Investigators have arrested a church member, Rashid Ali Bynum, 28, of Portsmouth who was alleged to have gunned down a Sayreville Councilwoman and Nigerian pastor, Eunice Dwumfour, 30, in her SUV outside her home in February in New Jersey. New Jersey prosecutors said investigators traced his travels from his cellphone and vehicle location data on Feb. 1, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said at a news conference. The suspect also matched the description of the gunman given by neighbours in Sayreville, where Dwumfour had served on the council for about a year. She was found slain down in her white…
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The Managing Director of the Lagos Free Zone, Dinesh Rathi, has said a piped natural gas power project designed to provide low-cost and efficient power to industrial entities operating within the Lagos Free Zone will reach completion in June 2024. He disclosed this in an interview with The PUNCH. The project, tagged Optimera Energy, is a consortium led by Falcon Corporation, ND Western Limited, and First Hydrocarbon Nigeria Gas Limited. The estimated cost of the mega power project is $25m. The consortium was established as a special-purpose vehicle to develop and operate its natural gas distribution network within The Lagos…
A followup on the appointments of Senator George Akume as the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF; Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila as Chief of Staff and former Deputy Governor of Jigawa, Ibrahim Hadejia, as Deputy Chief of Staff by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday, fresh facts emerged on why immediate past Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, who was touted as the anointed for the position of Secretary to the Government of the Federation, lost out.Immediately the news broke, “Tinubu was not going to appoint El-Rufai for such position”, the insider narrated thus: “Mallam El-Rufai was a latter…
Biden is the oldest person ever in the presidency and is seeking a second term in the 2024 election. His official doctor’s report this year declared him physically fit and he exercises regularly. President Joe Biden took a face-first tumble on Thursday after tripping over an obstacle on stage at the Air Force Academy in Colorado, but he appeared unhurt. Biden, 80, who had delivered the commencement address to graduates of the military academy, had just shaken hands with a cadet and begun walking back to his seat when he fell. Air Force personnel helped him back up and he…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) are currently quizzing a former governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, over misappropriation of funds to the tune of N4 billion. Our correspondent learnt that Fayemi, also a former Minister of Mines and Steel Development during President Muhammadu Buhari’s first term, was still undergoing interrogation at about 4:15pm on Thursday at Ilorin zonal command of the anti-graft agency. A crack detective of the commission at the EFCC headquarters told Daily Trust that the former governor honoured the invitation earlier extended to him. You can’t Work At Cross Purposes under me, Tinubu…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was sworn – in into office last Tuesday and he delivered an inaugural speech that dwelled so much on what his administration will do in the different segments of the society including the security, economy, among others . The speech with clear fundamental position of the government on different sectors of the country was seen by many Nigerians as a sign that Tinubu is well-prepared for the task ahead and they praised him for kick-starting his administration’s policies on time, giving the feeling of a departure from the slow pace of works by his predecessor in…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was sworn – in into office last Tuesday and he delivered an inaugural speech that dwelled so much on what his administration will do in the different segments of the society including the security, economy, among others . The speech with clear fundamental position of the government on different sectors of the country was seen by many Nigerians as a sign that Tinubu is well-prepared for the task ahead and they praised him for kick-starting his administration’s policies on time, giving the feeling of a departure from the slow pace of works by his predecessor in…
The Ekiti State House of Assembly has approved the extension of the tenure of elected Local Government Chairmen and Councillors from two years to three. The approval was based on the report of the House Committee on Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, chaired by Hon. Reuben Awoyemi, which was presented at a plenary session in Ado Ekiti. The report stated that the extension would take effect after the December election into the Councils. In another development, the Ekiti State House of Assembly has passed two bills to establish a Road Fund Board and a Rural Access Roads Authority in the…
Kayode Fayemi, former governor of Ekiti state, is under interrogation at the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), TheCable can report. The ex-governor is at the zonal command of the anti-graft agency in Ilorin, Kwara state capital. According to sources privy to the development, Fayemi arrived at the EFCC facility at about 10am on Thursday. Operatives of the anti-graft agency, TheCable understands, are grilling the former governor over allegations of N4 billion misappropriation. The probe is said to be connected to the handling of funds during his tenure as governor of Ekiti state. Fayemi, a member of…
