A member of the House of Representatives from Ondo State, Peter Makinde, has defected from the African Democratic Congress to the All Progressives Congress. Makinde, in his letter of defection which was read to members by the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, during plenary on Tuesday, blamed his action on alleged divisions in the ADC. … [Read more…]
Sustainable economic developments have continued to elude Anambra State in critical areas, owing to inequitable and nonstrategic allocation of its resources by succeeding administrations, Reverend Godwin Chukwuma Okonkwo has said. Okonkwo, who retired from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) as the Managing Director, NNPC Capital, argued that the state would have been better … [Read more…]
The scheduled arraignment of former Aviation Minister, Senator Stella Oduah, and eight others, for alleged N10 billion fraud, was stalled on Monday. The prosecution failed to effect service of court documents on some of the defendants. This is the second time the arraignment was being put off, following claim by lawyer to … [Read more…]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced on Monday that a new COVID-19 variant has been detected in Nigeria and 15 other countries. The NCDC, the Nigeria Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), and other partners released findings of household seroprevalence surveys (house to house survey) conducted in Lagos, Enugu, Nasarawa and Gombe states … [Read more…]
A 35-year-old man, Wasiu Tijani, and two others were on Monday dragged before an Osun State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Osogbo for allegedly beating up a monarch in his palace. Tijani, alongside 35-year-old Tairu Akangbe and 30-year-old Samad Mutairu were said to have stormed the palace of the Alabudo of Abudo, a community … [Read more…]
Governors of the 36 states will discuss the issue of fuel price on Thursday. Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, disclosed this on Sunday after a bipartite meeting of the Federal Government and the organised labour at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa Abuja. Leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade … [Read more…]
former Special Adviser to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, on Technical Matters, Akachukwu Nwankpo, says a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, should emulate his peers and seek international jobs like former Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who recently emerged as the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation. He advised Soludo to … [Read more…]
Residents of Orlu in Njaba and Orsu local government areas of Imo State have deserted their communities due to military operations, Ongoing military operation in search of camps of Eastern Security Network members created panic in the councils, which resulted in most villagers deserting their homes. This even as the President of Alaigbo … [Read more…]
The police on Sunday arrested a former Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha for allegedly breaking into a sealed property belonging to his wife. He will be charged on Monday, police sources said. Okorocha was still in custody at the state police command as of 10 pm. He was asked to write a … [Read more…]
The 27 abducted Students of Governments Science College ,Kagara, in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, have regained freedom five days after they were kidnapped by gunmen from their school. Also released with them are three staff of the School and their 12 family members. The victims were said to be in good … [Read more…]
The tranquility that characterises Nassau Village in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, was on Sunday disturbed when a jet belonging to the Nigerian Air Force crash landed in the area. Noise from aircraft is not strange to residents of the village, being one of the settlements that bordered the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport. … [Read more…]
Former Law Maker, Dr. Ujam Officially Joins the All Progressives Congress. Says: “I didn’t leave PDP, it was PDP that left me”. The last hasn’t been heard of the defections hitting the South East PDP from the ongoing Revalidation and Registration exercise of the APC as another PDP stalwart from Enugu State decamped … [Read more…]