In a statement, the Director of Media and Public Affairs at the Ooni’s Palace, Moses Olafare, addressed the claims involving Fagbule, who was allegedly swindled of $180,000 by individuals impersonating Ooni. The statement further clarified that the alleged Fagbule was never known to the Ooni for any interpersonal communication or relationship, let alone a marriage […]
The protest is being led by the President of SSANU, Mohammed Aruna Ibrahim and General Secretary of NASU, Peters Adeyemi. Both unions are aggrieved that, despite a directive by the President that the four-month arrears be paid, only members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities ,ASUU, got paid, leaving out SSANU and NASU members. […]
The video, which went viral , captured the governor speaking in Hausa language, instructing a security operative to slap and arrest the man. According to a statement, the governor’s Special Adviser on Print Media, Aisha Wakaso, clarified that the man in question was an impostor attempting to impersonate an Imam. Wakaso stated that the man […]
This was revealed by the NNPCL Group Chief Executive Officer, Mele Kyari, while addressing an emergency session at the National Assembly joint committee on finance. He explained that the Port Harcourt refinery will kick off production by early August this year, while that of Kaduna will commence by December 2024. Kyari who had earlier announced […]
Since the current administration took off in May 2023 when President Bola Tinubu announced the abolition of fuel subsidy, there has been an untoward hardship in the country. This has led to calls for the reversal of some policies of the government believed to have birthed the hardship. Recall that angry youths and women had on […]
Nwabuoku and his co-defendant, Felix Nweke, are facing 11 counts of money laundering to the tune of N1.6bn. They are being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The defendants were accused of committing to the act while Nwabuoku served as the Director of Finance and Accounts in the Ministry of Defence between 2019 […]
China Customs said in a statement. the unnamed traveller was stopped by customs officers as he sought to slip out of semi-autonomous Hong Kong and into the border city of Shenzhen. The statement said officers seized 104 of the scaly reptiles, including milk snakes and corn snakes, many of which were non-native species. An accompanying […]
At the commencement of the hearing of the case on Monday, counsel to the first respondent, the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Sani Katu, ,SAN, informed the court that they are in the process of filing a notice of preliminary objection, challenging the court’s jurisdiction to hear the case. The counsel, therefore, seeks an extension […]
In a statement , the agency’s spokesman Dele Oyewale said thedefence counsel Labi-Lawal had filed an affidavit seeking the release of Emefiele’s passport to enable him to travel to the United Kingdom for medical treatments which was objected to by the EFCC. The affidavit by the defence and the counter-affidavit by the prosecution was in […]