A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has fixed May 24, for the arraignment of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah and his firm Capital Oil and Gas Industries in connection with a disputed N135 billion debt. Justice Nicholas Oweibo fixed the date following a consensus between the prosecutor, the Asset Management...
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According to an exclusive report by SaharaReporters, a monumental fraud running into several billions of naira has been uncovered in the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Anchor Borrowers’ Programme. Some faceless officials of the scheme in connivance with their cronies in cooperative societies and commercial banks in the country have...
The N15 billion NNPC Tax Credit funding is speeding up construction works on the Badagry expressway project, Director of Federal Highways in South West, Mr Adedamola Kuti, has said. Kuti said this during inspection of the section three of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway project which spans from Agbara to Seme...
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Friday in Akure said that his presidential ambition, come 2023, is neither a threat nor to brag but a reality. Tinubu, who sought support of traditional rulers in Ondo State for his ambition, stated this at...
Bu EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Second batch of 183 Nigerians stranded as a result of the Russia-Ukraine war arrived at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja, through Poland with Air Peace. The Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) confirmed this on Friday through its verified Twitter handle: @NigeriaGov...
The Nigerian Ambassador to the Republic of Benin, retired Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has advised Nigerian youths not let themselves be used as willing tools by do-or-die politicians who want to stir up trouble in their communities. Buratai gave the advice in his Message to Nigerian Youths, titled, “Dynamism in...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – Group Managing Director of African technology giant, SystemSpecs, John Obaro, has urged students to acquire skills and attitudes necessary to thrive in a more technologically advanced future. Delivering the guest lecture during the recently held 10th matriculation ceremony of McPherson University, Ogun State, Obaro...
Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello has described the new Attah Igala, Matthew Opaluwa, as a man of impeccable character who has been worthily selected in conformity with traditions, equity and fairness. Governor Bello made this known on Friday in Idah when he visited the Attah at his palace before...
Attah Igala’s Coronation And The Illumination Of History And Ancient Tradition By ARMSTRONG IDACHABA
Attah Igala’s Coronation And The Illumination Of History And Ancient Tradition By ARMSTRONG IDACHABA
Between the November 9th to November 18th 2021 the world witnessed the announcement and ascension rites of Mathew Alaji Opaluwa to the ancient throne of Attah Igala, the paramount ruler of the Igala Kingdom. Boasting of a tradition that has lasted about four centuries the Igala Kingdom undoubtedly remains...
A policeman simply identified as Sergeant Bello has shot and murdered at least six of his colleagues in Maiduguri, Borno State. It was learnt that the incident happened recently in the police college quarters of Borno Police headquarters in Maiduguri. The errant officer is currently being detained at the...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday returned to Abuja after attending the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) at 50 in Nairobi, Kenya. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the president, who initially planned to proceed to London for medical check-up, returned to Abuja on Friday at about 1.p.m....
The Federal Government on Friday gave all returnees from Ukraine $100 (about N48,000) to ameliorate their sufferings. This is contained in a statement by Mr Abdur-Rahman Balogun, the Head of Media and Public Relations, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abuja. Recalled that the first batch of 450 Nigerians stranded...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – In a bid to bring to an end the worrisome spate of insecurity that has bedeviled Zamfara, Sokoto and Kebbi States in north West, the newly posted Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Police in Charge of Zone 10, AIG Bello Dalijan said synergy with...
The recent decision by the National Assembly to ignore the long-standing clamour for Affirmative Action for Nigerian women was contrary to the very high expectations of forward-looking Nigerian men and women. The anger of Nigerians in the circumstance is therefore understandable, more so that not a single concession was...
President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration will continue to defend the interest of Nigerians wherever they may be as the nation begins the evacuation of citizens stranded following Russia/Ukraine war. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman said in a statement on Friday that the president made this assertion on...
The National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) has approved the appointment of Mr Chinedu Akubueze as the substantive Clerk of the Senate. This is contained in a statement by the commission’s Executive Chairman Mr Ahmed Amshi on Thursday, in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that until his...
BY EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday approved the appointment of Sunny Echono as the new Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). This is according to a statement issued by Mr Ben Goong, Director, Press and Public Relations at the Federal Ministry of...
The Leader Of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, on Friday revealed that a grim future awaits Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. Primate Ayodele warned that Putin will be assassinated for invading Ukraine because he has resisted God’s warning to put an end to the crisis. In a statement...
By EDDY OCHIGBO, Kaduna – As the world marks ‘World Wildlife Day’, a Kaduna-based environmentalist, has brought into focus the losses of biodiversity that have significantly affected the ecosystem and called on the global community to imbibe acceptable practices towards reversing the ugly trend. The award-winning environmentalist, Gloria Kasang...