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Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos Special Offences Court in Ikeja yesterday granted permission for Ahmed Kuru, a former managing director of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), to travel abroad for medical treatment. Justice Dada also ordered the release of Kuru’s international passport so that he could travel to London, United Kingdom, for […]
A Tiv socio-cultural group, Mdzough U Tiv, has endorsed the views expressed by Prof. Zachary Gundu, stating that the attackers of Benue State are harboured in Nasarawa State. it asked the state’s chief security officer, Governor Abdullahi Sule, to prioritise peace and reconciliation with neighbouring communities rather than resorting to lawsuits against concerned citizens. The […]
Leaders of host ethnic nationalities in the Eastern corridor of the Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP) have appealed to President Bola Tinubu to renew and expand the contract of an indigenous surveillance firm, Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Limited (PINL). Under the aegis of Pipeline Host Ethnic Nationality Leaders of the Eastern, the stakeholders comprising traditional rulers, youth […]
Chairman of the Edo State Task Force on Protection of Government Property, Eugene Okolosie, says six persons have been arrested in connection with pipeline vandalism suspected to have been carried out in collusion with some members of the community. The damage was done to the Warri-Kaduna crude oil pipeline at the Ekperi axis in Edo […]
A former spokesman of apex Igbo social-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chuks Ibegbu, has threatened to sue the Lagos State government over the recent reported renaming of some streets and the Charly Boy Stop in Lagos. Ibegbu made the threat in an exclusive interview with our correspondent in Enugu. He expressed dismay over the development, describing […]
Authorities of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) in Rivers State have debunked reports on social media that a python crept into one of its classrooms and was killed by a student. A video which went viral on social media indicated that a snake had crept into one of the classes during evening lectures. One […]
The member representing Ikwo/Ezza South federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Chinedu Ogah, has called on the Anambra State governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, to investigate and address reported cases of harassment, intimidation, and abuse by some security operatives targeting Ebonyi indigenes in Anambra State. Ogah, who described the report as disturbing, maintained that […]
Residents of Umuahia, the Abia State capital, have called for a thorough investigation into the remote and immediate causes of a building collapse in the capital last Saturday. The three-storey uncompleted building located around the Federal Low Cost Housing Estate crumbled in the early hours of the fateful day with no fatalities. The occupants of […]
Akwa Ibom State governor, Umo Eno, has applauded the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) for its commitment to higher education infrastructural development and funding. He said his policy on educational development as enshrined in the ARISE Agenda blueprint, would not be compromised. The governor gave the assurance when the board of TETFund led by its […]
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has commenced N157.85 billion rights issue to strengthen its capital base. The rights issue is part of UBA’s efforts to meet the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) N500 billion minimum capital requirements for international commercial banks by March 2026. With this capital raise, UBA is poised to bolster its […]