A few years after leaving office, former Enugu State governor, Sullivan Chime is locked in a divorce saga with his wife, Clara Chime So bad is the situation that estranged Chime, who is asking an FCT High Court, Apo to annul his marriage to his wife, is also battling for the custody of her 10-year-old … Read more
The court of Appeal sitting over the case eligibility of Senator Ademola Adeleke in the September 2018 governorship election has been adjourned till May 8, 2019. The appeal court on Thursday adjourned the case to enable it to hear Senator Adeleke’s appeal alongside that of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which is not ok for … Read more
A training aircraft belonging to the International Aviation College (IAC) Ilorin crash-landed at the Ilorin International Airport on Wednesday. The Diamond plane with registration Number 5N-BNH with two pilots onboard crashed landed at exactly 11:05am without any casualty, it was learnt on Thursday. The incident caused panic within the airport and Ilorin Community. It was … Read more
In a bid to reduce the number of sickle cell patients in the state, the Anambra State House of Assembly has passed a bill that makes genotype test compulsory before marriage. The bill, which was sponsored by Charles Ezeani, member representing Anaocha II constituency and 15 others, was passed on Tuesday. The new law also … Read more
A 16-year-old Guatemalan immigrant has died in US custody, days after arriving at an Office of Refugee Resettlement shelter. The boy died on Tuesday at a Texas children’s hospital where he had been treated for several days in the intensive care unit, according to a written statement from Evelyn Stauffer, spokeswoman for the Department of … Read more
Police in Katsina State on Thursday said the suspects in connection with the abduction of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Aide de Camp (ADC)’s father-in-law, have been arrested. The spokesperson of the Katsina State police command, Gambo Isah, in a statement disclosed that Magajin Garin Daura, Alhaji Musa Uba, was abducted on Tuesday evening at his residence. … Read more
Five persons have been reported missing after gunmen stormed Government Girls Secondary School Moriki, Zurmi Local Government Area (LGA) of Zamfara State. The armed men were said to have entered the school through the back fence on Wednesday with an intention to attack the school and abduct students. Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations … Read more
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has asked the Federal government to backdate the implementation of the new national minimum wage to April 18 when it was approved. The NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, made the demand on Wednesday in Abuja at a parade to mark the Workers’ Day. Mr Wabba applauded Nigerian workers for their efforts … Read more
The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has alleged that some state governors use insecurity as an excuse to steal public funds. Mr Magu said this while making a presentation on corruption, on Tuesday, at the induction ceremony organised by the Nigerian Governors Forum in Abuja for newly-elected governors. … Read more
Nigerian Army has debunked the claim that Boko Haram terrorists are better paid than Nigeria’s military personnel, saying it is a “pure lie.” “This is not true, pure lie and highly irresponsible comment coming from a supposedly knowledgeable person of his calibre,” Army spokesman Sagir Musa said in a statement. A member of the Presidential … Read more
Shehu Sani, the Senator representing Kaduna Central in the National Assembly, has advised the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, to devise ways of imposing ‘no fly’ sanctions for any Governor, Industrialist, CEOs who deliberately refused to implement the new National Minimum Wage recently signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari. Sani said this while celebrating with … Read more
Ayo Adebanjo, a factional leader of the Pan-African Yoruba group, Afenifere, said he has evidence that Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari rigged his re-election in February. “I maintain my stand that until the Supreme Court rules that he is validly elected, I will not recognise him. We have evidence that the election was rigged, let the … Read more
National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has condemned the raids on popular night clubs in Abuja by the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, authorities and the Police, cautioning that citizens’ rights to freedom of association and movement cannot be abridged. Executive Secretary of the commission, Tony Ojukwu, who stated this in Abuja yesterday, also called on the … Read more
The Inspector-General of Police, Adamu Mohammed, has ordered the redeployment of Kaduna State Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Abdulrahaman, to Force Intelligence Bureau, Force Headquarters, Abuja. Also redeployed is the Commissioner of Police in Bauchi State, Aji Janga, who will now assume duty as Kaduna State Police Commissioner. Others are CP Habu Ahmadu, former CP Intelligence, … Read more
Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has alleged that some state governors covertly promote insecurity as justification to inflate their security vote. Magu, who stated this while presenting a paper on “Imperative of Fighting Corruption/Terrorism Financing in Nigeria,” at the induction of new and returning governors at the Old Banquet … Read more
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has admitted that most Nigerian homes and business premises still lack electricity. During a May Day celebration yesterday in Abuja, he said government was committed to making power available to most Nigerians, adding that the sector needed a lot of re-engineering and re-working to deliver service. He thanked Nigerians for re-electing … Read more
A member of the Governing Board of the National Health Insurance Scheme(NHIS), Josiah Biobelemoye, has said whenever they exposed corruption, it fought back, and he faulted the recommendation of the presidential panel probing the crisis in the scheme. He said the proposal by the panel that the entire governing council be dissolved was at odds … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the redepoyment of 71 staff of the State House Aso Villa, Abuja, ahead of his inauguration for a second term in office. A circular from the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation (OHSOF), revealed that a total of 71 staff on SGL 07-14, both security and … Read more
The All Progressives Congress APC has suspended the immediate past Deputy National Chairman (South) of the party and former Ekiti state governor, Segun Oni, from the party indefinitely over alleged anti-party activities. In a letter dated May 1st and addressed to Oni by the party’s executives in Oni’s Ifami Ward II, Ekiti, the party said … Read more
Gunmen have stormed Daura, kidnapping the father-in-law to President Buhari’s ADC. The victim Musa Umar who is said to be the Magajin Garin Daura was abducted in his Daura residence, Katsina North shortly after observing Maghrib prayer. A credible source in Daura told Channels Television that “the attackers shot sporadically to disperse the crowd and … Read more