The 24-year-old pleaded guilty in the Western District of Pennsylvania on September 16, 2021, to one count of attempting to offer material support to ISIS in connection with his plan to attack the said church. The statement read, “Alowemer admitted to planning a deadly bombing of a Pittsburgh church in the name of ISIS,” said … [Read more…]
Operatives of the Ebubeagu Security Outfit, on Wednesday, abducted and tortured a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ebonyi State, Chief Abia Onyike. The PUNCH gathered that Onyike, a former Commissioner for Information in the state and Deputy National President of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, was abducted at Octovia Pharmacy on Water Works … [Read more…]
Twitter: FG says platform’s ownership change being monitored The Federal Government has said it is monitoring developments around the change of ownership of micro-blogging platform, Twitter, following its takeover by a new owner — Elon Musk. The Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the government’s position known at a news conference in Abuja on … [Read more…]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the All Progressive Congress (APC) of masterminding alleged attacks on its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, during his campaign in Maiduguri, yesterday. PDP Presidential Campaigns spokesman, Senator Dino Melaye, accused the ruling APC of instigating thugs to disrupt its campaign. “They are afraid of us, they sent their thugs … [Read more…]
OUTRAGE was the word, yesterday, as scores of supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, were injured when hoodlums, attacked their convoy in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The reporter gathered that Atiku’s convoy was attacked just as he left the Palace of the Shehu of Borno to Ramat Square, … [Read more…]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday, said over 27 states have taken delivery of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) for the conduct of the 2023 general elections. It also disclosed that it wouldprint over 530 million ballot papers to be kept at the various offices of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) across … [Read more…]
The Group Managing Director (GMD), Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC Ltd), Mr Mele Kyari, said he has received death threats as a result of the ongoing reformation in the NNPC. Kyari made the disclosure yesterday in Abuja, at the Legislative Transparency and Accountability summit organised by the House of Representatives Committee on Anti-Corruption. He said … [Read more…]
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has sacked Hon. Chijioke Edeoga as the authentic Enugu State Labour Party governorship candidate. The court has also ordered that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, conducts a fresh primary election within 14 days. Recall that Hon. Chijioke Edeoga and Capt. Evarest Nnaji, have been in a legal … [Read more…]
The Enugu State government has appealed to the Federal Government to urgently take steps to effect repair works on the 9th Mile-Opi Junction section of the Enugu-Makurdi expressway and the 9th Mile-Opi Junction old road which are in deplorable conditions. This is as the administration of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has said it … [Read more…]
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, said the commission has appealed the contempt of court rulings against him by a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court. “Well, we have appealed against it, so we allow the natural course of law to take its effect,” he told journalists on the sidelines … [Read more…]
…commits to private sector-led employment generation By Ikem Okuhu The Governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Enugu State for the 2023 General Elections, Barr. Chijioke Edeoga, has lamented the failure of successive administrations in the state to address the issue of poverty and income generation, blaming it for the high unemployment rate and … [Read more…]
At interactive town hall meetings held on Tuesday in Aninri North and Aninri West Development Centres in Aninri local government area of Enugu State, the people of the area, made up of different communities, have appealed to the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state, Dr. Peter Mbah, to extend the … [Read more…]