Two days to Anambra election, guber candidate still with abductors
Two days to the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State, the governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LLP), Mr. Obiora Agbasimalo, is still in the hands of abductors. Agbasimalo was last seen on September 18. He was reportedly kidnapped on Saturday, September 18, after he left a campaign ground at Ezinifitte in Nnewi South Local Government Area of the state. National...
IPOB cancels sit-at-home order, urges Anambra people to vote Saturday
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has called off the one week sit-at-home order in the South-East. The decision to call off the action, which was meant to coincide with the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State, was due to the intervention of traditional and religious leaders from the South-East. Comrade Emma Powerful, Media and Publicity Secretary of IPOB, in...
2 court officials arraigned for forging divorce certificate
The police on Thursday arraigned three persons including two staff of a Mapo Customary Court, Ibadan, before an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court for alleged forgery and bribery. The defendants namely: Abdul Hammed (53), Saka Afusat (54), both staff of a Mapo Customary Court and one Oladosu Olusola (43), are being tried on charges of conspiracy, forgery and receiving bribe. The Prosecutor, Insp....
Governor apprehends health officials collecting N10,000 for free medical services
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno on Thursday visited some government healthcare centres unannounced during which he found some officials collecting between N8,000 and N10,000 from patients. These services are meant to be provided free of charge. Consequently, Zulum summoned the state’s Commissioner of Health, Mrs. Juliana Bitrus, and asked her to join him in a 10-seater bus that is usually used...
Benue govt begs court to defreeze accounts, says state is shut down
The Benue State Government, on Thursday, appealed to a Federal High Court, Abuja, to set aside its earlier order, freezing all its bank accounts. Counsel to the state government, Terkura Pepe (SAN), who told Justice Inyang Ekwo while moving his affidavit of urgency in support of the motion on notice, said Benue State Government had been incapacitated by the interim order. Pepe...
Anambra Poll: IGP restricts vehicular movement for 24 hours
Ahead of the Saturday November 6 governorship election in Anambra State, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Alkali Baba Usman, has ordered the restriction of vehicular movement in and out of the state. The restriction starts from 11:59p.m. on Friday, November 5th to 11:59p.m. on Saturday, November 6th. “The restriction order has become necessary following pointers from the Election Security Threats Assessments...
Wike violating due process in N16bn Law School expenditure – Peterside
A stalwart of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has challenged Governor Nyesom Wike on the claim that the Rivers State government is spending N16 billion to build a law school. He asked how did the governor arrive at such an amount. Peterside queried how the contract was awarded from the “breast pocket” of the governor...
Wale Elegbede wins NMMA Foreign Reporter of the Year 2021 Award
The Board of Assessors of the prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Award (NMM) has adjudged multiple award-winning journalist, Wale Elegbede, as Nigeria’s Foreign Reporter of the Year 2021. Elegbede’s winning entry, ‘Foreign Missions: Underfunding, Corruption Battered Nigeria’s Image’, chronicled tales of woes, disappointments, ill-treatment, corruption, and poor services rendered to Nigerians by foreign missions, which ought to be a second home...
ICPC, DSS arrest 48 lecturers, parents, students over JUPEB leakage
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested 48 individuals for their alleged illegalities in the conducts of the Joint Universities Preliminary Examinations Board (JUPEB). Spokesperson for ICPC, Mrs. Azuka Ogugua, in a statement in Abuja said the suspects were arrested from Wellspring University, Benin, Edo State; Christopher University, Mowe,...
Nigerian Army Polo Team wins El-Amin Cup
The Nigerian Army Polo team has won the prestigious El-Amin cup at the recently concluded Kaduna International Polo Tournament 2021. The team had a tough road to success as it played matches against two teams from Kaduna, a team from Yola and Kano Polo team, respectively, to win the finals. The Nigerian Army contingent was led by Major General MSA Aliyu,...
