In recognition of their great contributions to the development of the ancient kingdom of Idanre, Ondo State, the Idanre Development Assembly (IDA) has penciled down prominent sons and daughters of the town for a grand reception and award ceremony. Among those to be honoured at the awards scheduled to be held in the ancient town…
A journalist with Atar Communication, owners of Liberty TV/Radio, was reportedly found dead on Wednesday in Abuja, five days after he was declared missing. Joel Waksi, an On-Air Personality (OAP) in the media outfit, was said to have left office around 9pm on Friday and was expected to report back to duty by 2pm the…
The Spokesperson of Coalition of Opposition Lawmakers in the House of Representatives, known as the G-60 has frowned at the silence of opposition governors and leaders especially Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governors on the ongoing crisis in Rivers and Kano States. Ugochinyere in a statement said “it’s surprising to him that Opposition Governors are yet…
On Thursday, Nigeria’s Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (60 percent) and TotalEnergies (40 percent), the operator of Oil Mining Lease 58 onshore license in Nigeria, signed a $550 million Final Investment Decision for the development of the Ubeta gas field. Located about 80 km northwest of Port Harcourt in Rivers State, the OML 58 licence…
Ali Bello, the governor of Kogi State’s chief of staff, and Dauda Sulaiman, his co-defendant, will face amended money laundering charges in their trial, which was postponed until July 15 by Federal High Court Judge James Omotosho on Thursday. The charge was instituted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The defendant, who is a…
The Federal High Court in Lagos, which met on Thursday, scheduled a second hearing for June 27, 2024, regarding the contempt case that Guaranty Trust Bank Plc filed against the directors of AFEX Exchange Commodities Limited for a loan of N17.81 billion. Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke who presided over the court fixed the date after hearing…
The Kano State Government has directed the Commissioner of Police to eject the 15th Emir of Kano, Aminu Bayero, from the Nasarawa Palace where he currently resides. Governor Abba Yusuf gave the directive via the state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Haruna Dederi. Dederi, while conveying the directive at a news conference on Thursday…
The Gombe Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned one Usman Mallam for allegedly tearing the agency’s official investigation activities’ letters and obstructing investigation before the Federal High Court sitting in Gombe, Gombe State. Mallam, a desk officer in charge of responding to official correspondence in the office of the…
The Federal Government has criticized Reynolds Construction Company (RCC) for failing to complete even 1km of the 15km East-West Road section from Eleme Junction to Onne Port Junction in Rivers State, despite receiving over N40 billion in mobilization funds. This announcement was made by the Federal Minister of Works, David Umahi, during his inspection tour…
