PDP suspends ex-chairman, Aeroland
By Dapo Akinrefon LAGOS – THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Lagos, Monday, suspended a former state chairman of the party, Mr. Segun Adewale aka Aeroland. Adewale’s suspension was announced by Chairman of Alimosho Local Government Area of the party, Alhaji Solagbade Abbas. In a statement, the party said it took the decision to suspend […]
Akwa Ibom Oil Spillage: Court awards N82bn damages against NNPC, Mobil
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri – Abuja The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, on Monday, ordered the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, and its Joint venture partner, Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited, to within 14 days, pay an aggregate sum of N82billion to communities in Ibeno Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The court, in a judgement that […]
FMOH, Censors Board, Police, CSOs, others discuss smoke-free Nollywood at CAPPA’s summit
Last week Thursday, representatives of the Federal Ministry of Health; National Film and Video Censors Board, NFVCB; National Orientation Agency, NOA; Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, FCCPC; the Nigeria Police, and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, among others, interacted on how to get smoking off Nollywood movies.
Samson Siasia’s life ban from football reduced to 5 years; backdated to 2019
Former Nigeria coach Samson Siasia’s life-ban from football for bribery has been reduced to five years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, CAS.
NANS flays JAMB over non-regularisation of admissions
By Chinedu Adonu National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has called on the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, to immediately rescind its decision to halt regularisation of University admissions from 2017 to 2019 saying the policy was anti-student and irrational. NANS also describes the administrative style of JAMB as autocratic and misrepresenting the purpose […]
Here’s to every kind of Dad
At Charles Tyrwhitt we know that Dads can come into your life in all kinds of ways. HAPPY FATHER’S DAY to each and every one of You
SAM OMATSEYE @60: A Man Who has won the Crowd through the Pen
“Surprisingly again, he donated another big cash to the association and said, “Mark, see me in my office during the week” Trust a typical Delta guy, the following week I and my VP went to his office. Lo and behold, he fulfilled his promise.
Breaking: APGA risks being ruled out of Anambra governorship election
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) may not be able to take part in the forthcoming governorship election in Anambra State. This development is hinged on the position of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that a faction of the party led by Victor Oye did not duly notify it of the plan to hold […]
How fake bureau de change operator swindled businessman of N12.7m, witness narrates
A prosecution witness, detective Dalyop Davou on Monday told an FCT High Court, Kubwa how Mr Nura Amadi allegedly swindled a businessman, Alhaji Garba Ibrahim of N12.7 million, claiming to be a Bureau de change operator. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) charged Amadi with two counts bordering on fraud. Davou, made the allegation […]
Man, 21, charged with peddling 750g cannabis
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has charged a 21-year-old man, John Kelechi, before a Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly peddling in Cannabis. The defendant is facing a count charge of drug trafficking. The charge is marked FHC/L/106c/2021. The prosecutor, Mr Jeremiah Aernan, alleged that the defendant committed the offence on May […]
30-year-old man bags 3 months imprisonment for stealing wheelbarrow
A Karu Grade I Area Court, Abuja, on Monday, sentenced a 30-year-old man, Buhari Abdullahi, to three months in prison for stealing wheel barrow. The convict, a labourer and resident of Angwan Hausawa, Karu, Abuja, had pleaded guilty to the one-count charge of stealing, but begged for leniency. READ ALSOCourt remands three men for allegedly stealing […]
