Senate on Wednesday indicted Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited for poor record-keeping for crude oil deliveries to Warri Refinery and Petrochemical Company and Kaduna Refinery and Petrochemical Company worth $376, 655,589 (N102.6bn). The indictment stemmed from the 2016 Auditor General report submitted and presented by Senator Mathew Uhroghide, which was upheld by the Senate […]
A federal capital territory (FCT) high court has issued an order restraining Julius Abure from parading himself as the national chairman of the Labour Party. Ruling on an ex parte application on Wednesday, Hamza Muazu, presiding judge, also restrained Abure; Farouk Ibrahim, national secretary, Clement Ojukwu, national organising secretary and Oluchi Opara, treasurer, from […]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has pleaded with the Central Criminal Court of England, otherwise known as the Old Bailey, to temper justice with mercy in the May 5 sentencing of convicted Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu; and his wife Beatrice. After a six-week trial at the Old Bailey, last month, the couple and their […]
Anita Ofili, the lady who was arrested on March 26 for allegedly stabbing her friend, Glory Okon, to death in her apartment at Greenville Estate, Ajah area of Lagos, has revealed that she waited for 10 years to have her pound of flesh. She further revealed that she committed the act because the deceased […]
The World Bank has said that the incoming administration in Nigeria will face weak economic growth and policy challenges this year. In its latest Africa’s Pulse report for April 2023, published on Wednesday, the bank predicted a 2.8 per cent economic growth for Nigeria in 2023. This new projection is lower than the 2.9 […]
Friday 07 April 2023 Killer herdsmen raid Benue community, kill policeman, 45 others Interim government: Parties back military as DHQ rubbishes plot, says calls illegal Obidients tackle Soyinka, Moghalu for criticising Datti Planned subsidy removal will be resisted – Northern youths Court remands man for raping minor in Lagos Peter Obi has no plan […]
Armed herdsmen continue attacks on Benue State with the latest incidents claiming 46 lives JOHN CHARLES and SEGUN ADEWOLE report Forty-six persons were reportedly killed on Wednesday as suspected armed herders unleashed a deadly attack on the Umogidi community of Entekpa Adoka district in the Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State. The fresh […]
The Labour Party candidate in Owerri Municipal in the March 18 Imo State House of Assembly elections, Clinton Amadi, has been arrested. Amadi, who was a lawmaker at the state House of Assembly between 2007 and 2011 was arrested on Monday at the state secretariat of the Independent National Electoral Commission located at Port […]
The Imo State Police command on Thursday disclosed that it had arrested 32- year – old armed robbery suspect, Chukwudi Oguzie. A statement issued by the command’s spokesperson, Henry Okoye, in Owerri, the state capital, disclosed that the suspect who was arrested while the operatives of the command were on a Stop- and – […]
The Commissioner of Police Imo State, CP Mohammed Ahmed Barde has felicitated with all Christians faithful in the state on their Easter celebration. The CP while wishing all Christians a joyful celebration, enjoins them to use this season to pray for the sustenance of peace and security in the state and the nation in […]
