The Federal Capital Territory Administration has threatened to revoke the Certificates of Occupancy of the plots of land owned by prominent individuals and corporate organisations in Abuja. In a notice on Friday, the FCTA stated that the notice affects landowners in the Maitama district of Abuja, who have two weeks to settle outstanding payments for […]
A US court has upheld the ruling that Floyd Mayweather Jr., the former world boxing champion, must pay Zinni Media Concept Limited, a Nigerian company, $2.4 million in damages for breach of contract. According to a statement from Alex Nwankwo, the company’s media executive, Zinni Media reached an agreement with Mayweather to make various appearances […]
Terrorists have reportedly killed no fewer than nine Katsina State Community Watch Corps and vigilante members in Faskari and Matazu local government areas of the state. Faskari and Matazu are said to be among the frontline local government areas bedevilled by the activities of terrorists in Katsina State. PUNCH Online learned that the hoodlums, in […]
Supporters of former Rivers State Governor and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, staged a protest on Saturday in Port Harcourt, calling on the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) to comply with a recent High Court judgment regarding the ongoing local government (LG) elections. The protest, which drew a large […]
Voting has commenced in the local government elections in Rivers state. Voters have started casting their votes in some polling units in the state while in some other units, voters are waiting for the arrival of election materials. Earlier, the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) commenced distribution of sensitive materials to LGAs for the […]
Palestinian militant group Hamas said an Israeli strike killed one of its commanders in a refugee camp in north Lebanon Saturday, the first time the area had been hit since the start of the Gaza war. “Commander” Saeed Attallah Ali, his wife and two daughters were killed in“Zionist bombardment of his house in the Beddawi […]
Buildings and other property were shattered in the early hours of Saturday as explosives suspected to be dynamite shattered the secretariat of the All Progressives Congress along Aba Road in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital. The explosion brought down the gate of the secretariat while doors, windows and other property were destroyed. This is the […]
Saturday 05 October 2024 Russia, Ukraine trade words over Nigeria’s protests Ministers fate unknown as Tinubu tinkers with cabinet list PDP members split over Damagum’s replacement Tinubu bows to pressure, confers GCON on Abbas Senate gets 42 memoranda on Electoral Act amendment, state police N70,000 allowance: Corps members lament hardship as NYSC urges patience 20% […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi state has suspended Ali Odefa, the national vice-chair in the south-east, over alleged anti-party activities. Odefa was suspended by the PDP executive committee in Oguduokwor ward, Onicha LGA of Ebonyi state. Addressing journalists in Abuja on Friday, Herbert Onyedikachi, PDP acting chair in Oguduokwor ward, said Odefa’s suspension […]
The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) says all is set for the local government elections billed for today, October 5th, 2024. Police authorities in the state have said they will not provide security for the exercise, citing a court order. However, RSIEC late Friday said the election will go on as scheduled. “For the […]
