The Cross River State Police Command has paraded the pastor in charge of the Gate of Testimony Church, Hosanna Okoi, for allegedly raping a lady and threatening to kill her with a gun if she revealed what transpired between them. Also paraded on Thursday after he was arrested with arms and a soldier’s uniform was…
The wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, on Thursday, announced her decision to be addressed as the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. She said this would take effect immediately in order to resolve the issue of the title of wives of governors. Buhari disclosed her new official title at the presentation…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Imo State Command, has arrested one Paul Ihuaku for allegedly raping his mother. Our correspondent gathered that 45-year-old Ihuaku hails from Umueke Ezagbogu in the Ezinihitte Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State. Briefing journalists on Thursday, the state Commandant of the NSCDC, Mr Raji Ibrahim, said the…
Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe(Abia South) is the Minority Leader of the Ninth Senate. He emerged at an ongoing meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) at the Maitama residence of the National Chairman, Uche Secondus. Senator Emmanuel Bwacha from Taraba South was returned as Deputy Minority Leader while Senator Philips Aduda(FCT) was retained as the Minority Whip.
The Ondo state House of Assembly has dissolved the caretaker committees in the 18 local Government of the state. This followed the expiration of the six months Tenure of the Council Bosses. They are to handover to the Directors of Local Government Administration. Details later…
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday insisted that it had no electronic server being sought to be accessed and inspected by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate in the February 23, 2019 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. The commission had earlier denied the existence of such server in its reply filed on…
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Thursday, swore in a 12-member ad hoc committee to liaise with the management of the National Assembly on housekeeping issues The committee, which has as Chairman, Senator Abubakar Kyari, is expected to work out the allocation of seats in the chamber as well as the allocation of…
Christian Association of Nigeria, Lagos State chapter has disclosed plan to host the Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and his Deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, to an interdenominational thanksgiving service on Sunday. It also said that the gathering would pray for good governance in the state. A statement issued by the Chairman of the planning…
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan on Thursday swears -in a former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, as a senator. Okorocha was not inaugurated on Tuesday because he had yet to collect his certificate of return from the Independent National Electoral Commission. The former governor will represent the Imo West Senatorial District at the…
Nigeria, Africa’s top oil producer, earned a total of $236.15bn from petroleum exports over the last five years, a new report by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries has shown. OPEC, in its 2019 Annual Statistical Bulletin, put the value of Nigeria’s petroleum exports at $75.196bn in 2014; $41.168bn in 2015; $27.295bn in 2016; $37.983bn…