The family of the late female student of the University of Port Harcourt, Justina Otuene, has called for justice after she was allegedly killed by her boyfriend at his residence in Ozuoba in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state. The police had on Thursday paraded one Damian Chinemere, a 400-level student of Petrochemical Engineering…
Anambra State Government has provided seed funds totalling two billion naira to empower five thousand beneficiaries in the pilot phase of the “One Youth, Two Skills” program. Governor Chukwuma Soludo presented the cheques to the beneficiaries during the graduation and business financing ceremony for the first batch of participants at the Anambra International Convention Centre…
The Edo State House of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Benin, on Friday sacked Destiny Enabulele of the People’s Democratic Party and declared the APC candidate, Sunday Aghedo, as the winner of the election. Enabulele of the PDP was declared winner of the Ovia South West constituency election by the Independent National Electoral Commission…
Following the Supreme Court judgment delivered on Thursday that affirmed the election of President Bola Tinubu, the Federal Government said yesterday that it is time for all Nigerians to come together and move the nation forward. The Federal Government, in its first official reaction to the Supreme Court judgment appealed to Nigerians to exercise patience…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Prof Tunji Olaopa as Chairman of Federal Civil Service Commission. The president also announced eleven new members of the commission. Presidential spokesperson Ajuri Ngelale disclosed this in a statement. According to him, the appointment aligns with Section 154 of the Nigerian Constitution which empowers the president to appoint the…
Anambra State Police Command has arrested a notorious cultist Obioma Okafor-Ama, also referred to as Alagbon following a tip from locals in the area. Alagbon and his gang have terrorized residents of the Nise Community in the Awka South Local Government Area. The suspect who has been on the wanted list of the state police…
Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and presidential candidate, Professor Kingsley Moghalu, has been appointed as the Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Africa Private Sector Summit (APSS). This pan-African, private sector-driven non-profit organization is headquartered in Accra, Ghana, and focuses on promoting trade and investment across the continent. The…
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, yesterday, revealed that the Supreme Court is now having the lowest number of Justices in its years of existence. According to him, the Apex Court is having only 10 Justices on its bench to tackle the heavy workload of pending cases. Ariwoola spoke on the occasion…
An application by the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in Adamawa State, Senator Aisha Binani, seeking to stop the prosecution of the suspended Adamawa Resident Electoral Commission, Hudu Yunusa-Ari, has been struck out by an Abuja Federal High Court. The court had previously given an interim order, directing the Independent National Electoral Commission, the Attorney-General…
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, says that Thursday’s judgment of the Supreme Court in the presidential election case has all but ended any contest, but maintained that it is not ideal for the judiciary to decide winners of elections. Falana insisted that determining winners of election is an exclusive reserve of the Independent National…
