Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has denied reports in a section of the media that he had sacked the State Chief Judge, Justice Simeon Amadi; his Chief of Staff, Hon. Chidi Amadi; and suspended the Chairmen of the 23 Local Government Areas. Speculations were also rife that the governor sacked his Chief Security Officer […]
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike met at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Tuesday, October 31. The two were seen shaking hands upon meeting. The meeting occurred after the Rivers State House of Assembly initiated impeachment procedures against Fubara on Monday, October […]
The Coalition of Nigerian Legal Practitioners has said it would mobilise 1000 lawyers to protest against the hike in fuel price on November 2, at the headquarters of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) in Abuja. This is even as the coalition had already petitioned President Bola Tinubu, Speaker of the House of […]
The principal suspect Dr (Mrs) Fumilola Adefolalu, who was murdered on Saturday night in her residence, has been arrested. It was learnt the mother of the suspect handed her over to the police when she arrived home in the early hours of Tuesday after being on the run since the day the murder was […]
Indonesian counter-terrorism police have arrested dozens of militants from groups linked to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State over suspected plots targeting next year’s presidential election, an official said Tuesday. Police arrested the 59 suspected militants earlier in October and seized weapons, propaganda material and bomb-making chemicals, a spokesman for Indonesia’s anti-terrorism unit, Densus 88, […]
In what appears to be an embarrassing moment, the video of a female police officer who wrongly recited Nigeria’s national anthem has gone viral. The female officer led the recitation of the national anthem at the conference and retreat for senior operatives in Imo state. The retreat, which was attended by senior police and […]
The Benue State High Court sitting in Makurdi has sentenced a 29-year-old man, Denen Agena, to six years’ imprisonment for raping a 14-year-old girl. Agena, a married man with children, was said to have raped the victim and abandoned her in an uncompleted building in 2020. The presiding judge, Justice Ijoho, in his ruling […]
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, has alerted Nigerians to the existence of a portal designed by undesirable elements to defraud Nigerians. She said in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja that the “FG Humanitarian and Poverty Alleviation Trust Fund Registration Portal is fake”, and did not emanate from […]
The traditional ruler of Garin Moddibo town in Taraba State, Alhaji Muhammadu, has been killed by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers. It was learnt that the assailants invaded the town, which is located a few kilometres away from Sunkani headquarters of Ardo- Kola Local Government Area of the state, at about 11.30pm on Monday. […]
The Chair of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, says the Federal Government is planning to introduce new foreign exchange rules — including a crackdown on illegal currency trading by end of 2023. According to him, it is hoped that the move will result in the naira closing its […]
