Police tear gas Peterside, Abe, others at INEC headquarters
The crisis trailing the conduct of the 2015 general elections in Rivers State took a dangerous turn yesterday, with security agencies attached to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, tear-gassing the candidates of the All Progressives Party, APC, in the elections who had besieged the commission to register their displeasure over what they termed the refusal of the Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in the state, Mrs. Gesila Khan to release the documents used for the polls.
Publish report on recovery of public fund, Imo people tell Okorocha
Imo State Government has been urged to revisit and publish the findings of the Sir Jude Ejiogu panel on the recovery of public funds allegedly squandered by contractors.
Bayelsa’s imbroglio: Of benefactors and beneficiaries
In recent weeks, especially in the last ten days or so, the fall-out of the loss of the PDP’s nationwide stature as the ruling party at the centre has reverberated with enormous negative impact on the affairs of the Bayelsa State chapter of the party.
2-yr-old boy stolen in Enugu
Police in Enugu State have commenced investigation into alleged theft of a two-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Emmanuel Nkwegwu, residents of Orie Engine, Umumba-Ndiagu, Ezeagu Local Government Area of Enugu State.
Ooni’s death, irreparable loss to Oodua race – Gani Adams
National Coordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, and Convener of the Oodua Progressives Union, OPU, Gani Adams, said this while reacting to the transition into eternal glory of one of the foremost monarchs in Africa.
Arrest of ex-NIMASA boss: Group warns against ethnic bias
Worried by reports that the Department of State Services, DSS, may take over the investigation of the recently disengaged Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Patrick Akpobokemi, from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, a group, Niger Delta Advancement Movement, NDAM, has warned against prosecution of the task with ethnic bias.
Rights Commission to probe dumping of corpses in hospitals by Police
The Nigeria Police Force has a history of extrajudicial killing, which is a sort of leftover from the military era in the country. In 2008, Amnesty International released a report titled, “Nigeria Police kill at will” which documented cases of torture and shooting of suspects in custody. The organisation said the Nigeria Police was responsible for hundreds of unlawful killings every year, stressing that the Police do not only kill people by shooting them but torture them to death, often while they are in detention.
Man seeks divorce, alleges wife’s frigid, oversleeps
A commercial motorcyclist, Moses Ayodeji, 40, yesterday pleaded with an Ojo Customary Court to dissolve his 10-year-old marriage because of his wife’s tendency to oversleep and frigidity during love-making.
Slain bus driver did not belong to any political party —Family
Family members of the late commercial bus driver, who was shot dead last weekend in Port Harcourt, Rivers State by a Police Sergeant, has denied that the deceased was a member of one of the political parties in the state.
Yakmut decries prolonged litigation in NBBF
The Director-General, National Sports Commission, Mallam Alhassan Yakmut has expressed displeasure over the unsettled rift ravaging the Nigerian Basketball Federation for almost a year and called on the basketball family to gear up towards its resolution
6 suicide bombers arrested as insurgents kill 6, abduct 4 women in Borno
NO fewer than six people were killed on Tuesday evening, while four women were abducted by Boko Haram insurgents, who invaded Bale Mamman village, near Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.
