Edo 2016: Court restrains Orbih-led PDP from conducting congresses
An Edo State High Court sitting in Benin, yesterday, restrained the leadership of the Edo State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, led by Chief Dan Orbih, from conducting the party’s congresses until the hearing of the substantive matter brought before it.
Abe’s campaign office set ablaze
Supporters of an ex-militant leader have allegedly set ablaze the campaign office of Senator Magnus Abe in Bori, Gokhana Local Government Area, Rivers State.
Hearing on assault on Lagos journalist for March 16
Justice Abdulazeez Anka of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has adjourned to March 16 hearing on a suit filed by Lagos State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, against the Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Mohammed Ndalati and eight others, over alleged assault on one of its members, Otunba Yomi Olomofe.
Still on sunset and a coronation
I WOULD have been too incapacitated to spot the Python in her cruel articles but for the strength garnered from His Royal Majesty Haile Selassie I, the Emperor of Ethiopia, who contends that: ‘Throughout history it has been the inaction of those who could have acted, the indifference of those who should have known better and the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most that has made it possible for evil to triumph.’
NCDMB seeks extension of local content to other sectors
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB, has expressed the hope that the Local Content policy would be extended to other sectors of the Nigerian economy to maximise the inherent gains.
Court reserves ruling in Honeywell appeal against bank
Lagos—The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos, yesterday, reserved judgment in the appeal by Honeywell Group, asking the court to vacate an order limiting its financial transaction.
NairaBet donates bus to Shooting Stars
IT was celebration galore inside the Shooting Stars FC’s office in Ibadan Sunday when one of the leading betting companies in the country, NairaBet, presented a brand new 32-seater coaster bus to the Oluyole Warriors.
Man killed over N100 debt in Ebony
ABAKALIKI—One Onuigbo Nwankwoeke of Onyikwa Alike in Ikwo Local Government Area in Ebonyi State was, weekend, reportedly killed by his kinsman, one Michael Ochaya, 50, while trying to recover N100 debt owed him by the suspect.
Wike orders check on violent crimes in four LGAs
Rivers State governor, Mr Nyesom Wike, has directed security agencies in the state to clamp down on cult activities and violent crimes in four local government areas of the state.
British PM warns on Brexit risks as sterling plunges
Prime Minister David Cameron warned Monday that a vote to leave the EU would risk Britain’s economic and national security, as uncertainty over the outcome of the June referendum sent the pound plunging.
Drug lord Chapo’s wife blames Mexico for making him ‘most wanted’
The ex-beauty queen wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has blasted the Mexican government in a TV interview, claiming that they turned her loving husband into the world’s most wanted criminal.
