Wife of Radio Biafra Director, Nnamdi Kanu delivers baby boy
Uchechi, wife of the embattled Director of Radio Biafra and leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, on Tuesday, reportedly gave birth to a baby boy at an undisclosed hospital.
EFCC quizzes Metuh
OFFICIALS of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have quizzed the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh
Court grants N15m bail to alleged cocaine peddler
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Tuesday granted bail to an alleged Cocaine importer, Michael Okwuma, in the sum of N15 million with two sureties in like sum. The judge, Justice Saliu Saidu, granted him bail following an application by his lawyer, Mrs Lilian Omotunde. Okwuma, 35, who pleaded not guilty, was arraigned by National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on a one-count charge of drug trafficking.
Bail: Ex- PDP boss, Bello, son to know fate Thursday
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA – Trial Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned till Thursday to determine whether or not the former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. Haliru Bello, and his son Abba, should be granted bail. The duo were docked before the court today by […]
‘Cutting off Shiite heads’ no response to criticism: Iran’s Rouhani
Saudi Arabia cannot respond to criticism of its regime by cutting off heads, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Tuesday following Riyadh’s execution of a prominent Shiite cleric.
Kano Pillars sack 10 players
The management of Kano Pillars Football Club has fired 10 of its players ahead of the 2015/2016 Glo Premier League season. Idris Malikawa, Media Officer of the club made this known in an interview with newsmen on Tuesday in Kano.
Briton suspected of being masked man in IS video: BBC
Investigations into the identity of an English-speaking man who featured in an Islamic State (IS) group video are focusing on a Briton, Siddhartha Dhar, the BBC reported Tuesday.
Over 100 non-indigenous school teachers sacked by Benue government cry out
MAKURDI- Over 100 non-indigenous school teachers, retrenched by the Benue state government in 2005/6 have sent a Save Our Souls message to Governor Samuel Ortom demanding the payment of their emoluments and entitlements. The aggrieved teachers who spoke to Vanguard yesterday through Mesdames Chioma Okafor, Mba Felicia, Nwankwo Irene and Juliana Eze lamented the refusal of the state government to obey a subsisting High Court order issued in 2008 directing the payment of their emoluments after being disengaged from the state’s service.
We shall resist APC plot to rig Bayelsa suplementary polls – PDP
Ahead of Saturday’s Bayelsa state governorship run-off election in Southern Ijaw, the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has again rallied its formation in the state and particularly Southern Ijaw Local Government, to use all democratic means necessary to resist any move by the APC to rig the election.
No IMF programme needed for Nigeria, says Lagarde
Africa’s biggest economy Nigeria, battling a revenue shortfall caused by the global oil shock, does not need assistance from the International Monetary Fund, the group’s head said on Tuesday.
Alleged N300m fraud: EFCC docks ex-PDP chairman, Bello, in wheelchair
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today, arraigned the former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. Haliru Bello, before the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court. Bello who was docked along with his son, Abba, on a four-count criminal charge bordering on alleged N300million […]
