apc The Rivers State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has denied planning to cause the arrest of leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state as the forthcoming rerun elections approach. The PDP alleged on Monday in Port Harcourt at a press conference that the APC was plotting to cause the arrest…
Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, said its attention has been drawn to a statement by Governor Nyesom Wike on Monday expressing shock that there is a “plot to reverse the gains made by the state in the promotion of security of lives and property through the re-posting of compromised police officers…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has alerted Nigerians of a lady who allegedly is an expert in ATM scam. The EFCC gave the name of the suspect as Akinade Tofunmi. Her trade in stock is identity theft. Her duty post is any ATM Point and Point of Sales (POS) machines across the country.…
Authorities of Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education, Owerri, Imo State, have shut down the institution over students’ unrest. On Monday, students of the school staged a protest, where properties of the institution were reportedly destroyed. It was gathered that the management of the school announced an indefinite closure of the institution. “We have approved…
The Registrar of the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, Osun State, David Awoyemi, has been directed to announce the reopening of the institution as soon as possible. The school has been under lock and key due to appointment of a new Vice Chancellor, which some members of staff of the university kicked against. According to…
**Splashes N75 million on Kemi Nelson, others A civil rights movement named Committee for the Defence of Women’s Rights, CDWR, has claimed that wife of a former governor of Lagos State and chairman, Senate Committee on Women Affairs, Mrs Oluremi Tinubu, is planning to sponsor a protest against Senator Dino Melaye on Wednesday in Abuja.…
The Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘A’ Ikeja, Lagos, of the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, says it got about N1.2 Billion from seizures and interventions between January to June, 2016. This, it said, followed the aggressive anti-smuggling activities embarked upon by the Unit in its attempt to re-define its mandate for a paradigm shift. It further…
A top traditional ruler in Plateau State has been murdered by some gunmen suspected to be herdsmen. It was gathered that the monarch in the Ron/Kulere tribe of Bokkos LGA in Plateau State, Sir Lazarus Agai, was killed on Monday evening on his way from his farm at Sha village in Bokkos. He was said…
The Senator representing Lagos Central Senatorial District in the Senate, Oluremi Tinubu, has requested police protection from the Acting Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, following a misunderstanding she had with Senator Dino Melaye from Kogi State last week. Mrs Tinubu claimed that last person Melaye had issues with while at the House of Representatives, died…
Not less than 72 former agitators from the Niger Delta region of the country have graduated from the Institute of Oceanography, University of Calabar, Cross River State. Speaking at the ceremony, Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Paul Boroh, described agriculture as the future and mainstay…