PRO-WIKE RIVERS STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY GIVES GOVERNOR 7 DAYS TO RE-PRESENT 2024 BUDGET
The Rivers State House of Assembly led by Martin Amaewhule has issued a 7-day ultimatum to Governor Siminalayi Fubara to re-present the 2024 budget to the House. The order follows the first sitting of the pro-Wike House on Monday after some months. The other House led by Victor Oko-Jumbo also held a parallel sitting. Fubara […]
3 CASUALTIES RECORDED AS BUILDING COLLAPSED IN ABUJA ON MONDAY
No fewer than three persons were injured in a building that collapsed in the Federal Capital Territory on Monday. No life was, however, lost to the incident. Newsmen reported that a four-bedroom apartment located opposite Stanbic IBTC Bank in Area 11, caved in on Monday evening. It was gathered that the old structure was undergoing […]
GUN MEN ATTACK TRAVELLERS ALONG SAGAMU-IJEBU-ODE ON SUNDAY ABDUCTING 20
About twenty travellers have been abducted by gunmen along Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode Expressway. The travellers were ambushed on Sunday June 30, around 9:00 PM along Sagamu area command of the Nigeria Police Force and Ilishan Township. The Ogun State Police Command is yet to comment on the incident as at the time of filing this report. Meanwhile, […]
FEDERAL HIGH COURT DISMISSES FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS SUIT FILED BY DETAINED LEADER OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF BIAFRA IPOB, NNAMDI KANU AGAINST THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
Justice James Omotosho, of a Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the Fundamental Human rights suit filed by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu against the Federal Government. Kanu is seeking N1 billion in damages from the Attorney-General of the Federation and the Department of State Services, for […]
NIGERIAN CUSTOMS SERVICE INTERCEPTS 40FT CONTAINER LADEN WITH VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF ARMS AT ONNE PORT IN RIVERS STATE.
The Nigeria Customs Service says its operatives have intercepted nine containers carrying offensive items including arms, ammunition, illicit drugs and second-hand clothes worth N13.9 billion. The Comptroller-General of Customs, Wale Adeniyi disclosed this on Monday while addressing journalists in Onne Port in Rivers State. Adeniyi said one of the containers which originated from Turkey, based […]