RIVERS STATE TO ARREST CONTRACTOR OVER ABANDONED PROJECT

The Rivers State Government has threatened to arrest and prosecute the contractor handling the abandoned water project in Odioku community, Ahoada East Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner…

FEC MEETING: BUHARI,OTHERS HONORS LATE FATHER OF KWARA STATE GOVERNOR

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Wednesday led other members of the Federal Executive Council to observe a minute silence in honour of the late father of the…

NAIRA DROPS TO #472/$, AS FOREX SCARCITY PERSISTS

The naira on Tuesday traded at N472 to a dollar at the parallel market as foreign exchange scarcity persisted. The exchange rate was N440/$ in the parallel market in June,…

PENSIONEERS SLUMP DURING PROTEST OVER PENSION AREARS

No fewer than four pensioners were on Tuesday rushed to an undisclosed hospital as they slumped during a protest march in Owerri, the Imo state capital. The retirees were demanding…

WELDER IMPREGNATES TEENAGER IN LAGOS, AIDS IN ABORTION

A welder, Femi Ogunshola, has been accused of impregnating and procuring abortion for a teenager in the Ipaja area of Lagos State. The victim’s family told our correspondents that after the…

CULT INITIATE DIES DURING INITIATION

A 32-year-old man, Nwali Kingsley, was on Tuesday remanded at a correctional facility by an Ebonyi State Magistrate’s Court for allegedly torturing one Nwafor Johnson to death during cult initiation.…

NDDC PROBE SIGNIFIES TRANSPARENCY OF BUHARI’S GOVERNMENT, SAYS AIDE

The Special Adviser to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Social Investments,  Maryam Uwais, has described the probe of the Niger Delta Development Commission over alleged misuse of…

PDP SUSPENDS PRIMARIES IN FOUR STATES

The Peoples Democratic Party has postponed its scheduled party primaries in Ekiti, Niger, Sokoto and Taraba States indefinitely. This was contained in a letter titled: “Re: Re: Year 2020 Party…

33 STATES FAIL TO PAY COVID-19 HAZARD ALLOWANCE TO DOCTORS, DESPITE EXPOSURE

No fewer than 33 states have yet to begin the implementation of the new hazard allowance for resident doctors, despite their risk of contracting  COVID-19. The Secretary of the National…

I was repeatedly raped, forced to have sex with my brother – Ebonyi kidnap victim

A 20-year-old girl, Chioma (surname withheld) on Tuesday narrated her ordeal in the hands of some youths of Onunwafor, Ezzagu community, in the Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State,…