Senate Threatens Arrest Of Heads Of Erring MDAs Over N5trn Wide Votes
The Nigerian Senate has threatened to detain the heads of any Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) that misused the N5 trillion in Service Wide Votes (SWV) from 2017 to 2021 and received benefits without authorization. Additionally, it has decided to launch an investigation to expose the public officials at fault. This came after it was found that numerous organizations received funds...
Senator Tofowomo Kicks Over Delay In Court’s Judgment
The Senator representing Ondo South Senatorial District, Nicholas Tofowomo, has faulted the alleged delay in delivering the judgment on his case against a former deputy governor of the state, Mr Agboola Ajayi, over the outcome of the senatorial primary of the Peoples Democratic Party. Ajayi was declared winner of the primary, held in May this year, at Okitipupa, the headquarters...
Anambra: Crisis Rocks Catholic Church As Bishop Sacks 5 Priests
Catholic Bishop of Nnewi, Anambra State, Jonas Benson Okoye, has relieved five priests in the Diocese of their duties over alleged insubordination. The five Spiritan Priests who are from St Martin of Tours, Ihiala, are said to have been having a running battle with the Bishop over their residency in the parish, which allegedly led to their ejection from the...
Gov Abiodun Wins Court Case
A Federal High Court sitting in Abeokuta, Ogun State, has dismissed three cases filed against Governor Dapo Abiodun of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The cases were challenging the victory of Abiodun at the APC primary election conducted on May 26, 2022. Justice Joyce O. Abdulmalik had dismissed the suits for lack of jurisdiction, incompetence, frivolity, academic exercise and for being...
Gov Wike Approves N1bn To Support Flood Victims
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has approved the sum of N1 billion for emergency relief measures to support flood victims, especially in Ahoada West and Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Areas of the State. The governor, who empathised with the flood victims, has also set up a task force to coordinate the distribution of relief materials to affected communities in the State. This...
Court Sentences Man Seven Months For Raping Sister
A Federal High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, has sentenced a 21-year-old man, Chinedu Eziuzo, to a seven-month prison term for raping his 14-year-old sister in the Adazi-Enu Anaocha Local Government Area of the state. Eziuzo was said to have committed the crime in 2021 but was arrested on May 30, 2022. Delivering the judgment, the Presiding Judge, Dr Nnamdi...
Peter Obi Can’t Win Election In Nigeria, Says Shagari
A former Deputy Governor of Sokoto State, Mukhtar Shagari has said presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi can not win election in Nigeria. Shagari made this assertion in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday. The former governor of Sokoto revealed that he was contacted by the Labour Party to become Obi’s vice presidential candidate. But, Shagari said...
CAN To FG: Set Up Committee To Mobilize Financial Support For Flood Victims
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has admonished the Federal government to set up a presidential flood relief and rehabilitation committee to mobilize funds to support victims of recent flooding. This was contained in a statement released on Tuesday by the national president of CAN, Daniel Okoh. According to him, the association is deeply concerned about the havoc that the flooding...
Nigeria Recovers 31 Looted Benin Bronze From US, Germany To Return 1130
The federal government has recovered 31 Benin bronzes from three museums in the United States 125 years after they were stolen. Recall that 29 artefacts were returned by the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art while one was recovered from the National Gallery of Art, and another from the Rhode Island School of Design Museum. Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture,...
Buhari Vows To Hand Over Peaceful Country To Successor
President Muhammadu Buhari has again promised to bequeath a peaceful and secure Nigeria to his successor as he leaves office next year. The President, who renewed this vow in Abuja yesterday, spoke during the investiture of Nigerians and friends of Nigeria who distinguished themselves in various fields of human endeavour and in doing so, brought pride and glory to the...
