for two years.  Ibrahim was arrested on October 10 after his estranged wife, Egbebi Temitope, who resides in the Papa Olosun area on Oja-Odan reported him at Oja-Odan Division of the Ogun State Police Command.  Temitope said Aliu Ibrahim allegedly defiled their …

An aide to the Delta state governor, Ossai Ovie Success, has reacted to the seemingly less celebration incarcerated socialite, Ramon Abbas aka Hushpuppi, received as he turns 42 today October 11.  In a post shared on his Facebook page, Ossai mentioned that, unlike previous years when celebrities and designer brands took to social media to celebrate Hushpuppi, they chose to …

The Zamfara State Government has threatened to demolish communities harbouring bandits.     The Deputy Governor of the State, Malam Mani Mummuni, disclosed this when he visited Tsafe Emirate to console the community over the killing of nine members of the Zamfara State local security outfit, Community Protection Guards, CPG by bandits.     LIB reported that bandits ambushed the …

Journalist, Reuben Abati, has slammed Minister of State for Petroleum, Heineken Lokpobiri, for saying Nigeria is expecting a $50bn investment in the oil sector by December.   While speaking in Abuja on Tuesday, October 8, Lokpobiri said with foreign/local investors’ concerns being addressed, coupled with the “audacious’’ efforts to boost oil production to about 2.7 barrels per day,  Nigeria remains …

Former Minister of Transportation and former Rivers governor, Rotimi Amaechi, has described Rivers State as the capital of betrayals. Amaechi made the remark while noting that most politicians in Rivers State passed through him and also explained that he doesn’t sponsor thuggery because he wants to make heaven. He said;  “Name one politician in Port Harcourt that didn’t pass through …