Imo State government has denied the detention of the state’s Commissioner for Finance, Deacon Chike Okafor and Accountant General of the State, Mr. George Eche, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In a statement by the state’s Commissioner for Information, Mr. Chinedu Offor, the government said it never obtained N40 billion loan from […]
From MOSHOOD ADEBAYO, Abeokuta A 28-year-old youth corps member was crushed to death on Tuesday in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. Egbe Ogbu, who had almost completed his national service year was said to have been hit by a car driven by a 52-year-old woman, Kehinde Olubanke. The police, while arraigning Olubanke in an Abeokuta […]
Anambra State government may clamp a ban on the operation of commercial motorcycles, popularly called Okada, in the state. This is coming at a time the state government has awarded contract for the construction of Uzoakwa-Ubahuekwem-Oseakwa road, with a spur to Oluoha Okechukwu road Ihiala. Revealing this in Awka, at the weekly post-Executive Council Meeting, […]
Passport seized From FRED ITUA, Abuja Former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, has regained freedom after spending more than 14 hours in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The former apex bank chief was on Thursday morning arrested by EFCC operatives and quizzed for several […]
From GODWIN TSA Abuja A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has held that the Independent National electoral Commission (INEC) acted ultra vires by withdrawing the certificates of return issued two Senators and eight members of the House of Representatives of the Congress for Progressive Change representing Katsina State. The court said the electoral body […]
•Driver granted bail Eldest son of Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State, Alhaji Aminu Lamido, is embroiled in another controversy following the death of a middle-aged man who was knocked down by his car. Confirming this, Kano Police Command Police Public Relations Officer, Assistant Superintendent of Police Magaji Magiya, said the accident was reported at […]
Ex-governor appeals From GODWIN TSA Abuja A Federal High Court yesterday in Abuja sacked the National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, from office. The former governor has, however, appealed the ruling. The Ogun State chapter of the party had, through its chairman, Engr. Adebayo Dayo, filed a suit challenging the […]
From GEORGE ONYEJIUWA, Owerri A combined team of the Department of Security Services, popularly called the State Security Services (SSS) and the army has arrested a serving police constable, Matthew Ofurum, in Owerri, the Imo State capital, over alleged involvement in the kidnap of Nollywood actress and Special Assistant to Governor Rochas Okorocha on Public […]
From GEORGE ONYEJIUWA, Owerri The abduction of Miss Nkiru Sylvanus, Nollywood actress and the special assistant to Governor Rochas Okorocha on Public Affairs, last December for which the state government reportedly paid a ransom of N8 million to secure her release, may have been an insider job. Daily Sun reliably gathered that Mr. Jerry Okosun, […]
Forbes has ranked Nigeria as the 20th saddest place to live in the whole world. In its analysis, it said: “The best of the worst, Nigeria ranks 123rd overall on the Legatum Prosperity Index. Decades of corruption have squandered great oil and gas wealth, while new concerns involve sectarian violence. The list of saddest countries […]
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