Onyeka Onwenu’s Replacement At Women Centre Suddenly Dies at 57
The National Centre for Women Development (NCWD), Abuja, has announced the death of its Acting Director-General, Alhaji Abdulmalik Dauda who succeeded Onyeka Onwenu. Mr Mohammed Aliyu, Protocol Officer to the director-general, confirmed the news to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
Assets Declaration: Tafar’s Objection Lacks Merit – EFCC Tells Court
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Friday informed an Igbosere High Court of Lagos State, that the application filed by the embattled Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr. Rickey Tarfa, challenging the agency’s suit on his failure to declare…
Gov. Ugwuanyi Urges Prayers To Tame Criminality
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, has urged Christians to embark on fervent prayers to arrest upsurge in kidnapping and other forms of criminality in the country. He spoke at a church service to mark 2016 mothering Sunday at St. Leo…
IPC Tasks Journalists On Effective Use FOI Act
Journalists in the country have been urged to make proper use of Freedom of Information (FOI) Act in unraveling hidden truth, especially in the area of corruption. The advice was given by Mr. Lanre Arogundade, the director of International Press…
Unpaid Allowances: Three Medical Unions Down Tools Indefinitely in ABU
Three medical associations, comprising medical doctors, nurses and midwives, and the academic technologists have begun an indefinite strike action to protest non-payment of entitlements in the last six years. A statement by the unions and jointly signed by Aminu Mohammed,…
2019: PDP Zones Presidency To North/South East Ticket
Nigeria’s main opposition political party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), ahead of 2019 Presidential election and it’s prepares for its National Convention in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, may have zoned the positions of President and Vice President to the North and…
Ifeanyi Ubah’s Capital Oil Accounts Frozen
A Federal High Court, Lagos Division, on Wednesday granted the request of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria for an interim injunction freezing the accounts of Capital Oil and Gas Industries Limited, a company owned by Ifeanyi Ubah. Justice M. B….
Students’ Unrest: Buhari To Set Up Fact-finding Committee
Apparently concerned by the recent unrest in some tertiary institutions in the country, the Office of the Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Youths and Students’ Affairs (OSAPYS), has reached out to major stakeholders towards resolving the problem. The…
EFCC Witness Narrates How NIMASA Transfered N1.5bn Into Many Accounts
A prosecution witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes ‎Commission (EFCC), Teslim Ajuwon, on Thursday, told an Old Igbosere High Court of Lagos State, on how the sum of N1.5 billion was transferred from Nigerian Maritime Administration Safety Agency (NIMASA)…
Navy Arrests Pipeline Vandals, Destroys Illegal Refineries In Niger Delta
The Nigerian Navy patrol team deployed from NNS PATHFINDER has arrested 06 persons suspected to be engaged in operations of illegal refinery and pipeline vandalism. The suspects who are now undergoing investigation were picked up from a large warehouse located…
Saleswoman Jailed 2 Years For Stealing N.5m
An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Thursday, sentenced a 31 year-old saleswoman, Sandra Aro, to two years imprisonment for stealing her employers N500,000. The court presided over by Magistrate Mrs M.O. Olajuwon, sentenced the convict to a jail term…
