The Police command in Lagos State says it has arrested a middle aged woman, Cynthia Aigbondon, for allegedly stabbing her neighbour to death. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday. Hundeyin said...
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Despite being surrounded by water, many residents of Bwari Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have decried lack of potable water in their areas. The residents say, it is ironic, that Usuma dam, the main source of water supply within FCT and its environs, is located...
Russia declared Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas as “wanted” on criminal charges Tuesday in an unprecedented step against its Baltic neighbours. It was not immediately clear why Kallas, who has led Estonia since 2021, was listed as “wanted”. Relations between Moscow and EU member Estonia, which...
The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum (PDP-GF) has urged the Federal Government to strive hard to address the security challenge and economic hardship facing Nigerians. The governors said this in a communique at the end of their meeting and read by Gov. Bala Mohammed, the Chairman of the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested four brothers and 30 others, for alleged internet fraud in Enugu State. EFCC spokesman, Mr Dele Oyewale, said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. He gave the names of the siblings as Chukwuebuka...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested one Simon Bassey Idio over alleged currency racketeering in Uyo. The EFCC Spokesman, Dele Oyewale, said this in a statement made available to newsmen on Monday in Abuja. According to him, the 59-year old ‘Naira...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, through her initiative, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan Foundation (NAUF) has launched scholarship programme, to mitigate the suffering faced by indigent students in Kogi Central. This was contained in a statement personally signed by the lawmaker on Monday. The ₦24 million Educational Intervention Fund,...
Staff members of Access Holdings on Monday promised to uphold the legacies of their late co-founder and Group Chief Executive Officer of the Access Holdings Group, Dr Herbert Wigwe, who died in a helicopter crash. Wigwe died with his wife, Chizoba, and son, Chizi, alongside Otunba Abimbola Ogunbanjo,...
Police in Imo State have confirmed an attack on a Correctional Service Farm Settlements, in Umualomoke community in the Okigwe LGA of the state leading to the release of seven inmates, the abduction of the officer in charge of the farm settlement, and the death of a...
The President of the Senate, Sen. Godswill Akpabio has tasked stakeholders in the energy sector to work toward accessible and affordable renewable energy for Nigerians in the nearest future. Akpabio said this at the opening of the maiden Legislative Summit on Renewable Energy in Nigeria organised by the...
The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC), has said the poor power supply currently experienced across the South-East is beyond its powers. The company attributed the situation to low energy generation, which has resulted in a drop in power supply availability generally. The Head, Corporate Communications, EEDC,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda, has sought support from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) to help tackle the challenges of insecurity affecting tertiary institutions in the state. Radda was speaking when he led the Katsina state delegation on a working visit to...
By BARBARA KALU, Port Harcourt – Mayor of Housing, My ACE-China, believes that Dr Herbert Wigwe, who died in a tragic air crash in the United States of America at the weekend, can be made to live on. The investor and real estate success strategist also said the deaths...
FCT Chapter, on Monday, protested against the new verification certification guidelines recently released by Nigeria and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that NMCN recently released a circular stating that nurses must have a minimum of two years post qualification experience from...
The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) says it is collaborating with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to intensify investigation on the helicopter that caused the death of Dr Herbert Wigwe and five others. Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Mrs Bimbo Oladeji, disclosed this in a statement...
An FCT High Court on Monday declined to hear the preliminary objection raised by Olu Agunloye, former Minister of Power and Steel, challenging the powers of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission to prosecute him on the alleged 6billion dollars Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Station fraud. The court said...
Mrs Precious Ifeanyi, who gave birth to sextuplets at the National Hospital, Abuja after 13 years of marriage, has appealed to the government and well-meaning Nigerians to come to the babies’ aid. She made the appeal on Monday in Abuja in an interview with the News Agency of...
he Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday opened its case in the trial of the suspended Central Bank Governor (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, on procurement fraud charge in an FCT High Court in Abuja. The anti-graft agency had charged Emefiele with amended 20 counts of criminal conspiracy, conferring...
A Benue High Court, presided over by the Chief Judge of the State, Maurice Ikpambese, has ordered the reinstatement of Mr Austin Agada, as Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Ikpambese gave the order on Monday, while ruling on a motion seeking to set aside the...
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), says it has no plans to tax online content creators. According to a staff of the agency who spoke under the condition of anonymity, skit makers are individuals who do not fall within the purview of the FIRS. “FIRS does not tax...