The Lagos State Government has ordered the full closure and suspension of activities at the Kiddies section of Wonderland Lagos- an event venue which was meant to deliver a holiday experience of fun & excitement on Monday 26th December, 2022 after a guest was electrocuted at the event venue. The Director General of the Lagos…
Ibrahim Shinkafi, Zamfara north senatorial candidate of the New Nigerians Peoples Party (NNPP), and Suleiman Garba, the party’s house of representatives candidate for Shinkafi/Zurmi federal constituency, have joined the All Progressives Congress (APC). Shinkafi and Garbi were said to have been welcomed into the APC by Abdul’aziz Yari, former governor of Zamfara, in Talata Marafa…
TRADERS at the popular Bridge Head market in the commercial city of Onitsha are threatening a showdown with authorities of the Anambra State and Onitsha South local government area following the arrest of their chairman, Chief Chinedu Ezekwike. Ezekwike, who is being detained at the Fegge Police Station, was arrested last week for allegedly countering…
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has said one-year imprisonment or a fine of N500,000 awaits anyone found guilty of buying votes during the 2023 elections. The INEC Commissioner in Jigawa State, Professor Muhammad Lawal Bashar said this in an interview with newsmen. The Commissioner said the electoral commission is prepared to conduct all the…
Senator Chimaroke Nnamani (Enugu East) has restated his preference for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to become the next president of Nigeria through next year’s general election.Nnamani made his unrelenting support in his country home, Agbani, Enugu state, when he hosted some members of the Asiwaju Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) on…
With the changing realities in next year’s electoral permutations, there is an increasing likelihood that the first ballot at the February 25 presidential election may not produce a clear winner. By implication, there may be a run-off in the presidential bout before a clear winner is returned by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Although,…
Shell (SHEL.L) will pay 15 million euros ($15.9 million) to communities in Nigeria that were affected by multiple oil pipeline leaks in the Niger Delta, the oil company on Friday said in a joint statement with the Dutch division of Friends of the Earth. The compensation is the result of a Dutch court case brought…
Bandits have killed no fewer than four farmers and abducted over 100 others including women and children from 14 communities in Mashegu and Rafi local government areas of Niger State in the last three weeks. Daily Trust gathered that more than half of the victims were kidnapped while harvesting maize, beans, guinea corn and soya…
Gbenga Raheem, the husband of a female lawyer, Omobolanle, who was shot dead by an Assistant Superintendent of Police, Drambi Vandi, in the Ajah area of Lagos state on Christmas day, December 25, has given a chilling account of how his seven-months pregnant wife was murdered. LIB had earlier reported that Bolanle had just left…
Arthur Eze afraid of losing influence — Obi’s Spokesman December 27, 2022 By John Alechenu, Abuja Diran Onifade, the Spokesperson for the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has described comments ascribed to Anambra businessman, Chief Arthur Eze, about the LP candidate as unfortunate but not unexpected. Onifade said this in a…