Secondus, others storm Senate over Onochie, threaten sacking defecting...
THE national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, on Wednesday, besieged the Senate to protest the nomination of the Special Assistant to the President on New Media, Lauretta Onochie, as a...
View ArticleFG has ordered payment of outstanding arears – PenCom
The National Pension Commission has said that the Federal Government has given an order to clear the outstanding pensions of its retirees under the Contributory Pension Scheme. PenCom said this on...
View ArticleLawmakers probe sharp practices by Abuja estate developers
The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate sharp practices by real estate developers in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, where clients are allegedly exposed to hidden clauses in...
View ArticleAlleged N500m fraud: BSIEC boss, eight others, granted bail
THE Makurdi Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC has arraigned the Chairman, Benue State Independent Electoral Commission, Loko Joseph, and eight others for alleged fraud...
View ArticleWike threatens to sack monarchs, others over alleged extortion
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has threatened to depose any monarch and community development committee leaders that attempt to extort money from companies handling government...
View ArticleFactional APGA holds Anambra gov primary today, clears two aspirants
The Chief Jude Okeke-led executive of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, has cleared two persons, Chuma Umeoji, and Mrs Nwaeke Chinyere, to contest the party’s July 1st Anambra Governorship Primary....
View Article‘Why I petitioned EFCC over Paris Club refund’
The Group Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of Mauritz Walton Nigeria Limited, Maurice Ibe, has said he petitioned to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission against the Abia State...
View ArticleWhy we’ve not taken Super TV CEO’s suspected killer to court – Police
The Lagos State Police Command has explained why it has not taken Chidinma Ojukwu, the prime suspect in the killing of the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, to court. The University of...
View ArticleNBA faults planned Land Use Act review, SANs say move suspicious
The Nigerian Bar Association, some Senior Advocates of Nigeria and the Oyo State Governor, Mr Seyi Makinde, have cautioned the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), against the move to...
View ArticleYouth unemployment, a time bomb in North – ACF
A socio-political organisation, Arewa Consultative Forum, has expressed concern over the increasing wave of insecurity across northern states. It also said thet youth unemployment in the region was a...
View ArticleCITN drafts plans for FG to tax global tech companies
The President, Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, Mr Adesina Adedayo, has said the institute is working on a strategy document for taxation of global tech companies, among other taxes. Adedayo...
View ArticleWe’re seeking explanation from FG on Kanu’s arrest, says Britain
• UK ready to provide consular assistance to Kanu, demands due process • Biafran agitator’s lawyers write DSS, allege IPOB leader was kidnapped • Kenyan authorities handed over Nnamdi Kanu to Nigeria,...
View ArticleNnamdi Kanu: An idea that may never die
Eight years old I was when the Nigeria Civil War broke out in 1967. Championing that crusade on one side was Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu from the Biafra land. Yakubu Gowon who also doubled as the Head...
View ArticleNigeria banned UAE flights over COVID-19 testing procedures – FG
The Federal Government on Thursday has said that contrary to insinuation that the United Arabs Emirates placed a ban on flights from Nigeria, it actually placed a ban on the UAE first due to the terms...
View ArticleMosque attack: Detainees list lengthens, Imam, masquerader custodian’ s son held
The police team investigating last Sunday alleged attack on Kamorudeen Central Mosque, Oluode Aranyin, Osogbo, Osun State, has detained two more suspects in connection with the incident. The leader of...
View ArticleFive oil thieves jailed in Rivers
Justice E.A. Obile of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has convicted and sentenced five oil thieves to different jail terms. A statement by the Head of Media and...
View ArticleSuspected robbers of ex-Abia CJ in police net
The Abia State Police Command has arrested eight suspected kidnappers and two armed robbers in the state. Parading the suspects in Umuahia, the state Commissioner of Police, Janet Agbede, said items...
View ArticleAbia family protests as police kill father of five, label deceased unknown...
The family of 41-year-old Kelechi Ehieze has lamented the alleged killing of their breadwinner by the police in Umuahia, Abia State. The family claimed that the late Kelechi went missing while...
View ArticleBusinessman in court for locking, beating wife
A businessman, Biola Idris, has been brought before the Lagos State Magistrates’ Court in Ita-Elewa, Ikorodu, for allegedly assaulting his wife. It was gathered that the victim on June 16, 2021, made a...
View ArticleCustoms seize diesel packaged in 565 bags in Benue
Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone D, has said it seized contraband, including diesel, textile materials, vehicles, used tyres, rice, among others, worth N51,238,235, in the last...
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