A Coalition of Civil Society Organisations has raised the alarm over alleged raid, harassment, intimidation and molestation of Nigerians living in Malaysia, by the Malaysian Police. It accused the Malaysian police of setting up Nigerians living in Malaysia and getting them to face death sentences for alleged offences not committed by them, if they failed…
The police on Monday arraigned one Caroline Afor in a Kubwa Grade I Area Court for allegedly stealing a he-goat, valued at N8, 000. Afor, who resides in Kubwa village, Abuja is charged with theft. The Prosecution Counsel, Chinedu Ogada told the court that one Kajida Umar of Arab Road, Kubwa reported the matter at…
Operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons have arrested a pastor of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, Gwarinpa branch, David Onyekachuku, for allegedly raping and impregnating a 16-year-old girl. Onyekachuku, 48, who hails from Nsukka in Enugu State, had met the victim, a Junior Secondary School 2 pupil…
A former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, John Odigie-Oyegun, has criticised the leadership style of his successor and incumbent National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole. According to him, Oshiomhole lacks the temperament and capacity to run a political party. Odigie-Oyegun stated this in his response to a communique issued by the South-South APC State Chairmen,…
The Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, have appealed to the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, to appoint her replacement on the five-man panel of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. They stated in a letter sent to Bulkachuwa on Friday (May 31), a copy of which was…
The National leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party will meet in Abuja this week to determine who to support among those aspiring to lead the two chambers of the Ninth National Assembly, our correspondent learnt on Sunday. Those expected to be at the meeting are members of the party’s National Working Committee led by its…
The desire of the All Progressives Congress to go into the elections of a new leadership of the National Assembly as a united house has put on hold threats to the position of Adams Oshiomhole as National Chairman of the ruling party, our correspondent has learnt. It was learnt that party leaders across geo-political zones were reaching…
Senator Dino Melaye has announced his interest to contest Kogi State governorship race. Melaye, who represents Kogi West in the Senate, declared his intention to stand for the November 16 poll at a Peoples Democratic Party meeting held at Maj Gen David Jemibewon’s Ayetoro country home on Saturday. The lawmaker’s media aide, Gideon Ayodele, confirmed…
No fewer than 60,000 candidates on Saturday sat for the Computer Based Test of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation recruitment exercise in the country. Mr Isaiah Inuwa, Chief Operating Officer Corporate Services, disclosed this to newsmen while monitoring some of the CBT centres in Abuja. He said that the exam was ongoing in about 94…