Two days ago, Vision Newspapers published a story that purported to show that touts and hoodlums were harassing the businessmen and women in the market, extorting and threatening them with dangerous weapons. At the time of our publication, we could Read more…
Month: June 2024
The former speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiiji, says his acquittal from money laundering related charges and prosecution that spanned over 12 years was a harrowing experience. The speaker said his joy knew no bounds, describing Read more…
The 36 State Governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) are currently holding a physical meeting in Abuja to review the outcome of the ongoing negotiation on the proposed new national minimum wage embarked on by the Read more…
Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has stated that the Tuesday explosion in front of Hotel Presidential Port Harcourt was an action orchestrated by detractors of the state to justify the call for a declaration of a state of emergency Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor The Labour Party (LP) goverborship hopeful in the 2025 Anambra State guber polls, Mr Valentine Ozigbo has reiterated his commitment to the youths. The governorship aspirant made this assertion at ASUU Secretariat, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, during Read more…
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has pleaded and been found guilty in a US court to a single espionage charge. He is now free to return to his native Australia, having already served five years in a British prison. Assange pleaded Read more…
The Federal High Court in Lagos, on Tuesday, ordered the final forfeiture of the sum of $1,426,175.14 linked to the immediate-past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. Justice Ayokunle Faji ordered the final forfeiture of the funds Read more…
The leadership tussle of the Labour Party escalated on Tuesday, June 25, as the Labour Party National Transition Committee (LPNTC) demanded the resignation of the party chairman, Julius Abure. The labour leaders, who stormed the venue of the meeting of Read more…
Police authorities in Rivers State have declared a former Niger Delta militant leader, Gabriel ‘General’ Asabuja, wanted. This announcement was made by the state Commissioner of Police, Tunji Disu, on Monday during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today. Asabuja Read more…
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has denied allegations by Dangote Refinery that it is issuing import licenses indiscriminately to marketer’s despite the country’s capacity to refine diesel. According to the NMDPRA, the deregulation of the downstream sector allows Read more…
Hon. Kalu, who disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja, through his Chief Press Secretary, Levinus Nwabughiogu, expressed excitement over the recent call by 50 members of the 10th House of Representatives led by Hon. Obi Aguocha seeking for Read more…
A senior personnel of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has suddenly died on Tuesday afternoon while on an official assignment before the House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts at the National Assembly complex. A statement signed by the House Read more…