Over 40 Persons Arraigned Before Mobile Court In Abia Over Environmental Sanitation Default
At least 43 persons were on Saturday arraigned before a mobile sanitation court in Umuahia, Abia State during the March 2024 sanitation exercise for allegedly defaulting in the sanitation laws of the state They were picked from different parts of the State capital for offences bordering on loitering or conducting businesses during the 7-10 a.m sanitation hours in contravention to...
Palliative Distribution: Stampede That Killed 2 Students Caused By Impatience, Says Nasarawa Varsity VC
Palliative Distribution: Stampede That Killed 2 Students Caused By Impatience, Says Nasarawa Varsity VC Prof. Suleiman Bala-Mohammed, Vice Chancellor, Nasarawa State University, Keffi has attributed the Friday stampede that killed two students and left 14 others injured to impatience on the part of the students. The stampede occurred when the students, along with some hoodlums in the neighbourhood, swooped on bags...
Lies, Fake News From Social Media Almost Broke My 40-Year Marriage, Lai Mohammed Reveals
The immediate past Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has recounted how fake news on social media almost crashed his 40-year marriage. The ex-minister gave the account in Lagos at an event to commemorate the 90th birthday anniversary of Prof. Wole Soyinka, Africa’s first Nobel laureate for literature. He recalled that one of the pressing challenges he faced in...
Exposed: Even Contractors Without Shovel Get Contracts In Kano — FERMA
The Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) in Kano has lamented over how some unqualified contractors get contracts worth millions of naira. Acting Federal Road Maintenance Engineer in the State, Ali Abdu, lamented over this when he appeared before the House Committee on FERMA, on Tuesday. He briefed the lawmakers on the activities of the agency on 2023 contract projects. He said, “Sadly,...
Man Who Threatened EFCC Chairman Will Die In 6 Months Arrested
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested one Kayode Cole for issuing a death threat against the Executive Chairman of the Commission, Ola Olukoyede. Cole, according to EFCC’s Spokesman Dele Oyewale, was arrested at the Lugbe axis of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja. The suspect made the death threat through his Instagram page handle: “1billionsecretss”, while...
Court Dismisses SDA’s Suit Seeking To Stop Elections, Examinations On Saturdays
A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit filed by an elder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (SDA), Ugochukwu Uchenwa, seeking to stop the conduct of elections and examinations on Saturdays. The plaintiff had contended that fixing elections and examinations on Saturdays violated his rights and that of other members of the church to freedom of worship. Uchenwa prayed...
Man Bags 15 Months Imprisonment For Stealing Quran In Abuja Mosque
A Grade 1 Area Court sitting at Lugbe, Abuja, on Tuesday, sentenced a labourer, Terkaa Akishi (36) to 15 months in prison for stealing two Qurans and a cell phone from a Mosque in Asokoro area of Abuja. The Judge, Malam Aliyu Kagarko, sentenced Akishi, who pleaded guilty. Kagarko, however, gave him an option of N40,000 fine. Akishi was charged with trespass...
Transport Unions Clash In Ogun Over Right For Sale Of Tickets
There was palpable fear in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, on Monday as members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers and the Ogun State Parks and Garages Management Board clashed over revenue collection. Some of the affected motor parks where fracas were reported are Kuto, Lafenwa, Brewery, Ita Oshin, and Obantoko, among others. There were reports of gunshots during the...
EFCC Re-arraigns Ex-PDP Chairman Over Alleged ₦300M
A former national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Bello Mohammed has been re-arraigned before Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, in an alleged ₦300M fraud. He was put on a fresh trial alongside his company, Bam Projects and Properties Ltd, for alleged criminal breach of trust and money laundering by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission...
Wike To FCTA Officials: Work For The Success Of Tinubu’s Govt
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Monday, March 18, urged the newly sworn-in Head of Service, Permanent Secretaries, as well as Chairman and Commissioners of the FCT Civil Service Commission, to be committed and work for the success of President Bola Tinubu. Wike made the plea during the swearing-in ceremony of the officials, by the Chief...
