Borno Finance Commissioner Dead
Borno State Commissioner of Finance, Ahmed Ali Ahmed, died on Monday at his house on Damboa Road in Maiduguri, the state capital. Sources familiar with the matter said the commissioner’s room door was forced open after it was observed that his usual time of waking up had passed without any sign of him. The state’s Commissioner of Information and Internal Security,...
Court Freezes 32 Bank Accounts In Connection With #EndBadGovernance [See Details]
A Federal High Court in Abuja has frozen the bank accounts of 32 individuals and companies linked to the 10-day #EndBadGovernance Protest organised across the country pending investigation and prosecution of the case. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling on the ex parte motion moved by counsel for the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Mohammed, also ordered the banks...
After 46 Years On Throne, Emir Of Ningi Passes Away
The Emir of Ningi in Bauchi State, Alhaji Yunusa Muhammadu Danyaya, is dead. Emir Danyaya was aged 88. He was said to have died Sunday morning at the Expert Alliance Hospital, Kano, two days after returning from a medical trip to Saudi Arabia. He passed away after spending 46 years on the throne. A statement by Usman Sule, Secretary of Ningi Emirate Council,...
Six Persons Arrested For Urinating On Lagos Rail Track
In a crackdown on public indecency, the Lagos State government has arrested six individuals for openly urinating on the rail track in front of the Nigeria Army Shopping Complex, Arena, Oshodi. This was made known in a statement shared by the Commissioner of Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, on X.com on Saturday. He wrote, “6 defaulters were earlier today arrested...
Heartland FC Head Coach Christian Obi Dies In Bus Accident
Tragedy struck the football community as Heartland FC Head Coach Christian Obi died in a bus accident on the way to a pre-season tournament in Ebonyi State. ABN TV reports that the bus carrying players and crew collided with a carelessly parked vehicle, resulting in Obi's fatal injuries. Other casualties were reported, but no further deaths have been confirmed. ...
Grandmother, Granddaughter Crushed To Death In Ogun Truck Accident
Barely 24 hours after a truck rammed into a vehicle and a pedestrian in the Lafenwa area of Ogun State killing four persons and injuring two, another truck has crushed two persons to death in the Papalanto area of the state. The accident according to the spokesman for the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi, happened in the early...
Abuja Park ‘n’ Policy Illegal — Wike
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has announced the dismantling of park ‘n’ pay scheme in the nation’s capital Wike disclosed this during a live media parley, yesterday, in Abuja to mark his one year in office. The minister, however, frowned at the sharing formula, where the consultant takes 80 per cent, and the FCT administration takes 20...
SAD: Imo Widow Who Lost Only 2 Sons Within 3 Days Seeks Assistance To Hold Their Burial (Photos)
A 60-year-old Imo widow, Mrs Josephine Nwaeze has urged Nigerians, government and non-governmental organisations, faith-based groups and individuals to support her in offsetting the cost of burying her two sons, Chisimdi Peter Nwaeze, 32 and Chimezie Nwaeze, 30 who died in a space of three days. The distraught widow who had single-handedly raised the two sons, along with their sister...
FG Inaugurates Committee To Enforce Supreme Court Judgment On LG Autonomy
The Federal Government has set up a 10-member committee to enforce the Supreme Court judgment delivered on 11th July, 2024 granting financial autonomy to Local Governments in Nigeria. Director, Information & Public Relations in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation OSGF, Segun Imohiosen disclosed this Tuesday in Abuja. He said the SGF, Senator George Akume, who...
Supreme Court Reserves Judgment On Bayelsa, Kogi Governorship Polls
A five-man panel of the Supreme Court has reserved judgment in the Kogi and Bayelsa States governorship elections appeals filed by Muritala Ajaka of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), and Timipre Sylva of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Both Ajaka and Sylva challenged the declarations made by the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) on the outcome of the 2023 governorship elections...