National
Page: 166
Ill-health by defence counsel, on Thursday stalled trial of an undergraduate, Chidinma Ojukwu, charged with murder of Mr Usifo Ataga, Chief Executive Officer of Super TV. Ojukwu is facing trial along with her sister, Chioma Egbuchu and one Adedapo Quadri, before a Lagos high court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square. They are charged on […]
The Former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has withdrawn from the Enugu State governorship race. In a statement made on Wednesday Ekweremadu said he would not participate in today’s governorship primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party in Enugu State. Ekweremadu is currently representing Enugu West Senatorial District […]
Apostle Chibuzor Chinyere, the General Overseer of Omega Power Ministry (OPM), yesterday, fulfilled the promise he made to the family of slain Deborah Samuel, a 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto State. CROWN FM reported that Deborah Samuel was accused of blasphemy against Prophet Muhammed and was stoned to death […]
Terrorists who abducted Abuja-Kaduna-bound train passengers have threatened to start killing passengers within seven days if their demands are not met. The terrorist who attacked and kidnapped the 28 March 2022 called the government to as a matter of urgency, release their children allegedly kept in a Yola detention facility in Adamawa State. […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria has raised the interest rate to 13.5 per cent. CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, announced this on Tuesday while addressing the reporters after the Monetary Policy Committee meeting in Abuja. Justifying the raise, Emefiele said the MPC is suspicious “there might be an aggressive accretion of inflation”. To prevent […]
With the delay in assenting to the amendment of Section 84 (8) of the Electoral Act by President Muhammadu Buhari, governors are being squeezed out of their quest to deliver their states to their preferred presidential aspirants. It was gathered that some governors are lamenting their imminent absence at the primaries unlike in […]
The Governor of Rivers State, Governor Nyesom Wike has sacked his chief of staff, Emeka Woke, his Senior Special Assistant on Protocol, Harold Koko, and dissolved the state executive council. The dissolution and dismissal was contained in a special government announcement signed by Kekvin Ebiri,the State’s Special Assistant on Media, in Port Harcourt […]
The police command in Kano has confirmed that the explosion that left nine persons dead last Tuesday was caused by chemicals used for making bombs. This was upon an investigation carried out by the Explosive Ordinance Disposal-Chemicals, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense, EOD-CBRN, and Operation Puff Adder of the Nigerian Police. A statement […]
The Lagos State chapter of the PDP urged the National Working Committee (NWC) to cancel the House of Assembly and House of Representatives primaries. Chairman of the party, Mr. Philips Aivoji, made the call at a briefing, accompanied by other state exco members and governorship aspirants. Aivoji said the ad-hoc delegates’ lists brought by […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has postponed the screening of its 2023 presidential aspirants earlier scheduled for Monday, May 23. Mr Felix Morka, the party’s National Publicity Secretary announced this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. He said the party regretted any inconveniences caused by the postponement, adding that a new date […]
Crown FM Onitsha