A magistrates’ court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has remanded one Koko Crusco, who operates an orphanage home in the state, in prison custody for allegedly trafficking twin babies. Crusco, who is the executive director of Koko Home Foundation, was remanded along with one of her staff members, Comfort Ekon, at the Port Harcourt...
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DSS manhunt: Igboho trying to get new passport, flee Nigeria, says FG
The Federal Government has said Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, is trying to acquire a new passport to flee the country. It added that the government had placed Igboho on the stop-list in order to facilitate his arrest and directed the security agencies to apprehend him anywhere he is found. In the...
Anambra guber: Reactions trail INEC candidates’ LIST
Some politicians in Anambra have expressed mixed reactions to the governorship candidates’ list released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja on Friday. The list came as a surprise to many as prominent names including that of Prof Chukwuma Soludo and Mr Valentine Ozigbo who were expected to contest for All Progressives Grand...
N-Power not solving Nigeria’s unemployment problem
THE National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, on Friday, August 14, 2020, released the statistics on unemployment for the second quarter, Q2, of 2020 after a long hiatus since the third quarter, Q3, of 2018. The percentage of unemployed people stands at 27.1 per cent. The last report which was released in 2018 showed the rate...
INEC postpones physical voter registration commencement to July 26
The Independent National Electoral Commission has adjusted the date of the commencement of physical registration for the ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration from July 19 to July 26, because of the declaration of public holidays by the Federal Government. Disclosing this in a statement issued by Mr Festus Okoye, the INEC National Commissioner, and Chairman,...
Price of yam up by 40% in Enugu State
Lovers of yam may have to pay higher for the popular root crop this year in Enugu State as the price has gone up by 40 per cent. This is according to a market survey conducted by News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Enugu. NAN report that 100 tubers of yam known in...
DCP Abba Kyari poses with Obi Cubana at his mother’s burial (photos)
DCP, Abba Kyari is one of the dignitaries who graced the funeral of Obi Cubana’s mother. The Deputy Commissioner of Police is pictured posing with Obi Iyiegbu, aka Obi Cubana, and others at the venue of the funeral in Oba, Anambra state. A good number of dignitaries and affluent Nigerians also graced the burial ceremony. ...
PDP rejects amended Electoral Act, says APC has murdered democracy
The Peoples Democratic Party has rejected the amended Electoral Act as passed by the National Assembly, calling it the “murder of democracy.” The National Chairman of the party, Uche Secondus, said this in Abuja on Friday during a media briefing. According to Secondus, the National Assembly has turned its back on Nigerians by putting party...
OBJ in Akwa Ibom, lauds Emmanuel
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday inaugurated a 1km flyover in the Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The flyover was built along Olusegun Obasanjo Way. Speaking at the ceremony held at Ikot Oku Ikono village, Obasanjo commended Governor Udom Emmanuel for the project and prayed for the governor to have a good...
Patrol team rescues 12-year-old abducted boy hid in coffin
The joint border patrol team of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Nigeria Immigration Service and the Nigeria Police in Kwara State has rescued a 12-year-old boy suspected to be a kidnap victim. The victim according to the Kwara State Command of the NSCDC hailed from the neighbouring Benin Republic. The Public Relations Officer...