The Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has decried the level of acrimony and slander that currently dominate the nation’s social media space. He made this known during a town hall at a meeting in Abuja on “Social Media and anti-Hate Speech Bills” organised by Daar Communications PLC. Malami was represented by his Special Adviser on […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC office at Orlu, Imo State has been set ablaze by unknown persons suspected to be political thugs. It was gathered that the fire, which lasted several hours without any intervention from the Fire Service men, also affected the nearby Orlu Council Secretariat. The inferno destroyed the commission’s sensitive documents […]
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi on Monday said the Lagos state government might face unemployment and uptick in crime following its ban of commercial motorcyces and tricycles in some parts of the State. “Implementation of transport policy is essentially a state affair,” Amaechi said on ChannelsTV’s Sunrise daily. “But he (Lagos State governor) has […]
The Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) says bandits have displaced no fewer than 4,030 persons from their communities in four local government areas of the state. Malam Hussein Ibrahim, Public Relations Officer of the agency, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Monday. Ibrahim said that over 1,000 persons […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will arraign the Chairman of the House Representatives Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Nichols Mutu, before Justice Giwa of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday. The EFCC is prosecuting Mutu for his alleged involvement in about N400 million money laundering and receiving kickbacks from […]
The National Union of Agriculture and Allied Employees (NUAAE) in Cross River, Nigeria, has discredited the allegations that 50 pregnant women had died while working for PZ Wilmar in Biase Plantation and EYOP industries Limited since 2012. “These allegations against these two companies, which were recently reported in the media, are unsubstantiated, false and therefore […]
Huawei Technologies Company Nigeria Limited as part of its commitment to further contribute to driving ICT skills and capacity building in Nigeria has moved to establish its Huawei ICT Academy program in Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU). The agreement was sealed by the MoU signing event between the company and the university at the ATBU […]
A 39-year-old unemployed man, Segun Awoleye, who allegedly attempted to steal a car on Monday appeared in an Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The police charged Awoleye, whose address was not provided, with misdemeanor. He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Prosecution Counsel, Sgt. Mary Ajiteru, told the court that the defendant committed […]
A founding member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Prince Tony Momoh, has warned that the party risks losing Edo State to a better organized opposition if the warring factions headed by the National Chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole and the incumbent, Governor Godwin Obaseki and their supporters refuse to embrace peace and […]
Nearly three years after the former national chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Victor Umeh, displaced Senator Uche Lilly Ekwunife for the Anambra Central Senatorial seat through a controversial Appeal Court ruling, another Anambra politician, Dr. Obinna Uzor, is making frantic efforts to replace Senator Ifeanyi Ubah as the representative of Anambra South […]