Alleged N7.5bn Misappropriation: Ignore Wike, Amaechi’s aide tells Rivers indigenes
PORT HARCOURT— Chief of Staff, Government House, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Mr Tony Okocha, has called on Rivers people to ignore allegations by the Minister of State for Education, Mr Nyesom Wike, that Governor Rotimi Amaechi misappropriated N7.5 billion meant for construction of the 1000-bed space Adolphus Karibi White Hospital.
Fraud: Police arrest pastor, one other
Policemen attached to the G.R.A Police Command, Bauchi State have arrested a reverend father and one other person for allegedly defrauding one Joel Sumi of #60,000.
The state police spokesperson, DSP Haruna Mohammed, disclosed this yesterday.
Niger parliament chief, facing baby-trafficking probe, ‘in Belgium’
Niger’s head of parliament, who faces questioning in a probe into international baby-trafficking, has turned up in Belgium, an opposition official said Saturday, confirming a media report.
West drops aid to Iraq town under jihadist siege
Western warplanes dropped desperately needed aid on Sunday to an Iraqi Shiite town under blockade by jihadists for well over two months as preparations to break the siege dragged on.
2015: Buhari, Gov Kwankwaso’s supporters clash
The battle for the presidential ticket of the All Progressive Congress (APC) is creating tension in Kano State where the supporters of Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso and those of former Head of State, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, have clashed.
Count me out of plot against Anyim – Ex-Gov Egwu
A former governor of Ebonyi State, Dr Sam Egwu, has denied reports that he is leading a lobby to unseat the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator Anyim Pius Anyim. In a statement, Egwu said the reports were brought to his attention around 10.30 am on Friday and that he was truly confounded at the carefully constructed falsehood.
