The Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced two notorious drug kingpins: Uwaezuoke Ikenna Christian and Agbo Chidike Prince, to life imprisonment for cocaine trafficking. Director, Media and Advocacy of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, who announced this in a statement on Sunday, April 28, 2024, said the sentences bring an…
Nigeria is poised to produce 4,000 tonnes of lithium per day, Vice-President Kashim Shettima said on Monday in Abuja. Declaring open a two-day roundtable on sustainable development of Nigeria’s mining sector, Mr Shettima said President Bola Tinubu would soon inaugurate Nigeria`s largest lithium factory capable of processing 4,000 metric tonnes of lithium per day. He…
Recreational spaces designed for men to relax and relieve physical tension located within Control Post, Owerri, Imo State known as Dis &Dat Hotels were on Monday 29th April,2024 witnessed rowdy session as Owerri Capital Development Authority,OCDA Taskforce raided the hospitality industries. Eye witnesses stated that the OCDA Taskforce who came with men of Nigeria Police…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued a directive to four fintech companies, instructing them to halt the onboarding of new customers pending further notice. The affected fintechs—OPay, Palmpay, Kuda Bank, and Moniepoint—have been linked to allegations of accounts being used for illicit foreign exchange transactions. The directive came two days after the EFCC…
Former Governor of Anambra State and flag bearer of the Labour Party LP, in the 2023 Nigeria Presidential Election, Mr. Peter Obi has stepped out to celebrate with Christ the King College, Onitsha on their pyrrhic victory in the World Affairs Challenge 2024 (WAC). Mr. Peter Obi yesterday, paid a courtesy call to the students…
A man in his mid-30s, popularly identified as Baale or Radical, has reportedly committed suicide after he was issued a quit notice from his apartment for not being able to pay his annual rent of N35,000 increased to N60,000. It was gathered that Baale, who lived in a room on Moshalashi Road, Egan, in the…
In its efforts to create access roads and improve agricultural marketing in the rural communities and in turn, paving the pathway to a brighter rural future, Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project, RAAMP Abia State has announced that about 130 kilometer roads would be under construction between the month of April and September, 2024. Making…
A Delta State High Court in Effurun has awarded N30 million damages against popular Nigerian blogger, Linda Ikeji, for a libellous publication against the Neo-Black Movement (NBM) of Africa. The lawsuit had Registered Trustees of NBM of Africa, Ese Kakor, Felix Kupa and Mayor Onyebueke as the Claimants against Linda Ikeji as Defendant. In a…
Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, has inaugurated the newly constituted Chairman and members of the Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC) sequel to the provisions of Section 4(1) of the ENSIEC Law, charging them on free, fair, and credible polls. The new ENSIEC leadership, which had earlier been confirmed by the Enugu State House of…
The organising secretary of the Abia state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Obinna Atuonu has reportedly died. Atuonu, according to information, died at the age of 65. He died during a church service in Aba, the commercial capital of the state, where he was addressing the parishioners. A family source disclosed that…
