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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Obajana: Kogi Accused Dangote Of Asset Grabbing
The government of Kogi State has accused Dangote Industries Limited of “callous and deliberate asset grabbing” but the company countered it, saying that the acquisition of the Obajana cement plant followed due process. A statement by the state government said that Obajana Cement Company was solely founded in 1992 and owned by the state, which held 100 per cent of...
Corruption: World Bank Sanctions Seven Nigerian Firms, Individuals
The World Bank has revealed that it sanctioned seven Nigerian firms and individuals for corruption during its 2022 fiscal year. The revelation was contained in the bank’s latest the Fiscal Year 2022, which covered July 1, 2021, to June 30, 2022, in the Sanctions System Annual Report. The sanction list contained three Nigerians and four Nigerian companies who were found guilty of corruption...
PDP Denies Suspending Presidential Campaign Over Wike
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council (PDP) has denied suspending its rallies. There were reports about the party doing so over the disagreement between the presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar and Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike. In his reaction, the Director of Strategic Communications, Dele Momodu called the stories falsehood. The spokesperson confirmed that the party’s campaign, which commenced this week in...
