The Imo State Police Command has arrested a suspected commander of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) at his hideout in the state. Disclosing the arrest in a statement the Police Public Relations Officer, Okoye Henry, said the suspect was nabbed last Saturday, December 16 alongside three others. Henry identified the suspect as Ikechukwu…
The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved judgment in the appeal by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State challenging the ruling of the Appeal Court that sacked him from office. The Justice Inyang Okoro-led five-member panel of judges reserved their decision after hearing closing arguments from both parties. Yusuf and the New Nigeria People Party…
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) says the agency is yet to recover from previous transportation fare waivers by the government. The Federal Government had on Wednesday announced a 50 per cent waiver on road transport and a 100 per cent fare slash for rail transportation as part of moves to cushion the impact of the…
The Federal Government has reopened the Third Mainland Bridge, one month after its closure for maintenance work. Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi said this in a statement on Thursday “Following essential maintenance, the entire bridge is now fully accessible to the public, ensuring smoother connectivity and safe commuting,” the commissioner added. “We are pleased to…
The Senate on Thursday confirmed the nomination of the 11 Justices of the Supreme Court. The upper chamber confirmed the justices during plenary after a debate by the lawmakers who advocated for augmentation of the judiciary budget and also stated the impropriety of leaving a vacuum in the Supreme Court for an extended period before…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, arrested 273 suspects and also seized 6,911.2kg of illicit substances in Kogi State between January and December, 2023. Olusegun described the feat as “very remarkable and steady progress” in the fight against drug abuse and trafficking in Kogi. The Kogi NDLEA Commander, Mr Adeyeye Olusegun, made the disclosure…
Former National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Adams Oshiomhole, has described a former Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, as a pathological liar. He also accused Amosun of disloyalty, saying that he abandoned his leader, Muhammadu Buhari, in the defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), and defected to the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN)….
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has implemented a nationwide questionnaire to enable a better statistics on Naira scarcity in Nigeria. Ekweanaedo News reports that the apex bank, in the survey made available on its X handle, confirms from Nigerians on the availability of the Naira notes in their various locations. In the online Google…
The Honourable Minister of Labour and Employment Simon Bako Lalong has officially tendered his resignation to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to enable him take his seat at the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as Senator Representing Plateau South Senatorial District. In a letter submitted to the President on Tuesday, 19th December 2023, the…
A day after resigning as Minister of Labour and Employment, Rt. Hon. Simon Bako Lalong has been sworn in as Senator representing Plateau South Senatorial District by Senate President Godswill Akpabio. The Senator, accompanied by APC National Chairman Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, APC State Chairman Rufus Bature, his wife Mrs Regina Lalong and other family…
