Serious trouble may be lurking ahead for the Chief Whip of the Senate, Alli Ndume as his colleagues in the upper legislative chamber loyal to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu may have allegedly activated plans to initiate sanctions against him over his recent comments against the President. Sources at the National Assembly on Tuesday, told Daily Trust that the pro-Tinubu Senators are planning to strip Ndume of his position as the Chief Whip of the Senate and equally suspend him like Senator Abdul Ningi (PDP, Bauchi Central). Recall that Ningi, a ranking senator from the North, was suspended for three months…
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By Pamela Ukama The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has assured that the smear campaigns and frivolous litigations aimed at distracting its candidate in the September 21, 2024 Edo State Governorship election, Asue Ighodalo, will end in vanity. In a statement made available to newsmen, PDP reaffirmed Ighodalo as the undisputed choice of the majority of the people of Edo State. The statement said the party is aware of a well-oiled plot by certain egocentric and overtly ambitious individuals to orchestrate a series of coordinated smear campaigns against Ighodalo. The party said the perpetrators of the campaigns are being frustrated by…
A High Court sitting at Asaba, the Delta State capital, has sentenced one Onuwa Ijie to death, and Nwanozie Uzor to 14 years imprisonment for murder and conspiracy to commit the murder of twin boys, Chidalu and Chigozie Agwunobi. The court presided over by Justice Onome Marshal-Umukoro sentenced two convicts over the murder of the seven-year-old boys. The prosecution conducted by a Deputy Director in the Ministry of Justice, Mrs Paula Akpoguma, in proof of the case called five witnesses. The court held that the testimony of the five witnesses proved the case against the two defendants beyond reasonable doubt.…
Seyi Tayese, Yenagoa The Chiefs and people of Outoke and Elebele communities in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have shown appreciation to United Nation Children Fund (UNICEF), Global Alliance For Vaccine and Immunization (GAVI) and other partners for the upgrading and renovation of the Primary Health Care Center in their communities. According to them, as a community they want to thank all the collaborators for the upgrading and renovation of the facilities, “we really appreciate them, we saw a big change in the health facilities. We also prayed that they will do more for us”. Speaking on behalf…
Seyi Tayese, Yenagoa Sequel to the Supreme Court judgement granting financial autonomy to the 774 local government councils in the country, the Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, has clarified that the state government only supervised the councils to drive grassroots development. Senator Ewhrudjakpo stated this on Tuesday when the Bayelsa State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) paid him a courtesy visit at Government House, Yenagoa. He said the joint account with the councils had afforded government the opportunity to supervise its eight councils for prudent utilization of funds to execute rural projects…
Rwandan President Paul Kagame was gearing up Tuesday for a fourth term after winning a thundering 99.15 per cent of votes according to partial results from an election where only two challengers were allowed to run against him. Partial results issued by the election commission seven hours after polls closed showed that Kagame had won 99.15 per cent of the vote – even more than the 98.79 per cent he got in the last poll seven years ago.Democratic Green Party candidate Frank Habineza could only muster 0.53 per cent and independent Philippe Mpayimana 0.32 per cent, according to the results…
Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) has filed a 16-count criminal indictment against Kingsley Inegbedion and Efemena Igbe over Internet fraud and money-laundering allegations of $1.5 million. According to the FBI in the indictment filed on May 14 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division, Messrs Inegbedion and Igbe perpetrated romance scams and business email compromise posing as legit businesses to defraud innocent American citizens between April 2020 and May 2023. Mr Inegbedion, a network engineer who ran training programmes for aspiring tech workers in Atlanta, was known previously to law enforcement, documents said. Some…
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Dr Abraham Ehizojie, the Medical Doctor at the health facility of Kuje Correctional Centre. The warrant was issued over alleged refusal to produce the medical report of Tigran Gambaryan, the detained executive of Binance Holdings Ltd. Justice Emeka Nwite gave the order following an application by Gambaryan’s lawyer, Mark Mordi, SAN. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports Gambaryan was whisked into the Court 9 of the high-rise building in a wheelchair earlier in the morning. Gambaryan, alongside the cryptocurrency firm, is facing a money…
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Dr Abraham Ehizojie, the Medical Doctor at the health facility of Kuje Correctional Centre. The warrant was issued over alleged refusal to produce the medical report of Tigran Gambaryan, the detained executive of Binance Holdings Ltd. Justice Emeka Nwite gave the order following an application by Gambaryan’s lawyer, Mark Mordi, SAN. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports Gambaryan was whisked into the Court 9 of the high-rise building in a wheelchair earlier in the morning. Gambaryan, alongside the cryptocurrency firm, is facing a money…
Police in Jigawa have confirmed the death of 14 passengers and four others injured following a fatal motor accident at Kanya Market in Jigawa State. State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Lawan Adam, confirmed the incident in a statement, on Tuesday. According to him, “On Monday at about 1120hrs, information at the command’s disposal revealed that there was a fatal motor vehicle accident involving a Daf truck with reg. No. GMB 242 KD, coming from Kanya market. “On reaching an Immigration checking point, another vehicle, a Toyota Hiace with Reg No. XA 381 GAS was also coming from Kano to…