The family of a driver, Ikenna Udu, has accused the police at the State Criminal Investigation Department Annex, Awkuzu, in the Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State, of torturing him to death. The victim’s wife, Mary, alongside her in-law, Chioma Aniebonam, and her husband, Sunday, while lamenting Ikenna’s death, said efforts to retrieve […]
The federal government says it is set to institute an environmental task force on oil pollution and hold international oil companies (IOCs) accountable for the pollution of the environment. Mohammed Abdullahi, the minister of environment, said the task force will monitor, track, evaluate and punish erring companies. He spoke on Monday at the 12th […]
Nana Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana, says the country’s inflation has increased by five-fold since 2019. The president said this while speaking on the country’s economy recently. Nana Akufo-Addo said the whole world has been taken aback by the speed with which inflation has eroded people’s incomes. Comparing Ghana’s inflationary surge with other countries, he […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared that it does not know the whereabouts of the All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial candidate for Kano Central, Abdulkareem Zaura. The trial of Zaura for an alleged $1.3 million scam at the Federal High Court sitting in Kano failed to commence following the defendant’s absence. […]
The Lagos government says a meeting with the Joint Drivers Welfare Association of Nigeria (JDWAN) over the ongoing strike by drivers has been scheduled for Wednesday. The drivers had commenced a seven-day strike on Monday over alleged extortion by the management of motor parks and garages in the state. The development had left many […]
Governor Nyesom Wike has boasted that Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will win all elections in 2023 polls in Rivers State except for the presidential election until the right thing is done. Wike, who said this yesterday during swearing-in of newly engaged 319 Ward and 32 Constituency Liaison Officers in Port Harcourt, also chided former […]
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has taken a swipe at former Minister of Transport, Dr Abiye Sekibo, saying he does not fill such a leadership position to speak on behalf of the state. Dr Sekibo is the Director General of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Council in Rivers State. The PUNCH reports that […]
A woman, Cecilia Idowu, has been arraigned before an Ondo State Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting at Akure, the state capital, for allegedly killing her tenant, Stephen Haruna, and burying his corpse in a well. The incident occurred on Oke-Igbala Street, Oge, Okeagbe, Akoko, Akoko North-West Local Government Area of the state. The 55-year-old woman […]
The naira fell to N818/$1 at the parallel market on Monday in Abuja and N815 in Lagos as it continued to lose its value. Investigations by Daily Trust revealed that the naira is currently under high selling pressure in the black market following CBN’s announcement that the newly redesigned naira notes would start circulating […]
Ayo Adebanjo, the acting leader of Afenifere, Yoruba socio-political group, has faulted the visit of Bola Tinubu to Reuben Fasoranti. Adebanjo spoke on Monday during an interview on Channels Television. On Sunday, Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), visited the home of Fasoranti, a founding father of Afenifere, in Akure, the […]
