Author: Adewale Adeyemi
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A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has convicted and sentenced to death by hanging, two former members of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad for extra-judicial killing. Recall that five members of the SARS team, ASP Samuel Chigbu, Shedrack Ibibo, Magus Awuri, Ogoligo, and Olisa Emeka were standing trial for killing Michael Akor and Michael Igwe, […]
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin (Unilorin), Prof. Wahab Egbewole (SAN), says the institution is engaging with Chinese Embassy and other embassies to provide metro railway to solve the institution’s transportation problem. Egbewole disclosed this during his Maiden Media Parley held the institution’s auditorium. He explained that thousands of staff and students of […]
The House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the alleged illegal sales of 48 million barrels of Nigeria’s Bonny Light crude in China in 2015 has said it is not on a “witch-hunting” mission. The Chairman of the ad hoc committee, Mark Gbillah, made this known at a session with the Inspector-General of Police, represented […]
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, orders the arrest and subsequent prosecution of all individuals engaged in the sale or abuse of Naira notes issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria. He directed the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of the Force Criminal Investigations Department and the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of […]
Members of the Progressives Governors’ Forum have urged President, Muhammadu Buhari to prevail on the Central Bank of Nigeria to allow the old and new naira notes to co-exist. They believe that this would ease the current scarcity of naira notes and its ancillary effects. Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, who made this known […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday urged citizens to give him seven days to resolve the cash crunch that has become a problem across the country from the Central Bank of Nigeria policy to change high-value naira notes with new ones. Speaking to the Progressive Governors’ Forum who paid him a visit at the Presidential Villa […]
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has approved the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja and Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo, as home venues for Super Eagles 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. Actions will resume in the qualifiers next month, with the Super Eagles set to take on fellow West Africans Guinea- Bissau in a double […]
The United State is tracking a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that has been spotted flying over sensitive sites in recent days. Defense officials said they were confident the “high-altitude surveillance balloon” belonged to China. It was most recently seen above the western state of Montana. The military decided against shooting it down in case debris […]
Gunmen on Thursday reportedly murdered Nnaemeka Ugboma, the chairman of Ejemekwuru Customary Court in the Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State. According to information gathered, Nnaemeka was reportedly killed by gunmen who operated in motorcycles, while presiding over a court session. Report gathered that the incident brought the court sitting to an abrupt end […]
As parts of efforts to support flood victims and other emergencies in Kano State, the National Emergency Management Agency has distributed drugs to four hospitals in the State. While presenting the items, the Agency Director-General, Mustapha Habib-Ahmed, said the donation was made by Map International to the Kano hospitals. Habib-Ahmed, represented by NEMA Coordinator, Kano […]
