The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has declared illegal Regulations 126 and 127 of the Nigerian Police which allows for the dismissal of an unmarried policewomen who become pregnant during their service. The three-man panel of the court also asked the respondents, the Attorney General of the Federation, the Police Service Commission and the…
The Lagos State Government has given illegal occupants of abandoned Ikoyi Towers in Lagos Island 48-hours to quit the premises The state’s Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources Tokunbo Wahab gave the notice on Saturday during an inspection of some sites, including the Federal Government-owned Ikoyi Towers. “We were also on a site inspection…
Governor Dikko Radda of Katsina State says poverty is one of the major factors fueling banditry in the country, citing instances where young people are recruited into the crime for as low as N500. Speaking on a live Television programme monitored by Ekweanaedo, the Katsina State governor said what also causes the recruitment of under…
The governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), in the last election in Delta State, Olorogun Barr Kenneth Omemavwa Gbagi, FNIM OON, is dead. Gbagi, a former minister of Education and an industrialist died at the age of 62. The Renowned Criminologist and senior lawyer died on Saturday May 4th 2024. A statement signed…
The new Fire Chief of the Anambra State Fire Service, Engr. Emmanuel Chiketa has said the agency is currently making progress in its firefighting mission and educating the public on fire safety measures in the state. Engr. Chiketa disclosed this on Saturday while addressing newsmen at the Headquarters of the State Fire Service in Awka,…
The All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) Chieftain, and former elected President-General of Bridge-Head Traders Association Onitsha, Anambra State, Mr. Sunday Obinze who was removed at the inception of Governor Soludo’s administration has dragged Anambra State Government to Court. In the originating suit No. 0/250/2023 which came up for hearing Thursday May 2, 2024, Obinze popularly…
…Calls On Residents To Patronise The Hospital. HRM Igwe (Engr) Muodum Nick Obi FNSE, The Paramount Ruler Of Nnobi Community, has toured the Nnobi General Hospital to see the medical equipment distributed to the hospital by Anambra state Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo. Igwe Omenyili was received on arrival by the Nnobi Community Women Leader, Lady…
The Nigerian government has pledged to provide unfettered access and enabling environment to journalists in the discharge of their constitutional duties. Minister of Information and National Orientation Alhaji Mohammed Idris, at a joint press conference with the Minister of Environment Dr. Adebayo Salako, and the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), Abuja, to…
The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has handed over sixteen thousand, one hundred and thirty thousand-fifty-kilogrammes bags of maize and three thousand nine hundred and forty-eight-twenty-five kilogrammes bags of garri to Anambra State Government for onward distribution to vulnerable persons in the state to help cushion the effect of economic crunch in the country. The…
AvFormer Manager Of First City Monument Bank (FCMB), Onitsha Branch, Mr Nwachukwu Placidus, has been sentenced to121 years in prison for diverting fixed deposit funds of a customer amounting to N112,100,000 for personal use. Justice S. N. Odili of the Anambra State High Court in Onitsha handed down the judgment on Friday following Placidus’ arraignment…
