Ortom vs Oshiomhole: Court rejects Oshiomhole’s application for stay of proceedings
By Peter Duru, Makurdi Justice Augustine Ityoyiman of the Makurdi High Court has turned down the stay-of-proceedings application filed by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole in the N10billion libel suit instituted against him by Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue. The APC National Chairman had approached the Court to stay […]
Marine life under threat from plummeting oxygen levels
The loss of oxygen from the ocean due to climate change risks “dire effects” on sea life, fisheries and coastal communities, a global conservation body said Saturday. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said that around 700 sites had been identified globally with low oxygen levels — up from only 45 in […]
Theft in Govt House: Arrested NSCDC personnel return duty posts
Four personnel of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) arrested over alleged theft at Bayelsa Government House Yeagoa have returned to their duty posts. Mrs Christiana Abiakam-Omanu, Bayelsa Commandant of NSCDC told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday, said the NSCDC personnel were questioned and freed by the Police. “You know whenever […]
Ndi-Anambra call on Maduka to replicate his known deeds
As Anambra state draws closer to moments of deciding a new leadership in its forthcoming governorship elections, sociopolitical and socioeconomic groups and institutions such as ‘Igbo Global Youth Assembly’ have voiced out on their choice of Dr. Godwin Maduka, an international industrialist, a versatile personality, an uncommon philanthropist and a proactive intellectual.
Jihadists kill eight in Kenya bus attack
Several police officers were among at least eight people killed in an attack on a bus in northeast Kenya claimed Saturday by the Somali Islamist Al-Shebaab group. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta had been briefed on the “brutal” murders of eight people, including police, during the attack in Wajir county, a presidential spokesperson said Saturday. However […]
Firefighters battle more than 100 blazes across Australian state
Some 2,800 firefighters have been battling more than 100 bushfires across the state of New South Wales (NSW) in eastern Australia as of Saturday. This includes a “mega fire” in the north-west of Sydney that has threatened homes. The state Rural Fire Service (RFS) said that the 60-kilometre fire front, known as the Gospers Mountain […]
