Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has sworn in nine re-nominated commissioners in the state. The swearing-in was conducted at the State Executive Council Chambers of the Government House in Port Harcourt on Friday. The commissioners said to be loyal to the former governor, Nyesom Wike, earlier resigned their appointment in the heat of the political…
A tanker carrying 45,000-litre of petrol with registration number PTG 534 XA, bursted into flames on Thursday while transferring petrol into the reservoir of Fortunate Petrol Filling Station in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. The fire incident occurred at about 19:44 hours, at the filling station located opposite Government Secondary School, Maraba, on Old Jebba Road,…
The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has confirmed the death of a male passenger in an accident involving three vehicles at Uzoakwa along Ihiala-Owerri Road, Anambra State. The FRSC Sector Commander in the state, Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, revealed this to journalists in Awka on Thursday. Irelewuyi, who said the accident was caused by wrongful overtaking…
An Ikeja sexual offences and domestic violence court sitting on Friday sentenced Bishop Feyi Daniels to life imprisonment for raping his church member. Bishop Daniels, the founder of I Reign Christian Ministry, was also handed three years imprisonment for the offense of sexual assault. Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) in a statement…
Alabama has executed convicted murderer Kenneth Eugene Smith with nitrogen gas, the first time the method of capital punishment has been used globally. Smith, 58, lost two final appeals to the Supreme Court and one to a federal appeals court, arguing the execution was a cruel and unusual punishment. In 2022, Alabama tried and failed…
The Supreme Court has upheld the five years sentence of former House of Representatives member, Farouk Lawan, for receiving a bribe of $500,000 from businessman Femi Otedola. His appeal sought to set aside the February 24, 2022 judgment of the Court of Appeal in Abuja, which sentenced him to a five-year jail term and discharged…
Worried by the recent killings in Plateau State, the House of Representatives is expected to hold a security summit. At least 30 people have been killed in renewed violence in the State, where clashes between Muslim herders and Christian farming communities have erupted for years. The senseless killings and burning of houses have continued in…
Ahead of the September 22 governorship election in Edo State, the deputy governor, Philip Shaibu, says he is confident of clinching the Peoples Democratic Party ticket. Shaibu and his principal, Governor Godwin Obaseki, have been at loggerheads over the former’s ambition to succeed the latter whose second term tenure is winding down. Already, the PDP…
The main opposition party in Edo state APC is also gearing up in its preparation for the off cycle governorship election in the state. According to the party hierarchy, says it has garnered 250 million naira from the sale of forms to interested aspirants. So far five people have purchased the form ahead of the…
The pan-Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere has annulled the office of the acting leader of the group, occupied by Pa Ayo Adebanjo. Afenifere, which appointed Adebanjo as the acting leader of the group in 2022, said the position had been abrogated and formed another group named Afenifere Elders Caucus, with Adebanjo a member and Fasoranti as…
