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Chetanne Chinelo, Enugu An unidentified male has been feared killed on Wednesday as traders of Ogbete Main Market in Enugu State protested the sealing off of their shops by the state government. Following the state government’s ban on the illegal sit-at-home declared by Simon Ekpa, the Governor Peter Mbah administration in Enugu State had sealed … [Read more…]
Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), on Tuesday, re-arrested suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, after a tussle with officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS). Emefiele’s re-arrest occurred on the premises of a Federal High Court in Lagos sitting in Ikoyi after Justice Nicholas Oweibo admitted the … [Read more…]
Former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has been granted a N20 million bail. The bail condition includes producing a suretee with landed property within the jurisdiction of the court in Ikoyi, Lagos, depositing his passport and also producing a Civil servant not below level 16 to perfect bail. Emefiele was … [Read more…]
Former Vice President and presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has alleged that four persons, who plotted to attack him, have been arrested by the police in Yola, the Adamawa State capital. Reacting to the incident, PDP said it was alarmed, and it demanded a comprehensive investigation into the matter. Former Deputy … [Read more…]
Suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, on Tuesday morning, was arraigned at the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on two counts of illegal possession of firearm and ammunition. Emefiele was arraigned before the vacation judge, Justice Nicholas Oweibo, after over six weeks since his arrest and detention by the Department … [Read more…]
‘ENOUGH IS ENOUGH’ was the message written in bold letters on a banner displayed by hundreds of Enugu residents who staged a protest against the sit-at-home orders in the South-East on Monday, July 24. The protesters, mostly youths and middle-aged persons gathered at Okpara Square, close to the government house, from where they marched around … [Read more…]
The Delta State Government has notified owners of buildings and structures on natural drainage and waterways to vacate or face imminent demolition of such structures. The Director to the State Government on Special Duties, Frank Omare, during a sensitisation exercise in Warri South and Uvwie councils, insisted that no illegal structure would be spared no … [Read more…]
No fewer than 20 persons were burnt to death in Ore, Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State on Sunday. It was gathered that the victims were scooping fuel from a petrol tanker that fell and spilled its content along the Benin–Ore-Sagamu Expressway on Sunday. According to an eyewitness, the fire was ignited by a … [Read more…]
A leaked memo addressed to the Lagos State Ministry of Health indicating that the State Government approved N61,285,000 for the mass burial of 103 persons identified as 2020 EndSARS victims has gone viral on social media, sparking outrage. The memo dated July 19, 2023, captures steps for the processing of funds after approval by the … [Read more…]
Twitter’s owner Elon Musk and its new CEO said Sunday that the social media network would ditch its bird logo, be rebranded with the name X and move quickly into payments, banking and commerce. Founded in 2006, Twitter takes its name from the sound of birds chattering, and it has used avian branding since its … [Read more…]
The National Economic Council (NEC) on Thursday resolved to jettison the national social register used by the Muhammadu Buhari administration to implement its own conditional cash transfer. Rising from its meeting at the presidential villa, Abuja, the council revealed that the register is replete with integrity issues, adding that the criteria for its compilation were … [Read more…]
At least 22 terrorists loyal to the deceased notorious terrorists’ kingpin, Alhaji Abdulkareen Lawal, aka Abdulkareen Boss, have been neutralised by air strikes on Monday. The strikes were executed by the air component of Operation Hadarin Daji (OPHD) at Batsari and Sola Poi II in Batsari and Jibia LGAs of Katsina State Sources said the … [Read more…]