July 2024
Ndume Rejects Appointment As Senate Tourism Committee Chair, says, ‘I’m Not Interested’
The Senator representing Borno South, Ali Ndume has rejected the chairmanship of the Committee on Tourism in the upper lawmaking body. Ndume was sacked as the senate chief whip over comments he made criticising President Bola Tinubu’s administration’s running of the country. He was subsequently picked as the chairman of the Senate Community on Tourism, […]
Abuja man arrested for attempted suicide released on bail after mental assessment
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command said a man identified as Shuaibu Yushau who was arrested on July 8 for attempted suicide has been released on bail to his lawyer, Deji Adeyanju. The FCT Police Command’s spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, in a statement on X.com on Friday, said Yushau’s release follows a mental assessment conducted by […]
Bayelsa urges calm after NDU student’s murder
The Bayelsa State Government on Tuesday called for calm following the murder of a final-year student of the state-owned Niger Delta University, Francis Paleowei in Amassoma, the institution’s host community. Paleowei, a 400-level student of Sociology, from the Obrigbene community in Ekeremor Local Government Area of the state, was murdered on Tuesday by a group […]
Groom, 11 others remanded over cop’s murder in Rivers
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has remanded 12 suspects to the Port Harcourt Correctional Centre in connection with the alleged murder of a female Police Inspector, Christiana Erekere. The suspects, including a groom identified as Efeoghene Uwheraka, were arraigned by the police on 13 counts bothering on conspiracy to murder, among […]
Court orders Nigerian Army to pay N800 million for killing BIRS staff in Benue
A Benue State High Court sitting in Makurdi, Thursday, awarded the sum of N800 million against the Nigerian Army and 10 others over the brutal murder of Sixtus Akure. The judgement came three years after the deceased, Mr. Akure, a senior tax officer with the Benue Internal Revenue Service, BIRS, died from a brutal assault […]
Alleged witchcraft: Pastor, two others remanded for dehumanizing 90-year-old woman, others
The Edo State Police Command says it has arrested a pastor and one other for alleged dehumanization and brutalization of a 90-year-old, Adishetu Atairu, the Chief Imam of Ofukpo-Ekperi community in Etsako Central Local Government of Edo state and six others. It was reports that the Public Relations Officer of the Command, SP Chidi Nwabuzor […]
UNILORIN student dies, others injured in campus crash
Tragedy hit the University of Ilorin as some yet-to-be-identified students and a shuttle driver got involved in a fatal auto crash at the school’s main gate, which led to the death of a student. It was gathered on Thursday that it was a lone accident and the victims were passengers of the campus shuttle. In […]
I’m an unofficial APC member, says Shaibu
The reinstated Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philips Shaibu, on Friday, said he was already an unofficial member of the All Progressives Congress. He said the only thing still keeping him in the Peoples Democratic Party was because he was yet to officially dump the ruling party in Edo. Reacting to questions on why he […]
Reps plead against anti-govt protest, accept 50% salary cut
Members of the House of Representatives, on Thursday, agreed to donate 50 per cent of their salaries for a period of six months to assist the Federal Government in addressing the economic situation in the country. The resolution of the House was a sequel to a motion of urgent importance for “An appeal to the […]
ICYMI: Dangote Refinery Products Inferior To Imported Ones; Nigeria Can’t Rely On Them Alone To Avoid Monopoly – Nigerian Agency, NMDPRA
Farouk Ahmed, the Chief Executive of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has cautioned Nigerians against over-dependence on products from the Dangote refinery. Ahmed highlighted concerns over the consistency and standardisation of the refinery’s output, stating that the quality of its products was inferior compared to the imported quality products. He addressed […]