Anambra State Police Command has said that the individual reported to have been kidnapped along Nnobi road is not a Catholic priest. The Police Public Relations Officer, Ikenga Tochukwu in a statement on Tuesday said the victim approached the Police after he was released by his abductors. He said that information gathered from the […]
A magistrate’s court in Abuja, on Tuesday, rescheduled the trial of a pastor of the House on the Rock Refuge Church, Uche Aigbe, who faces charges of illegal possession of firearms. The court adjourned the case until 2 May due to the absence of a defence lawyer, who had sent in a letter to […]
Damian Okeke-Ogene, the vice-president of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, says it has not yet been decided that Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu is the group’s president-general, contrary to media reports. PREMIUM TIMES reported that Mr Iwuanyanwu, a Nigerian politician and entrepreneur, emerged as Ohanaeze Ndigbo’s president-general after being endorsed and presented to Governor Hope […]
THE Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN, yesterday dismissed media report that the Federal Government has begun payment of a 40 per cent pay rise to civil servants. President of ASCSN, Dr Tommy Okon, told Vanguard that the Federal Government did not approve any pay rise for civil servants, contending that people […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday arraigned the Speaker of Ondo State House Of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Bamidele Oloyeloogun before the State High Court in Akure over alleged fraud. The lawmaker representing Akoko South/West Constituency 1 at the Ondo State House of Assembly, Felemu Bankole, and a civil servant, Segun Oyadeyi […]
A policeman serving under the Kwara State Police Command, Taiye Atobiloye, has died in a cell at the D Division of the Kogi State Police Command, following his detention for being absent from duty for two days at the Zone 8 Command, Lokoja, Kogi State. PUNCH Metro gathered that Atobiloye, with service number 232980, […]
MultiChoice Nigeria, on Tuesday, announced an upward review of prices on its DStv and GOtv packages. According to a text message to customers, seen by TheCable, the new rates will begin from May 1, 2023. The pay-tv firm said the price adjustment was due to the rising costs of business operations. “Please note that […]
The mud-fight between the Comrade Julius Abure and Lamidi Apapa factions of the Labour Party, LP, may hurt the petition of the party’s presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, against the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, if mishandled. The crisis rocking the LP took a fresh dimension, yesterday, following allegations by the Comrade Abure-led faction […]
The incorporated trustees of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) have asked the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos to determine whether the arbitrary fine of N5m imposed on Channels Television by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) is not in breach of the principles […]
A 32-year-old woman, Oladitan Olufunmilayo, was on Tuesday sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos for trafficking in banned substances. Justice Daniel Osiagor handed down the jail term after the convict pleaded guilty to five counts of trafficking in banned drugs preferred against her by the National Drug […]
