The Chief Magistrate Court of FCT Zone 6 has remanded Prof. Zainab Duke Abiola and her maid, Rebecca Enechido, at the Suleja Correctional Facility till October 5, 2022 Prof. Abiola was arrested for assault of her Police orderly, Inspector Teju Moses. The Police accused Abiola, a legal practitioner and human rights activist, of attempt to commit culpable homicide and intentional insult to cause a breach of trust. The court ruled that the suspect be remanded in the Suleja Correctional Facility while the case was adjourned to October 5th for the next hearing. Prof. Abiola, an Mbaise-born activist, grievously assaulted her…
Author: Victor Fola
The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has postponed the 21st National Sports Festival, tagged Delta 2022 earlier scheduled to hold in Asaba, Delta State from November 2-15, 2022 In a statement signed earlier Friday, September 23, 2022 by Mr. Peter Nelson, secretary of the Main Organising Committee, MOC of the National Sports Festival, the ministry stated that the festival will now hold between November 28, 2022 and December 10, 2022. Nelson, while apologizing to Nigerian sports men through their states sports commissioners and directors of sports, said the postponement was at the behest of the host state’s government.…
The Enugu State Police Command has confirmed its operatives have rescued 12 kidnap victims in Ekwegbe-Agu, Neke-Uno, and Okpatu communities in Enugu East, Igbo-Etiti and Udi local government areas of the state. In a statement by the spokesperson for the police Command, Daniel Ndukwe, two of the male victims were rescued on the Enugu-Opi-Nsukka highway, while 10 others were rescued in a forest at Okpatu, Udi Local Government Area of the state. Consequently, the State Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Ammani, has ordered the immediate deployment of more intelligence and operational resources to further contain emerging incidents of kidnapping, especially, along…
The Minister of Labour of Employment, Senator Chris Ngige has advised the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to obey the National Industrial Court’s ruling and call off its ongoing nationwide strike while negotiation is ongoing. The National Industrial Court had ordered ASUU to call off its ongoing nationwide strike, pending the determination of a suit filed by the Federal Government. Ngige gave the advise while fielding questions from journalists at the Federal Government of Nigeria, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and European Union: HighLevel Side Event on the margins of the 77th United Nations General Assembly, UNGA, and the…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Friday opened up on how PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu collected N1 billion from a presidential candidate at the PDP Presidential Primary. He made this allegation during a media chat on Friday in Port-Harcourt. He said, “Ayu is very corrupt. He cannot deny the fact that he is very corrupt. “Ayu collected N1 billion from Lagos. He collected 1bn from a presidential candidate and if he denies it, I will name who gave him the money. “Ayu met one of the presidential candidates and told him he doesn’t think the governors were ready…
Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has exposed the ethnical marginalization and substantial corruption within the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), restating his detachment from the party’s presidential campaign until its National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu resigns. In a media parley on Friday, Wike revealed the play of corruption that followed events that led to the emergence of Atiku Abubakar as the presidential candidate of the PDP. According to him, Ayu spearheaded the group that ganged up against him to see that he never emerged as the flagbearer of the party. He claimed that Ayu collected N1 billion to support Atiku to…
The Director General of the All Progressives Congress(APC) Presidential Campaign Council, Gov Simon Bako Lalong has expressed confidence that the Tinubu/Shetima APC presidential ticket will triumph in 2023. Lalong remarked the victory will be based on the popularity and acceptability of the party and its candidates. He said this at the national convention of one of its ardent support groups, Nigeria-for-BAT, at the International Conference Centre in Abuja. Represented by his Chief of Staff, Hon. Yakubu Dati, the DG noted that the Campaign Council is sharpening its strategies to ensure members of the APC in all parts of the country…
The Governor of Kano state, AbdullahI Ganduje, confirms that Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate has progressive and tactical plans to develop Nigeria if elected in 2023. He said this whilst accepting an appointment as the patron of the APC National Integrity Movement (ANIM) at the government House in Kano on Wednesday. He noted some of the many efforts made by Tinubu to ensure the growth and development of the nation. Ganduje remarked that the democratic leadership observed and enjoyed by Nigerians today is owed to Tinubu’s tactical and progressive exertions. Ganduje requested ANIM to combine…
The Minister of Information and culture, Lai Mohammed, in a press conference on Thursday in Abuja said that Atiku’s blueprint for the Nigerian economy is a poor copy compared to Buhari’s. One of Atiku’s plans for infrastructure was cited when he said that increasing infrastructure and reducing infrastructure deficits will improve the economy’s capacity thereby, promoting growth and wealth creation. This allegation, according to Lai, is highly inaccurate as the current Buhari administration is next to none in terms of infrastructure. Lai Mohammed had more to say making reference to Buhari’s administration that has broken the jinx in infrastructure financing…
Ahead of the celebration of the 62nd independence anniversary of Nigeria, the Federal Government has released the schedule of activities for the celebration. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, revealed the activities yesterday during a press conference in Abuja. The minister said there will be a church service at the National Christian Centre, Business District on Sunday, September 25. He added that Special Juma’at prayers will hold on Friday, September 30, at the National mosque with Presidential Broadcast on October 1st . He said, “There will be a church service on Sunday, September 25, 2022, at the National…