Delta High Court restrains Buni, others from parading as members of APC’s Convention Planning Committee
DELTA State High Court sitting in Asaba, Wednesday, restrained Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State along with other members from acting or parading themselves as the All Progressives Congress, APC, Caretaker/ Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, CECPC until the determination of a substantive suit before the court.
Mbappe will one day play for Real Madrid, says Benzema
Kylian Mbappe will play for Real Madrid “one day or another”, according to his France teammate and Los Blancos striker Karim Benzema. Media reports say La Liga giants Real Madrid offered Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) 200 million euros (237 million dollars) on deadline day. It was a whopping sum for a player in the final year […]
Man, 26, docked for allegedly stealing two iPhone
A 26-year-old man, Saheed Agbaje, who allegedly stole two iPhone 11, valued at N900, 000, was on Thursday brought before an Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court, Lagos. Agbaje, whose residential address was not provided, is standing trial on a count charge of stealing. He pleaded not guilty to the charge preferred against him by the police. Earlier, […]
ICPC tracking N1.6bn legislative, executive projects in Sokoto- Official
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Constituency and Executive Project Tracking Group (CEPTG), says it is tracking projects worth N1.6 billion in Sokoto State.
Zoning: Why APC, PDP must embrace fairness, equity in 2023
By Dirisu Yakubu AHEAD of the 2023 election cycle, the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, are at a crossroad over which geo-political zone of the country should produce the next President in 2023. While there are strong indications that the APC will zone its Presidential ticket to the South, the PDP […]
FG to prosecute officials over mismanagement, theft of NDDC funds
The Federal Government will probe and prosecute those behind the mismanagement of funds meant for the development of the Niger Delta region. The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, made this known in his remark after receiving on behalf of President Muhammadu Buhari, the report on the forensic audit of […]
Ondo community petitions Buhari over 10 years of power outage
By Dayo Johnson Stakeholders in Ondo South Senatorial district, Ondo state have petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari over ten years of power outage. They said that the riverine communities have been disconnected from the national grid by Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) for over 10 years. Their spokesperson, a renowned social crusader, Comrade Kolade Omoyeni in […]
Commercial boat crushes canoe, injures fisherman
A commercial boat collided with a boat on Topo waterways in Badagry area of Lagos State on Thursday and injured a fisherman. Mr Sunday Ayedogbon, Chairman, Association of Badagry Fishermen, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Badagry that the fisherman was fishing when the boat capsized his canoe. Ayedogbon said the fisherman, who […]
Price hike: Dealers urge repeal of import tax on cooking gas
Some dealers in Liquefied Petroleum Gas, otherwise called cooking gas, in Nsukka have blamed its price hike on the reintroduction of import tax on the commodity. Those who spoke on the development in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Nsukka on Thursday urged the Federal Government to repeal the tax. They […]
Delta Court order not binding on me, says Buni
National Chairman, Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee CECPC of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC and Yobe state Governor, Mai Mala Buni has reacted to Wednesday’s order of a Delta state High Court in Asaba, which allegedly restrained him from acting as Chairman, saying the order is not binding on him.
How Nigeria’ll become maritime hub for AfCFTA, Shippers’ council
The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Mr Emmanuel Jime, on Thursday listed key issues to be addressed to make Nigeria a maritime hub for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Jime made the recommendations at a sensitisation seminar with the theme, ‘African Continental Free Trade Area: Implementation Strategy for the Maritime Sector,’ organised […]
