Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) yesterday read the riot act to DANA Air insisting that the carrier must compensate all ground victims affected by the June 3, 2012 crash in Iju/ Ishaga, affirming that the processes that will lead to the payment of the claims must be diligently carried out. The Director-General of NCAA, Dr […]
The opposition by the North to the proposed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) is an insult to the oil producing states, according to Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan. Governor Uduaghan, reacting to the opposition by Northern states to the provision of additional funds for oil bearing states in the bill, said “leaving it at 10 per cent royalty […]
The Murtala Muhammed International Airport Command of Nigeria Customs Service(NCS), has arrested a passenger at the airport with $767500. The passenger identified as Yusuf Taofeeq Olanrewaju with passport number A03758685 was arrested while trying to board an Emirates flight number EK782 to Hong Kong via Dubai. The passenger and money have been handed over to […]
From Paul Orude Former police orderly to the immediate past governor of Gombe State, Inspector Rilwanu Gadzama, was yesterday shot dead by unknown gunmen. It was gathered that the deacesed, who worked with ex-Governor Muhammed Danjuma Goje for many years, was shot at about 4.30pm yesterday at Hamadukafa quarters in Gombe metropolis. According to an […]
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, […]
•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 […]
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, […]
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