Our breakfast was roasted cocoyam, red oil and a lot of onions and tomatoes. For a long time, I have not had such a sumptuous and indigenous meal. Before we set on our different ways, we had had discussions for about an hour at the restaurant located in the basement of the small but cute hotel. That was some months ago. He was set for East Africa.I was set for Accra, Ghana, but somehow, we met at the airport again and continued the discussion for another half an hour. My friend is a member of the National Assembly and confessed…
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A 28-year-old Nigerian man, Kenneth Ajilore, has been sentenced to six and half years in prison for r#ping a woman in a car in Hackney area of London, U.K. Hackney Gazette reports that detectives began an investigation after they were called by a woman, aged in her 20s, who’d been r#ped in a car after a night out in Stoke Newington in the early hours of September 17, 2021. He was sentenced at a Nightingale Court based at Hendon Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, March 24, 10 days after he was found guilty of the charges leveled against him. She reported…
The news of the passing and funeral arrangements of the late broadcast doyen has been made. With heavy hearts but gratitude to God for a life beautifully lived, we announce the passing of our wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt.GOLD BRIDGET ORUH M.Sc.Nov 26th 1946-March 16th 2022.Funeral Arrangements:Service of Songs- Thursday 31st March at 5pm.Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, Musa Yaradua Street, Victoria Island, Lagos.Funeral Mass: Friday 1st April at 10am.Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church, Falomo, Lagos.May her gentle soul rest in perfect peace.
Justice A.R. Muhammad of Federal High Court, Abuja, Monday, granted an order for interim forfeiture of N116 million alleged proceeds of crime linked to the non- execution of constituency projects awarded to Hamza Barau and Hamshakin Ventures Ltd and funded by the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) on behalf of some federal law makers. A press statement by EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, Monday in Abuja, said: “The constituency projects involved the provision of Strategic Empowerment Programme in Akko, Gombe state; conduct of Pilot Seasonal Intervention Programme in Vandeikya/Konshisha, Benue state; provision of Strategic Empowerment Programme in…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday, addded a fresh angle to the troubles of the immediate past Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, as the commission sealed mansions allegedly traced to him at Ngozika Estate in Awka. It placed a notice, which reads: ‘EFCC, Keep Off. Under Investigation’ on the wall of an abandoned building traceable to Obiano, a development that followed his release after six days in the commission’s custody. The EFCC also seized Obiano’s passport following his arrest at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport on his way to Houston, United States of America, shortly after handing…
With less than 48 hours to the All Progressive Congress, APC National Convention, there are speculations that President Mohammedu Buhari has settled for the 74 years old Abdullahi Adamu. This is coming on the premise that the APC governors have thrown their weight behind the former governor of Nasarawa State and PDP founding member. Aside from being a PDP founding member, Adamu is said to be having corruption case pending in court. This according to some key APC chieftains is a stain on the part of a government dubbed as anti corruption regime. “I can not imagine how the president…
Mr. Johnson Kokumo, Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG) in charge of South-West, has advised police officers to be professional and shun any strike action which could lead to mutiny. Kokumo advised on Thursday in Akure during a meeting with police officers in Ondo State Command. The DIG said that it was imperative for police officers to carry out their duties diligently by respecting the rights of the citizens. “Police can not go on strike, it is mutiny and we all know what mutiny means, and what the consequences and punishments are. “My prayer is that you will not be found…
The trial of one Philemon Gora, Osigwe Edison, and Gracious Environ Workers Limited & Planners Nigeria Limited, before Justice S.O. Solebo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos for an alleged N525 million fraud, continued today, March 24, 2022, with their victim, a monarch from Osun State, His Royal Highness, Oba Jacob Esan testifying against them as the prosecution’s third witness. The EFCC had on December 6, 2021, arraigned the defendants on a 10-count charge bordering on stealing, conspiracy to obtain by false witness, and obtaining by pretense. One of the counts reads: “Philemon Ibrahim Gora, Osigwe Tobechukwu…
Former governor of Anambra state, Peter Obi, Thursday declared interest to contest for 2023 presidential race. Obi disclosed this when he met with Anambra Traditional rulers.Born July, 19, 1961, Obi a Nigerian politician and businessman, was the vice presidential candidate in the 2019 Nigerian general elections under the People’s Democratic Party P.D.P. He was a former governor of Anambra state from 2006 to 2013. He handed over to Willie Obiano.
The All Progressives Congress has barred political appointees from voting at its national convention holding on Saturday. The party made this known in a press statement on Thursday. The statement was titled, ‘Attention to political office holders who were elected as delegates’. It read, “The National Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of APC has declared that all political appointees who were elected as delegates to the National Convention slated for 26/3/2022 SHALL NOT VOTE in view of the controversy surrounding Section 84 (12) of the Electoral Act,2022. “However, political appointees can still attend as observers.” The Senate had earlier unanimously…
