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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…]
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…]
Four people were burnt to death on Tuesday while 12 others were seriously injured following an explosion at the Chemical Market in Onitsha Head Bridge, Anambra State. According to a witness, corpses of the dead persons were pulled out of the market, while injured persons were rescued. Goods worth millions of naira were also destroyed … [Read more…]
An Abuja High Court sitting in Maitama has convicted the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, for contempt of court. The EFCC chairman was convicted on Tuesday in relation to the anti-graft agency’s failure to comply with an earlier order of the court. The court had ordered the EFCC to … [Read more…]
…Jim Nwobodo, Okwesilieze Nwodo, others named as Campaign Advisers The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State on Tuesday constituted its State Campaign Council. The Director-General (DG) of the State PDP Campaign Organization for the 2023 general elections, Chief Ikeje Asogwa who disclosed this at a press briefing at the campaign headquarters in Enugu, said … [Read more…]
THE Federal Government, yesterday raised the alarm that another devastating flooding would occur in Nigeria next year, if proactive actions were not taken by government at all levels. According to the government, early warnings given to the states in 2022 by NEMA were ignored and led to the devastating effects all over the affected areas. … [Read more…]