The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has said that the National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party is acting in contempt of a subsisting Court Order by referring him to the disciplinary committee of the party for alleged anti-party activities. Governor Ortom also said it was contemptuous of the party’s leadership to disregard the
Japan inflation slows to 3.1% in February
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Japan’s consumer prices rose 3.1 per cent in February from a year earlier, government data showed Friday, slowing from the four-decade highs seen in previous months. The figure, which excludes volatile fresh food, met market expectations and comes after the government introduced relief measures for soaring energy bills. It is the first deceleration in over
The United States President, Joe Biden, arrived Thursday in Canada where he would meet Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and address parliament, with reports that a deal has been struck on managing undocumented migration across the neighbours’ long border. Trade, Canada’s anemic defence spending, and a potential international force to stabilize troubled Haiti are expected to
Determined to control attacks on schools across the country, the Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Ahmed Audi, has assured that its operatives will continue to provide the needed security for schools to enhance a safe teaching and learning environment. He gave the assurance at a one-day stakeholders workshop organised by the Corps,
The All Progressives Congress in Rivers State has debunked reports that the former Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, made remarks about the qualification of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu. Also, the party said Amaechi never linked Tinubu to drug trafficking within or outside Nigeria. The state APC Publicity Secretary, Darlington Nwauju, said this in a statement
The ruling All Progressives Congress has suspended its National Deputy Publicity Secretary, Murtala Yakubu, for alleged gross insubordination and anti-party activities among others. Yakubu, who is also a member of the National Working Committee of the APC, was axed by the executive members of his local constituency in Ward 1, Igalamela/Odolu Local Government Area of
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Lagos on Thursday sentenced a 51-year-old man, Ubregbo Parmer, to life imprisonment for defiling his colleague’s nine-year-old daughter. Justice Abiola Soladoye sentenced the convict after finding him guilty of the offence of defilement. The judge held that the prosecution sufficiently proved the charge of defilement against
A National Youth Corps member, Jamiu Aremu, who was part of the ad-hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Lagos State, has lamented over the brutality he suffered at the hands of voters protesting against the failure of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System to upload results during the governorship and state House of
The Police Special Fraud Unit in Lagos State has arraigned a travel agent, Abioye Abolaji, for alleged visa racketeering, including the forging of the United Nations invitation letters for no fewer than 77 visa applicants in the state. The spokesperson for the PSFU, SP Eyitayo Johnson, in a statement on Thursday, said Abolaji was arraigned
Four men to die by hanging for robbery
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A Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja on Thursday sentenced four men to death by hanging for armed robbery and kidnapping of a woman, Mrs Gloria Emole. The convicts are Victor Chukwunonso, Ifeanyi Maduaka, Obinna Nwankwo and Richard Nwabueze. Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo held that the prosecution was able to prove its case beyond a
PDP NWC acting in contempt of court, says Ortom