. Dead dad identified as a retired ASPA police sergeant has shot his father to death in the Tudu area of the Maduganari community behind the Borno State Police Command headquarters in Maiduguri. The officer, identified as Linus Wadzani, allegedly shot his father multiple times. Wadzani is a Mobile Police personnel with Mopol 6, Maiduguri. He is currently serving as a security detail at the Borno State House of Assembly. State Police Public Relations Officer, Kenneth Daso, while breathing newsmen at theWhile briefing newsmen at the Borno State Police Command Headquarters on Monday, disclosed that the deceased was a retired…
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Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Monday, reaffirmed the nomination of Asue Ighodalo as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State. In a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice A. M. Lamido in the suit marked CA/ABJ/CV/642/2024, the appellate court threw out an appeal brought by former deputy governor, Philip Shaibu. Recall that Shaibu had challenged the May 27th judgment of Justice James Omotosho of the Abuja Federal High Court, which declared Ighodalo as the rightful and duly nominated candidate of the PDP in Edo State. The appellate court held that the trial court was right…
An Abuja Federal High Court has dismissed a suit instituted against the Federal Government by the family of the late head of state, General Sani Abacha, challenging the revocation of the property of the former military ruler located in the Maitama District of Abuja. Justice Peter Lifu dismissed the suit in a judgement on the case filed nine years ago in which the Abacha family members are demanding the return of their father’s mansions located at Osara Close in Maitama and N500million compensation. Justice Lifu, in his judgment, predicated the dismissal on various grounds, among which are that the suit…
The embattled Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye has said that she was allegedly being victimised by some cabals in government because she refused to sign a $500 million World Bank loan request. On July 10, 2024, a near physical confrontation between Kennedy-Ohanenye, and the House of Representatives Committee on Women Affairs and Social Development was averted at the National Assembly Complex, Abuja, where the minister had appeared to clarify the controversy surrounding her alleged diversion of N1.5 billion meant for the payment of contractors by officials of the ministry. But speaking with THISDAY through a phone interview, the minister…
The 2023 Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, has expressed deep concern over Nigeria’s economic trajectory since 2015. Obi in a statement on Monday via X, highlighted the contrast between Nigeria’s economic performance in the early years of its return to democracy and its current state. “When Nigeria returned to democratic governance in 1999, it maintained an average GDP growth of about 6.72% for 16 years from 1999-2014,” he wrote. But he noted that this growth was not sustained, with GDP growth collapsing to 2.79% in 2015 and the economy slipping into recession in 2016. Obi said, “In 2014, just…
The President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has disclosed that his friend who earlier warned him against investing in Nigeria is now taunting him for ignoring his advice. Dangote disclosed this in an interview with PREMIUM TIMES on Sunday just as reports quoted the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority as claiming that diesel from Dangote Refinery is of inferior quality. “Four years ago, one of my very wealthy friends began to invest his money abroad. I disagreed with him and urged him to rethink his actions in the interest of his country. “He blamed his action on policy…
Ben Ogbemudia, Abuja The Edo State Police Command has vowed to declare persons it invited over the killing of a police officer in Benin City last week wanted if they do not show up. A police inspector attached to the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Edo, Senator Monday Okpebholo was killed in the state capital on Thursday. While the Commissioner of Police in Edo, Funsho Adegboye said invitations had been sent to the persons wanted for questioning, they are yet to show up. Briefing journalists in Benin City on Sunday, regarding the progress made so far in the…
Ben Ogbemudia, Abuja With less than two months to the Edo State governorship election, Governor Godwin Obaseki has threatened that there will be breach of peace across Nigeria should there be a repeat of the recent attack in Benin City, that led to the death of a police officer, Inspector Akor Onuh. The convoy of Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu and that of All Progressive Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Monday Okpebholo, were brazenly attacked by armed thugs, as they exited the Benin Airport gate, last Thursday. However, in a 41 seconds video that surfaced online on Sunday, Governor Obaseki was seen…
Seyi Tayese, Yenagoa A young Nigerian, Winston Dennis-Masi has been honoured by the University of Essex, Colchester, England for his exceptional academic performance at the institution. Winston Dennis-Masi, aged 20, was on Thursday awarded a First Class degree in the highly sought after Computer Systems Engineering at the university. A devout Christian who hails from Omoku in Rivers State, the ambitious lad attributed the accomplishment to dint of hard work, focus and time management with his numerous academic activities. He also thanked his parents for the support accorded him throughout his stay at the institution. Winston, who had his primary…
The Federal Government is set to collect over N425bn from seven banks as a one-time windfall tax on their foreign currency revaluation gains for the 2023 financial year. On Wednesday, the Senate approved President Bola Tinubu’s request to amend the Finance Act to impose a one-time windfall tax on banks’ foreign exchange profits in 2023. A windfall tax is a higher tax levied by the government on sectors or businesses that have disproportionately benefited from favourable market conditions. Findings by The PUNCH from the annual reports of the financial institutions filed with the Nigerian Exchange Limited showed that the seven…