The money laundering trial of a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode and others, was on Wednesday, stalled before a Federal High Court in Lagos, following absence of Prosecution and Defence Counsel. The case which was initially fixed for continuation of trial could not proceed as the prosecution and...
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Traders at the two major markets at the sprawling Lagos International Trade Fair Complex, Balogun and Article markets shut their shops on Wednesday to collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs). The measure was a decision by the managements of both markets to give traders in the commercial hub the...
The Russian government has commissioned the prison authorities to build 25 penal colonies in regions of Ukraine annexed since the beginning of the war, local media reported on Wednesday. Twelve prisons will be built in the Donetsk region, seven in Luhansk, three in the occupied part of the Kherson...
The call, the other day, by President Muhammadu Buhari on foreign ambassadors posted to Nigeria to desist from interfering in the country’s forthcoming election is both timely and imperative. The president spoke while receiving Letters of Credence from the Ambassadors of Switzerland, Sweden, Republic of Ireland, Kingdom of Thailand,...
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has called on depositors of Unyogba Microfinance Bank in-liquidation to come forward for their verification and payment of their insured deposits. The corporation on its Twitter handle on Wednesday said the bank was located in Kogi. The NDIC said the exercise would commence...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the constitution of three Boards in the Federal Capital Territory Administration. The constituted boards under the supervision of the FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, are FCT Universal Basic Education, FCT Area Council Service Commission, and FCT...
Dr Mohammed Abubakar, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development says cashew nuts export from NIgeria had generated over 250m dollars in 2022 and it is expected to fetch Nigerian farmers about $500million in 2023 . Represented by Dr Ernest Umakhihe, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Abubakar said this during...
Eight school children in Ghana’s Bono East Region were killed after the boat taking them to school capsized on the Volta Lake, officials confirmed. National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) told newsmen that the eight, five boys and three girls aged five to 12, were among 20 pupils who were...
…Spends N40.7m to train Youths in Automobile Maintenance By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has presented official vehicles to the 23 Deputy Chairmen of Local Government Councils in the state. Similarly, the Governor also presented start-up kits to 43 youths of the state trained...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Hoodlums have attacked the Presidential Candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, alongside his campaign team members after a successful rally in Katsina state. The Head of Media, Obi/Datti Presidential Campaign Council, Diran Onifade, who confirmed the incident in a statement issued on...
Former Manchester United and Super Eagles of Nigeria striker, Odion Ighalo, has described Cristiano Ronaldo as his Greatest player Of All Time (GOAT), adding that he admires the five-time Ballon d’Or winner. Ighalo plays for Al-Hilal in Saudi Arabia while Ronaldo recently joined Al-Nassr. Both teams are the most...
Some angry parents of Federal University, Lokoja students on Tuesday staged a protest against the 300 per cent hike in the institution’s tuition fees. The placard-bearing protesters marched round the university’s premises, chanting solidarity songs. They threatened to sustain the protest until the management of the university reversed the...
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has assured the youths that his administration will make their education and wellbeing a priority, if elected. Tinubu gave the assurance during the APC presidential campaign rally in Umuahia, on Tuesday. He said that the youths would...
The Lagos PDP Governorship Candidate, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor) on Tuesday again decried incessant attacks on his campaign train by political thugs. Adediran reiterated the concern at a meeting with council of Chief Imam at the Ketu Central Mosque in Kosofe Local Government area during his campaign tour of...
Mr Biyi Otegbeye, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) Governorship candidate in Ogun, says with the support of former Gov. Ibikunle Amosun, he will defeat incumbent Gov. Dapo Abiodun in the forthcoming governorship election. Otegbeye, who claimed that he was enjoying the backing of Amosun for his candidacy, made the...
The Police Command in Kano State, said it has arrested one Bamuwa Umaru, 62, for offering N1 million as bribe to secure the release of a suspected kidnapper. SP Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa, the Command Spokesman confirmed the arrest in a statement issued to newsmen in Kano on Tuesday. “On Dec....
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says no successive government in Nigeria, has been able to complete abandoned projects like the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. Dr Tom Ohekere, Head, Media Good Governance Campaign Committee, APC 2023 Independent Campaign Council(ICC), said this when he spoke with newsmen shortly at after the...
Asaba stood still on Tuesday as supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) turned out en-masse to grace the party’s presidential campaign at the Delta capital. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the over 25,000- capacity Keshi Stadium, venue of the rally overflowed with party supporters while...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday dismissed a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking the disqualification of Gov. Inuwa Yahaya as candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Gombe State governorship election. The party alongside Mr Muhammed Barde and Mr Timothy Danlele...