The White House announced on Tuesday that US First Lady Jill Biden tested positive for Covid-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms, two weeks after her husband Joe Biden contracted the virus for the second time. The president’s wife, 71, tested negative on Monday but developed “cold-like symptoms late in the evening,” according to her communications director, Elizabeth Alexander. A subsequent …
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has given ex-governor Peter Odili a multi-million naira house in celebration of his 74th birthday. Odili governed the oil-rich state from 1999 to 2007, when Wike was Chairman of the Obi Akpor Local Government Area. Odili Day Wike praised the ex-governor at a ceremony in Port Harcourt on Monday to commemorate his 74th birthday. He …
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ebonyi State chapter on Tuesday applauded the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja for finally sacking the party’s factional chairman, Mr. Silas Onu, and installing Mr. Tochukwu Okorie as the authentic chairman. The Court of Appeal overturned and set aside the decision of the Federal High Court on April 13, 2022, which had earlier sacked …
The Rivers State Police Command apprehended a man simply identified as Chima for allegedly attacking his wife with a machete over his right to bring his lover into their matrimonial home. According to eyewitnesses, Wakaego, who is now in a coma, challenged her husband for bringing his lover into their matrimonial home in Omerelu community, Ikwerre Local Government Area of …
The Nasarawa State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) responded to the BudgIT yesterday, stating that the state governor, Abdullahi Sule, inherited a salary liability of N720 million from the previous administration. In a recent field survey, the BudgIT identified Nasarawa and seven other federation states as owing workers salary for six months or more. However, during a press …
Former Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate Dele Momodu has proposed a solution to the schism between the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike. Momodu suggested that a closed-door meeting between Atiku and Wike would bridge the political divide. Following the PDP presidential primaries in Abuja, the pair fell out. Wike is displeased that Atiku chose …
On Monday evening, an unidentified man was electrocuted while attempting to vandalise an electricity transformer in Osogbo. According to community sources, the man died when power was suddenly restored to the transformer while he was attempting to steal an electrical cable. The transformer is said to be in Kolade Estate, Onward area, Ogo-Oluwa, Osogbo. According to reports, the man’s body …
Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has stated that the government has the capacity but lacks the will to meet the union’s demands. According to him, the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government is not being sincere with lecturers and Nigerians in the negotiations to end the five-month strike. He reminded government officials that the money …
Abdulwaheed Lamidi, 55, was killed while staying with his girlfriend at the City International Motel, Council Bus-Stop, in the Ikotun area of Lagos State. According to reports, Lamidi and his 32-year-old lover met online and agreed to engage in a romantic relationship after a series of conversations. The lovers’ relationship was said to have blossomed after they decided to meet …
The federal government held its regular primary auction of new bond issuances on Monday in order to raise another N225 billion from the domestic capital market. However, the outcome of the auction was unknown at the time of publication. Investment firms increased their pre-auction marketing efforts for the new issuances over the weekend, with tallies surveyed across many firms indicating …
Following the conviction of the notorious kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Bala, also known as Wadume, and two others to seven years in prison by the Federal High Court in Abuja, led by Justice Binta Nyako, the Initiative for Better Societal Enlightenment (IBSE) has commended DCP Abba Kyari for his tenacity in ensuring the arrest of the kidnap kingpin. Wadume was convicted …
Disgruntled aspirants who attended the ruling All Progressives Congress’s National Convention on March 26 have vowed to sue the party’s leadership for failing to refund the fees they paid for their Expressions of Interest and Nomination Forms. This comes four months after they were asked to step down by the party’s current National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, and other members …
The statement added that Paul was apprehended after discovering that the seven cartons he presented for export contained parcels of the dangerous drug wrapped with foil paper and concealed in the heads of hundreds of smoked catfish. According to the statement, the next day, Saturday 6th August, another consignment containing 1.45kg cannabis concealed inside granulated melon and crayfish and packed …
Gunmen kidnapped a Catholic priest on the Okigwe-Umunneochi Road, which connects Imo and Abia states in Nigeria’s south-east. The incident occurred on Friday. Chinedu Nwadike, the abducted priest, is the deputy registrar of Abia State’s Spiritan University. He was kidnapped alongside a Catholic seminarian, Emmanuel Nwafor, on their way to Enugu State. On Monday morning, the Enugu Catholic Diocese’s Director …
Geoffrey Onyeama, Minister of Foreign Affairs, has expressed deep concern about the intractable crisis in the Enugu State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Onyeama, who spoke during an interactive meeting with members and stakeholders of his group, Kwusike Political Family, in Enugu over the weekend, called for a rebranded and united APC in the state. He expressed regret …
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) announced the formation of a 12-member Flare Gas Commercialisation Programme Team to support the federal government’s initiative to eliminate gas flaring by 2025. Engr Gbenga Komolafe, the commission’s chief executive, stated over the weekend that gas flaring in the oil and gas industry has remained a threat that must be eliminated due to …
Former Osun State Commissioner for Finance, Wale Bolorunduro, has described the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a deceptive party. Bolorunduro, who served as a Commissioner during the Rauf Aregbesola administration, stated that he became suspicious of the party after discovering that it had nothing to offer the people of the state. Prior to joining the Osun …
The Ghana High Commission in Nigeria has asked Nigerians to keep Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo out of Nigeria’s internal affairs and politics. The Ghanaian president, according to the High Commission, never advised the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to abandon his ambition to rule Nigeria and instead support Peter Obi of the Labour Party …
On Friday, current and former management of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) ran into trouble in the Senate for failing to justify spending of N17.158 billion in 2013 with required evidential documents, some of which were allegedly eaten up by termites. According to the 2018 Audit report, the total amount of money tansfered by NSITF from its Skye …
The National Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Salihu Lukman has said until the federal government introduces a no-work, no-pay policy, members of the Academic Union of Universities (ASUU) will continue to hold the country to ransom due to their incessant strikes. Lukman stated this on Sunday in Abuja during a media interaction with select journalists, stressing …
