A Westminster Magistrates Court in the United Kingdom, on Wednesday, ruled that David Nwamini Ukpo, the alleged kidney donor for the daughter of Senator Ike Ekweremadu, is not 15 years old.Arise TV reports that the Ukpo has admitted to the court that he is 21 years old and had been ...
FG declares Monday, Tuesday public holidays for Sallah celebrations To mark this year’s Eid-el-Kabir celebration, the Federal Government has declared Monday 11th and Tuesday 12th July 2022, as public holidays.The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, announced this in a statement by the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Dr Shuaib Belgore.Aregbesola, who congratulated ...
Nigeria’s leading airline, Air Peace, has revealed plans to extend flight operations to Guangzhou, China and Mumbai, India, with scheduled flight operations to this month. The Spokesperson of Air Peace, Mr Stanley Olisa, made the disclosure in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos. Olisa said that Israel flight operations was ...
The Federal Government has revealed that it paid N74bn as bridging claims to oil marketers for the transportation of petroleum products across the country in seven months. This was disclosed this while reacting to allegations made by the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association Nigeria, Suleja Branch, that the scarcity of petroleum ...
The number of fresh voters registered by the Independent National Electoral Commission in the ongoing registration currently stands at 10,487,972, the commission said on Monday. The commission gave the figure in its update for Week 11 in the Fourth Quarter sent to Journalists in Abuja. According to the short document, ...
There was mild drama at the Supreme Court, Abuja, on Thursday as a Lagos-based human rights lawyer, Malcom Omoirhobo caused a stir in the courtroom when he appeared in the full traditional attire of an “Olokun priest” to attend court proceedings. The lawyer said he dressed to court in that ...
Chris Ngige, minister of labour and employment, says the federal government will soon resolve issues on the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). ASUU had, on February 14, declared a one-month warning strike to protest the non-implementation of its demands by the federal government. But on ...
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed increased kinetic and non-kinetic efforts to trace and bring back the 51 or more kidnapped railway passengers still being held in custody by terrorists. This came as the families of the March 28 kidnapped victims of the Abuja-Kaduna bound train released by the abductors, have ...
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has accused Nigerian security personnel of colluding with Ebubeagu, a South-East security organisation, to kidnap, kill, and collect crucial organs from its victims all across igbo land, according to IPOB Spokesman Emma Powerful. Emma in his statement, “We the global family and movement of ...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has promised to abide by the new court ruling bordering on the tenure of the six area council chairmen, which has been generating a lot of controversies lately Recall that the Court has overturned an earlier judgment issued on Friday, May 13, 2022, granting ...
