The Bayelsa House of Assembly yesterday, passed the state Appropriation Bill of N242 billion for the 2020 fiscal year. The passage of the bill followed the adoption of the report of the House Committee on Finance and Appropriation during plenary in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa capital. The Majority Leader, Monday Obolo, representing Southern Ijaw Constituency 2, […]
Former President of the Senate, Sen. David Mark yesterday described the Governor of Benue, Dr. Samuel Ortom, as an uncommon political leader. Mark, in a statement signed by Paul Mumeh, his media aide said Ortom had demonstrated himself as a man of the people. He described the governor, who turned 59 on Thursday, as a […]
A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George has urged federal government to relax the lockdown it imposed on Lagos State as a result of COVID- 19 pandemic. George, who made the call in a statement in Lagos, yesterday said the lockdown imposed since March 29 was adversely affecting […]
Mohammed Adamu, Inspector General of Police ============= By Taiwo OkanlawonThe Nigeria Police Force on Friday said it has dismissed two officers who assaulted a woman at the Odo Ori Market, Iwo Osun State. The police said the dismissal of the officers – Inspector Ikuesan Taiwo and Constable Abass Ibrahim – was preceded by a trial […]
Johnbosco Ejiogu The Imo State Police Command has arrested a man, Johnbosco Ejiogu, for stabbing his mother and then setting their home ablaze. According to a statement by the police command, the incident occurred at Umudagu Mbieri, Mbaitoli Local Government Area of the state on Friday. State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Orlando Ikeokwu said […]
There are concerns in and out of Kano that the coronavirus pandemic may have been responsible for too many deaths of illustrious sons in the last 24 hours. Confirmation of this is for now impossible as the COVID-19 Testing Centre shut on Wednesday is yet to resume. But there is palpable concern at the rate […]
The ongoing rift between the Ondo State Deputy Governor, Hon. Agboola Ajayi and his boss, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu may have finally worsened following the campaign posters and jingles of the deputy governor which have surfaced on social media. The campaign messages, sponsored by Agboola Ajayi Grassroots Network, flooded social media, amidst the palpable fear and […]
STATEMENT FROM RIVERS STATE POLICE COMMAND: The Rivers State Police Command regrets to announce the death of W/Sgt Lovender Elekwachi who until her untimely death was serving at Eneka Division and was posted to the Eneka roundabout on traffic duties. The late Woman Sergeant was shot while controlling traffic by Sergeant Bitrus Osaiah attached to […]
One Nene Steve, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command’s Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (CID) for allegedly killing her maid, Joy Aboel. She allegedly beat Joy to death and then hung her to the ceiling to make it look like suicide. Commenting on the incident that occurred at 18, Ogundola Street in […]
The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, has denied issuing a statement, which claimed the late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari, made him governor. Kyari, who died from complications of COVID-19 on Friday, was buried at Gudu Cemetery in Abuja on Saturday. However, reports emerged online that Uzodinma, in his condolence […]
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