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Peter Obi Allegedly Detained In UK Airport Over Identity Fraud
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, was detained in London, United Kingdom, where he celebrated Easter, Head, Obi-Datti Media, Mr. Diran Onifade, has revealed. Onifade in a statement on Wednesday also said Obi was harassed by London immigration officials and placed for detention but for the spontaneous reaction of Nigerians at Heathrow Airport. According to him,...
Benue Govt Suspends Enforcement Of Anti-Open Grazing Law
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has temporarily suspended the operations of livestock guards and the state para-military agency saddled with the responsibility of enforcing the state anti-open grazing for a period of two weeks. The move, according to the governor, was to allow all herdsmen with livestock across the state to leave. The governor made the disclosure on Tuesday shortly...
Buhari Told Me It Was Amaechi That Wanted My Sack As NPA MD — Hadiza
A former Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman, in a book published on Tuesday, has said that President Mohammadu Buhari told her that the former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi had requested for her sack as MD of NPA twice before her final removal from office. This is even as the former Minister of Transportation,...
FG Warns Nigerians Against Fake ITF Viral Recruitment Advertisement
The federal government has warned Nigerians against fake Industrial Trust Fund recruitment advertisements trending on social media. Mrs. Suleyol Chagu, Director of the Public Affairs Department Industrial Trust Fund, ITF, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. Chagu dismissed claims of ongoing recruitment in ITF. According to her, the viral advertisement on social media is an attempt to defraud some unsuspecting Nigerians. “These...
Reps Summon Finance Minister, Boss Mustapha, Malami Over Alleged $2.4bn Crude Theft
The House of Representatives ad-hoc committee investigating alleged crude oil sales revenue loss has summoned the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) Abubakar Malami to appear before as part of it’s ongoing investigation. Chairman of the Ad-hoc Committee, Mark Tersee Gbillah, gave the directive...
Former Anambra Governor, Chinwoke Mbadinuju Dies At 78
Former governor of Anambra State, Dr Chinwoke Mbadinuju has been announced dead, ABN TV reports. He was said to have died at the National Hospital in Abuja on Tuesday, at the age of 78. A press statement by his son, who is also a lawyer, Barr Cheta Mbadinuju, which was signed on behalf of the family revealed that Mbadinuju, who was...
Kogi Election: You Lack Capacity, Can’t Be Governor – Wike Blasts Dino Melaye
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said Dino Melaye, a spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, cannot be Governor of Kogi State. Wike warned that the PDP would fail if Melaye emerged as its governorship candidate. Addressing selected journalists in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, Wike stressed that the former Kogi West Senator lacked the...
Court Jails Bus Conductor For Knife Possession In Plateau
One Suleiman Mohammed has been sentenced to six months imprisonment for unlawful possession of two knives. The 22-year-old was convicted and sentenced on Tuesday by an Area Court in Jos, Plateau state capital. The judge, Mr. Thomas Ajitse, sentenced Mohammed following his guilty plea to possession of dangerous weapons. READ ALSO: We’re Not Responsible For Monitoring Social Media, Says NCC Ajitse also gave the...
We’re Not Responsible For Monitoring Social Media, Says NCC
The Nigerian Communications Commission has said it is not the regulator of the contents of the social media networks that many stakeholders have complained about. This was revealed during a visit of the National Civil Society Council of Nigeria, led by its Executive Secretary, Blessing Akinsolotu. The Society sought the intervention of the Commission on the worrisome and misleading content of...
IPOB Declares May 30 Sit-At-Home In Southeast
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has declared May 30 for sit-at-home in the Southeast to honour those who died for Biafra Independence and freedom. The group, in a statement on Tuesday by its Media and Publicity Secretary Emma Powerful, said the day is set aside to remember fallen heroes and those who had paid the ultimate price for the...
