Adams Oshiomhole, former governor of Edo, says the five governors at the centre of the crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will be an advantage for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 elections. Dubbed as G5, the five governors — Nyesom Wike of Rivers, Seyi Makinde of Oyo, Samuel Ortom of Benue, Okezie…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Thursday tackled the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar for criticising the “lopsided appointments” of President Muhammadu Buhari. Wike who spoke in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital when he hosted the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi at the venue…
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, has discharged and aqcuitted a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal from the N544M contract fraud offences brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The Court on Friday held that the anti-graft agency failed woefully to establish prima…
The United Nations Children’s Fund has again raised the alarm that Nigeria loses about 100 children per hour due to malnutrition. This translates to about 2,400 deaths daily.It, therefore, called for increased funding and other measures that could help in arresting the challenge urgently. Speaking in Lagos on Thursday during an interaction with media executives,…
The Court of Appeal in Makurdi, on Friday, upheld the conviction of Felicia Ogbuja for failing to protect a minor, Ochanya Ogbanje, who was allegedly raped by Mrs Ogbuja’s husband and son. Ochanya, a 13-year-old schoolgirl, suffered complications from prolonged rape allegedly by Andrew Ogbuja and his fugitive son, Victor, who are her maternal relations….
Twenty-four hours after the Nigerian Army suffered a major loss with the killing of Brigadier General Audu James, the military has recorded yet another tragedy. Daily Trust had reported how a corporal said to be under alcoholic influence crushed the general to death inside a barracks in Lagos state. While the dust over that incident…
The United States Department of JusticeOffice of Public AffairsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, November 17, 2022 United States Repatriates Over $20 Million in Assets Stolen by Former Nigerian DictatorThe Department of Justice announced today that it has transferred over $20.6 million to the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Nigeria) in accordance with an Aug. 23…
HOUSE ON FIRE!: Protesters in Iran have set on fire the ancestral home of the Islamic republic’s founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini two months into the anti-regime protest movement Iranian protesters set fire to the old home of former supreme leader and regime founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini on Thursday. Protests over Mahsa Amini’s death have been raging…
In A move to improve sporting activities and education in Egbeda/ Ona Ara Federal constituency. The federal lawmaker Representing Egbeda/ Ona Ara federal constituency, Honorable Akin Alabi has commissioned a newly constructed standard football pitch with market value worth over 100 million naira at Urban day grammar school ,at old ife road , ibadan . Honorable…
A California judge has sentenced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes to 11 years and three months in prison for defrauding investors in her now-defunct blood-testing startup that was once valued at $9bn. US District Judge Edward Davila in San Jose, California, sentenced Holmes on three counts of investor fraud and one count of conspiracy. A jury convicted Holmes,…