Court orders Olisa Metuh to provide another witness
The Federal High Court, Abuja Division on Monday ordered former spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh,to present his next witness in his alleged fraud case.
Police arrest residents, after man died in neighborhood
There was tension and confusion on Tuesday on Ope-Ewe Street, in the Ijaiye-Ojokoro area of Lagos State, after the corpse of a man was found in a shop veranda on the street.
Two fighter aircraft – an Alpha Jet and an EC 135 attack helicopter – were sent to the troubled communities of Adamawa State,by the Nigerian Air Force to bomb what it called “hideouts of miscreants” in the villages.
“Why I created Ministry of Happiness In Imo State” – Governor Okorocha
Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha, said Tuesday, he observed the people of the state, were bittered, he created the Ministry of Happiness and Purpose Fulfilment, to archive happiness for them. A statement by Okorocha’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Sam Onwuemeodo, confirmed this in a release to newsmen in Owerri.
2 Fake SARS Officers Arrested in Rivers state (See their faces)
A Commander of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (F-SARS), Kenneth Obunwa, and a fake officer of F-SARS, Oluwagbenga Abe, have been arrested in Rivers State by the authentic operatives of Akin Fakorede-led F-SARS and they will soon appear in court.
The World Bank on Tuesday granted Nigeria a loan of $350m (N107.4bn at the official exchange rate of N307 to a dollar) for the development of rural electrification projects in Nigeria.
Osinbajo visits Adamawa State over death of 95 persons
Vice president of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo visited Dong village in Anambra State, one of the villages attacked and burnt on Monday by militant herdsmen where over 45 corpses.
Ex-minister charged with alleged fraud case gets permission to travel abroad
A former Minister of State for Finance, Nenadi Usman, received permission from the Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday, to travel to the United States of America for chest cancer treatment.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has once again emphasised that there is no plan to increase the prices of petroleum products both at the ex-depot level and pump price ahead of the forthcoming yuletide.