Oil theft: How DPR failed to account for 329,420,319 barrels of oil valued at over $20 billion for 7 years – Reps
By Levinus Nwabughiogu-Abuja House of Representatives on Wednesday expressed displeasure with the failure of the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR to account for the millions of barrels of oil allegedly missing. Specifically, the House said that a whopping volume of 329,420,319 barrels valued at over $20 billion could not be accounted for by the agency […]
Armed Robbery: Man, 33, sentenced to death by hanging
An Abeokuta High Court on Wednesday sentenced a 33-year-old man, Ibrahim Toyin, to death by hanging for robbing a woman of her handbag at gunpoint. Justice Ayokunle Rotimi-Balogun delivering her judgment held that all the evidence tendered had convinced the court beyond reasonable doubt that Ibrahim committed the offences as charged. READ ALSO: Court Ruling: […]
Farmers/herders clash: No ethnic group should lord over others — Gbajabiamila
Says no alternative party to APC By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila on Wednesday, said that no particular ethnic group in the country should claim superiority or lord over others. The Speaker also claimed that there was no political party in the country that should act […]
Court Ruling: Kwara govt commences full demolition of Ile Arugbo
By Demola Akinyemi Following the court judgement on Tuesday, Kwara State government has commenced full demolition of the disputed Ile Arugbo land,owned by late Abubakar Olusola Saraki, preparatory to construct another phase of government secretariat. Recall that a state high court struck out the case filed by Asa Investment owned by late Dr.Olusola Saraki against […]
Kwara APC: 10 members injured as violence mars Stakeholders Meeting
By Demola Akinyemi – Ilorin Stakeholders meeting of Kwara state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) held in Ilorin, the state capital ahead of the next week Tuesday commencement of the party membership registration exercise in the state on Wednesday, ended abruptly as violence marred the excercise. No fewer than ten members of the […]
Court asked to restrain Adamu, compel Buhari to appoint new IGP
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri An Abuja based legal practitioner, Maxwell Okpara, on Wednesday, approached the Federal High Court in Abuja for an order to stop Mr. Mohammed Adamu from parading himself as the Inspector General of Police, IGP. The plaintiff, in the suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/106/2021, prayed the court to declare as illegal, all actions Adamu took […]
