I didn’t order use of hijab in schools – Aregbesola

The Governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola, has denied claims that he is behind the hijab crisis rocking the education sector in the state.

“Let me say this there is no official pronouncement on hijab. I have not ordered the use of hijab in schools and I challenge them to bring evidence,” Aregbesola said during a roundtable on developing collaborative framework for education organised by the Development and Advancement in Western Nigeria.

I’m being investigated by my successor, says Babangida Aliyu

Former Governor of Niger State, Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu has disclosed that he is being investigated, saying investigations into the financial activities of his administration by the Governor Abu Sani Bello government of the state is necessary to keep the records straight.

Ex-Gov Aliyu Babangida of Niger State

Aliyu, made this clarification on Monday, in Abuja when journalists sought his side of the story over reports of alleged investigation by the sitting governor.

Supreme Court affirms 5 years jail term for rapist

THE Supreme Court, Monday affirmed the judgment of a High Court sitting in Oleh, Delta State which sentenced one Mr. Afor Lucky to five years imprisonment with hard labour for raping an 11-year-old girl.

Dismissing an appeal brought before it by Mr. Afor Lucky, challenging the ruling of the High Court, the Supreme Court agreed with arguments of the State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Barrister Peter Mrakpor that the lower court was right to have convicted and sentenced the appellant.

Court slams N20m bail on surety over alleged attempt to pervert justice

An Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Monday slammed a N20 million bail on a surety, Rowland Dike, who allegedly failed to produce the person he stood as surety for.

The magistrate, Mr O. A. Amos, also granted Dike two sureties in like sum as part of the bail conditions. He said that one of the sureties must be his blood relation while the second surety should be a relation of the man he stood as surety for.

EFCC asked to investigate 38 sacked Army officers

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has said that it will launch a probe into the activities of the 38 soldiers, who were compulsorily retired by the Nigerian Army recently. The soldiers were retired last week by the military authorities ‎following their alleged involvement in the arms deal fraud.

The Rights group during
the protest to the EFCC office

The anti-graft body gave this assurance, when a human rights group, Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Advocacy Centre protested to the commission, demanding the probe of the soldiers.

Miracle at Kara, Opic (Photos)

On my way coming from a journey out side Lagos which makes me follow Ojodu Bargar from mowe ibafo. Getting to Kara area in Lagos before bargar, I saw multitude of people both those walking with leg, driving and even commercial vehicles stopping by and looking down the bridge where Hausa people sells ram, cow and some other animals.

Civil servants likely to forfeit salary arrears

Dayo Oketola, Jude Owuamanam, Olufemi Atoyebi,  Sam Awoyinfa, Kamarudeen Ogundele,  Ifeanyi Onuba,  Success Nwogu, Simon Utebor, Femi Makinde, Jesusegun Alagbe, Armstrong Bakam, Peter Dada and Aviashima Toom

There are strong indications that civil servants are likely to forfeit part of their salary arrears as the financial situations in the states worsen, Saturday PUNCH can report.