The senate has summoned Rauf Aregbesola, minister of interior; Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF); and Haliru Nababa, comptroller-general of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS), over the recent jailbreaks in the country. The decision of the upper legislative chamber was sequel to a motion sponsored by Istifanus Gyang, senator representing Plateau north. Gyang had […]
Musician Folarin Falana (Falz) and comedian Debo Adebayo (Mr Marcaroni) have rejected the invitation of Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to a peace walk for “the healing of Lagos”. The duo, in their separate reactions, rejected the invitation. Mr Marcaroni said genuine peacemaking should begin by first implementing the recommendations of the panel. Falz, on his […]
The family of late Chiemeka Arinze, a co-defendant with alleged billionaire kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans, who died of advanced HIV/AIDS in prison custody, are weighing their options of whether to sue the prisons services. The lawyer of the deceased, Mr Ogu Ogedi, who spoke to Vangaurd over the phone, Tuesday, said […]
Mr Rotimi Albert, a prosecution witness in the trial of Chidinma Ojukwu charged with murder of Super TV Chief Executive Officer, Usifo Ataga, has said that Ataga’s family found his body in a mortuary on his birthday. Albert testified on Tuesday as the fourth prosecution witness. He gave evidence before a Lagos High Court sitting […]
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, vowed that government will punish public officers who bring in personnel into the public workforce by illegal recruitment, pad their payroll and retain ghost workers. This is as the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has attributed the high cost of governance and rising personnel budget to […]
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey announced on Monday that he had resigned as CEO effective immediately. Jack Dorsey also announced Parag Agrawal as his replacement. With Twitter still suspended in Nigeria, WuzupNigeria brings you things you should know about the new Twitter boss, Parag Agrawal, who will be ensuring the platform gets up and running soon […]
Onitsha and Nnewi, the commercial and industrial nerves of Anambra State, respectively, were grounded on Tuesday, as traders and businesses, including banks, closed shops to observe the prayer appeal by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, for its leader — Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Schools were not left, as primary and secondary school children were seen […]
The member representing Agwara/Borgu Federal Constituency, Jafaru Muhammad (APC, Niger), has raised alarm that the Super Tucano fighter jets stationed at the 407 Air Weapon Training School, New Bussa, are exposed to the risk of getting attacked by bandits. He said this while moving a motion at plenary on Tuesday. Presenting the motion, he called […]
A Magistrate’s Court in Owerri, the Imo State capital, has ordered the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in the state, Cyprian Akaolisa, to appear before it on January 20, 2022, over a case of alleged children trafficking. On Tuesday, a nurse, Ngozi Ebuzoaju, who is in the custody of Owerri Correctional Centre, was arraigned by […]
The hard drugs being destroyed by NDLEA operatives in Abuja on November 30, 2021. The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has destroyed hard drugs worth over N50 billion in Abuja, the nation’s capital. NDLEA said the items which weighed 20,000 kilogrammes included Cocaine, Heroine, Cannabis, Methamphetamine and Tramadol The items were seized by the […]
