A man was killed by an electric shock after climbing on top of a stationary Eurostar train in Paris, a police source and prosecutors said on Friday. The man crossed over tracks from another platform at the Gare du Nord station to the Eurostar at around 10:00 pm (2100 GMT) on Thursday, according to the…
CBN Governor Olayemi Cardoso has reassured Nigerians that the prevailing economic challenges will soon be a thing of the past. Cardoso said this during a meeting held on Friday with the Senate and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s economic team, addressing concerns regarding the nation’s economy, widespread hunger, and the depreciation of the Naira. “It is…
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to the suspended Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, Professor Cyril Ndifon, to the tune of N250 million in the sexual harassment and gratification case instituted against him by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). The…
Abia State High Court, sitting in Umuahia, has adjourned till February 16 a N1.5 billion defamation suit filed by ex-Gov. Theodore Orji against a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Prince Benjamin Apugo. When the matter was called up for hearing, the plaintiff was represented by his counsel, Chief Henry Balogu, while the defendant…
The Enugu State government and the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) have launched N1 billion fund to empower Nano, Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (NMSMEs) in Enugu State. This was according to an X post by Dan Nwomeh, Senior Special Assistant on Media to Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State, where…
Governor Mohammed Bago of Niger State has banned the sale and distribution of food items and farm produce in bulk from the state to other Nigerian states. The governor announced the ban during a press briefing, stressing that the sale of food items in bulk has resulted in scarcity and food starvation within the state….
Some residents of Abakaliki, Ebonyi state capital, have expressed worry over the continuous rise in the price of cooking gas, otherwise known as Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG). The situation is that many homes have shifted to some other alternative such as sawdust, firewood and charcoal as prices of cooking gas continue to rise. The price…
The National Productivity Centre (NPC) Imo State chapter has conveyed its desire to partner with the Imo State National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on awareness creation about productivity consciousness. Mrs. Joyce Binitie, the Coordinator at NPC, made the request during a courtesy visit to the NYSC Imo State Coordinator, Mrs. Rachel Idaewor, at her office…
A non-governmental organisation, Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC), has called on the Imo State government to investigate circumstances that led to the destruction of three major buildings within the premises of Ezinihitte Mbaise Local Council, last week. Condemning that act, suspected to have been carried out by arsonists, Executive Director of RULAAC,…
The chairman of the Abia State judicial panel of inquiry on the recovery of government property and funds, Justice Florence Doruoha-Igwe (retd) has ordered the temporary sealing-off of Plot 43 Finbars Road Umuahia, pending the conclusion of the investigation on the structure. The structure was, on Wednesday, sealed by personnel believed to be from Umuahia…
