Gov deposes monarch, sacks others as abducted commissioner is freed
It has been revealed that the abduction of Bayelsa State Commissioner for Trade and Investment, Mr. Federal Otokito, was in connection with illegal refining of crude in the state. The abduction was carried out by people from the commissioner’s community. The commissioner regained his freedom on Monday, five days after Otokito was kidnapped from his Otuokpoti community residence in Ogbia Local Government...
Watford sack Claudio Ranieri as coach
Claudio Ranieri has been sacked by Watford less than four months he was appointed as the manager of the English Premier League club. Ranieri, who was given a two-year contract after replacing Xisco Munoz on October 4, 2021, had managed only seven points from 13 Premier League games. The Italian, who won the Premier League title with Leicester in 2015-16 season,...
Ekiti implements financial autonomy for judiciary, gets Customary C’Appeal
*Fayemi inaugurates High Court judges Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti has said the implementation of the judicial financial management law will commence this month to give backing to the financial autonomy of the judicial sector in the state. Dr. Fayemi also announced that the National Judicial Council (NJC) has approved the establishment of a Customary Court of Appeal in the state...
Buni’s ingenuity saved APC from collapse – Spokesman
Director-General, Press and Media Affairs to Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe, Alhaji Mamman Mohammed, on Monday said that the governor’s ingenuity had saved the All Progressives Congress (APC) from factionalism and collapse. Buni is the Chairman, Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the party. In a statement issued in Damaturu, Mamman said the governor achieved the feat of repositioning the...
FG suspends removal of fuel subsidy
In the face of mounting opposition, the Federal Government has shelved the removal of subsidy on petrol. The Muhammadu Buhari-led administration made the disclosure on Monday during a stakeholders’ meeting held with the Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Lawan. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, disclosed that President Buhari is against subsidy removal. “I will tell you categorically that at this...
RRS arrests Kunle Poly, Sego over Lagos NURWT clashes
Two principal actors in the Friday’s clash between factions of the National Union of Transport Workers (NURTW) over the control of motor parks in Lagos Island have been arrested. The Lagos Rapid Response Squad (RRS), led by its Commander, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi on Monday evening arrested Kunle Poly and Sego. The two principal suspects, according to RRS, have been involved in...
Hanifa’s murder: Kano revokes operational licences of all private schools
Kano State Government, on Monday, revoked the certificates of operation of all private schools in the state for revalidation. Commissioner for Education, Mr. Muhammad Sanusi-Kiru, made the disclosure while briefing newsmen in Kano. Sanusi-Kiru hinged the decision by the state government, on the murder of Hanifa Abubakar, a five-year-old pupil of Noble Kids Comprehensive College allegedly by the proprietor of the...
N4.6bn fraud: EFCC re-arraigns Fani-Kayode, ex-Finance Minister
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, re-arraigned a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, on an amended 17-count charge of money laundering before Justice Daniel Osiagor of a Federal High Court in Lagos. Fani-kayode was re-arraigned alongside a former Minister of Finance, Mrs. Nenadi Esther Usman, a former ALGON Chairman, Danjuma Yusuf, and a firm, Jointrust Dimentions...
Soldiers detain Burkina Faso President
President Roch Kaboré of Burkina Faso has been detained by mutinying soldiers. Some troops in the West African nation have demanded the sacking of military chiefs and more resources to fight Islamist militants. Gunfire had been heard overnight near the presidential palace and at barracks in the capital, Ouagadougou. The government on Sunday denied suggestions of a military coup or that the...
Bandits kill one, abduct 15 others in Niger community
Bandits have killed one person and abducted 15 others in Batagari Village in Maikujeri District of Rafi Local Government of Niger State. Those kidnapped, it was learnt, were majorly women, when the gunmen invaded the community on Sunday evening in the Maikujeri district. The bandits were said to have arrived the area in their numbers on motorcycles and started shooting sporadically...
