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A pastor, identified as Oluwafemi Komolafe was killed by some hoodlums suspected to be kidnappers on the Benin-Ijebu Ode Expressway at Ore in the Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State. The pastor was said to be travelling with his son, Timilehin when the hoodlums stopped them on the road. While the pastor was killed the son was taken away to an unknown destination. The Ondo State Police Commissioner, Mr. Gbenga Adeyanju who disclosed this while speaking with journalists in his office on Wednesday, said the command also lost an officer during a gun duel with the hoodlums. He said the incident happened last Friday. He however explained that the police has rescued the boy (Timileyin) with two other travellers who were also kidnapped by the same gang. He said, ” The man (pastor) was travelling with his son when the kidnappers stopped them on the road, they shot the man and took the boy away. Our men engaged the hoodlums in a shootout but th...

The Honourable Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has suspended the Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mr. Mounir H. Gwarzo, from Office, to allow for an unhindered investigation of several allegations of financial impropriety leveled against the Director-General. A statement on Friday, signed by  Patricia Deworitshe, Deputy Director, Press, Federal Ministry of Finance, noted that the suspension is in line with the Public Service Rules. The Honourable Minister has set up an Administrative Panel of Inquiry (API) to investigate and determine the culpability of the Director-General.  She has directed the suspended SEC Director-General to immediately handover to the most senior officer at the Commission, pending the conclusion of investigation by the API. Also suspended are two management staff of the Commission – Mr. Abdulsalam Naif Habu, Head of Media Division and Mrs. Anastasia Omozele Br...

There was a mild drama at Imota, Lagos State, on Wednesday, as some youths smoked a substance suspected to be Indian hemp to celebrate their cultism renunciation. The act was observed by our correspondent shortly after the state Acting Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi, addressed the press in company with the two former leaders of the Eye and Aiye confraternities. The renunciation was held at the palace of Ranodu of Imota, Oba Ajibade Bakare-Agoro, and was presided over by Imohimi, who displayed guns, cutlasses and axes recovered from the residents. The youths moved around the community, displaying banners with the inscriptions, ‘Say no to crime, drug abuse and cultism’ and ‘Say no to crime, rape, stealing and cultism.’ The two groups also chanted their respective fraternal songs and exchanged occult pleasantries after the renunciation. Earlier, while speaking to journalists, Imohimi said the renunciation was the outcome of the state police ...

A British company has released the first pictures of a ‘smart condom’ which collects very intimate data about the sex life of anyone brave enough to wear it. The device is called the i.Con and can detect sexually transmitted infections as well as sending data about a sex session straight to the wearer’s smartphone. British Condoms said its ‘revolutionary wearable tech for the bedroom’ measures the number of calories burned during intercourse, the speed of a man’s thrusts, how long he lasts and even what positions are used. The condom firm said its invention would help men see how they ‘stack up to other people from around the world.’ Adam Leverson, lead engineer for the i.Con Smart Condom, said: “It’s here and it’s beautiful. We wanted the i.Con to look refined, non-intrusive and lightweight – the finished article is nothing short of any of those things. “There’s a lot of tech packed into the i.Con and for us to be able to deliver it in such a w...

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has suspended its nationwide strike 15 days after the industrial action began. National President of ASUP, Mr Usman Duste, announced this on Wednesday during the union’s 14th National Delegates Conference at the Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytechnic, Bauchi state. He said the decision to suspend the strike followed the series of meetings held between the leadership of the union and the Federal Government. According to him, both parties agreed to a Memorandum of Settlement and Action (MoS) on each of the issues raised by the union. “The union considered the suspension to give an opportunity for implementation of the content of Memorandum of Settlement and Action, and shall be reviewed according to the timelines outlined in the MoS,” Duste said. More to follow

The vice presidential quarters of the presidential villa set aside N17 million for cutleries in the proposed 2018 budget. Asides this amount, N50 million would be spent on acquisition of foodstuff and catering materials, with an additional N18.3 million for refreshments. N2.3million would be spent on cooking gas and fuel cost. The presidential quarters budgeted N145 million for foodstuff and catering materials and another N135 million for refreshments and meals. N18 million was budgeted for cooking gas and fuel cost. N98 million was budgeted for foodstuff and catering materials with N25 million budgeted for refreshment and meals. In the 2017 budget, the state house budgeted N123 million for foodstuff and catering materials, while N97 million was for refreshment and meals. The president’s office had also budgeted N114 million for foodstuff and catering materials supply. President Muhammadu Buhari presented the 2018 budget before a joint assem...

Academic and administrative activities were grounded yesterday at the University of Ibadan (UI) as non-teaching workers of the institution protested alleged disparity in Federal Government’s disbursed earned allowances/earned academic allowances. Also, leaders of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) leaders have said their lives were no longer save on campus. They said they had been receiving threat messages from members of sister union, the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities and Allied Institutions (NASU). All the gates into the university were shut except one. The Federal Government had disbursed N18.3 billion for earned academic allowances of 22 universities to cover 2009/2010 while N4.6 billion was allocated to non-teaching workers in 24 universities. Out of the amounts, UI academic workers reportedly got N1.6 billion for earned academic allowances while non-teaching workers were allocated N105 million. It was gathered th...