The suspended National Treasurer of the Labour Party, Ms Oluchi Oparah, has challenged the party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure, to give an account of the donations received from Nigerians in the Diaspora during the campaign tour of LP presidential candidate, Peter Obi, in the United States. According to The Punch paper, the national leadership of…
Gunmen have reportedly attacked a pub in the Pankshin Local Government Area of Plateau State and killed two persons. It was learnt that one of those killed during the attack, which occurred on Saturday, was the state Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Sylvanus Namang. A former state chairman of the APC, Enock Fanmak,…
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested one Amisu Ahmed and Abdulahi Ubala for stealing electric cables in the Oshodi Local Government Area of the state. This was disclosed in a post via the command’s Twitter account on Sunday. According to the post, police officers from the Isolo Division apprehended the group of vandals and took away…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NSC) joint border patrol team, Sector IV in Sokoto, says it has intercepted truckloads of food heading for Niger Republic. Kolapo Oladeji, the coordinating comptroller, said customs officers impounded the trucks at the Kajji community on the Sokoto-Kebbi road. He said the truckloads of food items were heading to neighbouring Niger…
The supreme court has affirmed the judgment of the court of appeal nullifying the takeover of the landed property of Suru Worldwide Ventures Nigeria Limited by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON). In the lead judgment read by Emmanuel Agim, the presiding judge, the supreme court, on Friday, dismissed the appeal filed by AMCON….
The police command in Ekiti says its operatives have arrested eight members of a kidnapping syndicate suspected to be involved in the abduction of five pupils, three teachers, and a driver of Apostolic Faith School in the state. The victims were abducted on Monday, January 29, from their school bus in Ekiti state. They were…
The Olu of Owode in Obafemi/Owode Local Government of Ogun State, Oba Kolawole Sowemimo, on Saturday, confirmed his suspension for two months without salaries by the Egba Traditional Council over alleged abuse of naira notes. Speaking with our correspondent, Sowemimo said the suspension was announced during the traditional rulers meeting on Friday. “They said the…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has arrested 26 suspected internet fraudsters in Abuja. Dele Oyewale, spokesperson of the anti-graft agency, said the suspects were arrested at Kurudu, Jahi, Kubwa and Gwarimpa areas of the federal capital territory (FCT). He said the suspects were taken into custody after operatives of the agency…
As Nigerians grapple with the devastating impact of rising commodity prices, a stark reality emerges: the basic human need for food is increasingly becoming a luxury that many can ill afford. The surge in prices of essential commodities, including food staples, has triggered a hunger crisis of alarming proportions across the country. The Escalating Cost…
The Defence Headquarters on Friday said troops in the South-South region recovered stolen crude oil and other related products valued at N2.6 billion. According to the DHQ, a total of 3,282,250 litres of stolen crude oil, 224,050 litres of illegally refined AGO, and 5,925 litres of DPK were recovered between January 27 and February 16. …
