Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has been begged not to demolish premises of African Independent Television/Raypower Radio in the state. The management of Daar Communications Plc, owners of AIT/Raypower Radio made the plea on Friday. Recall that the Rivers State Government had on Monday served a 48-hour quit notice to the company to vacate…
Senator Ike Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice, and their doctor, Obinna Obeta will be sentenced on May 5 after they were convicted of organ trafficking, in the first verdict of its kind under the Modern Slavery Act in the United Kingdom. The former deputy senate president, his wife, Beatrice, 56, and Dr. Obinna Obeta, 51, were…
Kolade Ajayi, 52, the owner of Kingdom Cornerstone Orphanage Home, has been charged to court by the police for allegedly raping two girls in the orphanage. An Oyo State Family Court 2, sitting at Iyaganku Ibadan yesterday, March 23, ordered the remand of Ajayi. The Magistrate, Mrs. P. O. Adetuyibi did not take the plea…
Nasiru Abubakar Nono, a former Speaker of Gombe State House of Assembly, has died in an auto crash along Abuja-Keffi expressway. Buba Shanu, the former Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state, who confirmed the news said late Nono was travelling alongside a former House of Assembly member, Hon. Haruna Fada, when the…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has confirmed that it would be going after some outgoing governors and other public officials accused of corruption after they leave office on May 29. EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa disclosed this in an interview with Daily Trust. He told the publication that some arrests would be made immediately…
The Federal Government has confirmed that the proposed national carrier, Nigeria Air, will fly before the end of President Buhari’s tenure on May 29, 2023. The minister of aviation, Hadi Sirika, made this revelation at the ongoing National Aviation Stakeholders Forum 2023 in Abuja on Thursday. “Negotiation meeting with the Ethiopian Airlines Group Consortium and…
The Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Thursday, March 23, 2023, sentenced a 51-year-old utility officer, Ubregbo Parmer, to life imprisonment for defiling his female colleague’s 9-year-old daughter. The convict committed the offense on December 10, 2019, inside his office in Magodo, Lagos. Justice Abiola Soladoye held that the prosecution had sufficiently proven…
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN has said it is releasing all N1,000, N500 and N200 notes in its custody to Deposit Money Banks. Giotv reported that a source at the CBN disclosed this on Wednesday. According to him, the apex bank has concluded plans to disburse old notes to Deposit Money Banks across the…
Nigerian workers have been ordered to take over all the offices of the Central Bank of Nigeria nationwide starting from next week over the current cash crunch in the country. The order was given on Wednesday by the leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). NLC President, Joe Ajaero, gave the directive during a press conference…
Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour (GRV), the governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Saturday’s gubernatorial poll, has slammed Bola Tinubu. He said Tinubu, the President-Elect’s call for healing after the elections cannot happen without justice to all the alleged infractions that happened during the electoral process that is now nearing completion. The candidate also said the party…