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Senator Natasha Found Guilty Of Contempt, Fined ₦5m By Court
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday found the suspended senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, guilty of contempt of court. In a ruling delivered by Justice Binta Nyako, the court held that the lawmaker violated its earlier order by publishing a satirical apology directed at Senate President Godswill Akpabio. The apology, posted on her Facebook page on...
Shell Faces Court Over Mining Licence Transfer
A lawsuit to block Shell Petroleum Development Company Limited's agreement to transfer its mining license to the Nigerian consortium Renaissance African Energy Company Limited has been scheduled for hearing by the Federal High Court in Lagos on May 26, 2025. The suit, marked FHC/L/CS/651/25, has been assigned to Justice A.L. Allagoa The plaintiff, Incorporated Trustees of HEDA Resource Centre, claims that...
”US Diverted Ukraine Missiles To Middle East” – Zelensky
President Volodymyr Zelensky has revealed that the United States, under the administration of President Donald Trump, redirected 20,000 anti-drone missiles that were originally intended for Ukraine to American forces stationed in the Middle East. In an interview published by ABC News on Sunday, Zelensky said Ukraine had relied on the missile delivery to bolster its defence against ongoing Russian drone...
“IPU Can’t Summon Akpabio” – Spokesman
The camp of Senate President Godswill Akpabio has dismissed the authority of the Inter-Parliamentary Union to compel him to appear before its panel over the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan from the National Assembly. Akpabio’s media aide, Eseme Eyiboh, made this known in an exclusive interview with The PUNCH on Wednesday. Akpoti-Uduaghan, who is serving a six-month suspension, had accused Akpabio...
Gov Aiyedatiwa Approves Employment Of 1,000 Teachers In Ondo
Mr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, the governor of Ondo State, has given his approval for the state to hire 1,000 secondary school teachers. The governor is also putting the finishing touches on the employment of 1,000 teachers for primary schools in the state. According to a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Ebenezer Adeniyan, on Monday, the governor’s approval came after...
Many Abia Health Workers Could Be Infected For Attending To Patients Without PPE – Commissioner
John Okiyi Kalu, the Abia commissioner for information, says many health workers in the state might have been infected with COVID-19 as a result of unknowingly attending to patients without full protection. Kalu disclosed this on Monday while responding to questions on the COVID-19 situation in the state. The state recorded 15 new cases of the disease on Sunday and is...
Meet Us At S-Court, Stop Hiding Under Endless Adjournments: IPoB Tells FG
THE Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB, yesterday, accused the Federal Government of abandoning its case against its leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, hiding under a series of adjournments. IPoB while mocking the Federal Government for allegedly abandoning the appeal it instituted against the Court of Appeal judgment discharging and acquitting Mazi Kanu, told them to meet the pro-Biafra group in court...
Tinubu, NSA, Others Jet Out To Attend Arab-Islamic Summit In Saudi Arabia
President Bola Tinubu, alongside the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, Ministers and heads of agencies will, on Sunday, depart Abuja for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to attend the Joint Arab-Islamic Summit, scheduled to commence on Monday, November 11, 2024. The Summit is being held at the invitation of King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and follows last year’s summit...
Nnamdi Kanu: No Sit-At-Home Wednesday, Thursday – IPOB
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Sunday, reiterated its earlier position that there will be no sit-at-home this Monday, on Wednesday 19th, and Thursday 20th January 2022. IPOB however stated that the only day there will be sit-at-home is on Tuesday,18th January 2022, the day its leader Nnamdi Kanu will appear in court in Abuja. A statement by IPOB’s Media...
NLC Accuses Wike Of Owing Rivers Pensioners For 15 Months, Carpets Abia, Imo
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has said Governor Nyesome Wike of Rivers State owes pensioners in the state no less than 15 months unpaid pensions. Representative of Joe Ajaero, President of NLC, Uche Ekwe, in Birnin Kebbi, disclosed this during the Kebbi State NLC delegates’ conference yesterday in Birnin Kebbi. Ekwe lamented that despite the noise Governor Wike has been making...
