A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Monday ordered the remand of six men in the custody of the Nigeria Correctional Service for allegedly stealing cosmetics valued at N900m. The defendants, Akinmade Oluwaseyi, Michael Okwu, Emmanuel Igbru, Michael Peter,…
We don’t have transport fares to go to work – ASUU President
The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, has said members of the body may find it difficult to get to their respective schools on Monday as they do not have “money for transport”. He…
Plot to sack INEC Chairman: Ethnic youth leaders lash out at Uzodimma
The Nigerian Ethnic Youths Leaders Council (NEYLC) has lashed out at the governor of Imo state over an alleged plot to sack the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, ahead of the 2023 elections. The…
Teni and the presidential ‘disrespect’
In the aftermath of the National Honour Award, tweets and posts about Singer Teniola ‘Teni’ Apata littered social media. Some netizens claimed that the singer disrespected Mr President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), due to her body language while receiving…
LP Senatorial candidate arrested not kidnapped – Police
The Ebonyi State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of the Labour Party senatorial candidate for Ebonyi South in the 2023 elections, Hon. Linus Abba Okorie, by operatives of the Command over drug related matters and other offences. In a…
Prepare for evacuation – FG warns as floods kill over 600, leave millions affected
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq has warned state governments, local government areas and community leaders especially in Anambra, Delta, Cross River, Rivers and Bayelsa states, of the impending floods in the coming…
Tension as Labour Party senatorial candidate abducted in Ebonyi
There is palpable tension and apprehension in Ebonyi State, following the abduction of the Labour Party Senatorial candidate for the southern district, Linus Okorie. The former House of Representatives member was on his way to his house in Abakaliki on…
I can prostrate before Buhari for Nnamdi Kanu to be released, says Igbo elder
Former Governor of Anambra State, Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife has said he would be willing to prostrate or kneel down before President Muhammadu Buhari for the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu to regain his freedom. The…
BREAKING: COVID-19 contractors protest in Abuja
There is tension in Abuja as contractors that supplied COVID-19 medical equipment and items to the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) are protesting partial payment of money owed them since 2019. They are blocking the entrance gate of the FCT…