Court orders police to vacate Osborne Towers, Ikoyi

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the Inspector-General of Police and his officers to immediately vacate the premises of popular Foreshore Towers in Ikoyi, Lagos. In a ruling issued on Thursday by Justice J. S. Ogedengbe, the court frowned at the “flagrant disobedience of its order to maintain status quo given on the 23rd of May, 2023,” and ordered “That the Inspector General of Police and his subordinates should hereby vacate the...

Lady Beaten To Death For Allegedly Picking Money In Anambra Hotel

A young lady whose name has been given as Miss Chinyere Awuda was last weekend beaten to death by fun seekers in a club, inside Cosmila Hotel in Awka, Anambra State. The lady who hails from Nnobi, in Idemmili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, was found dead in the swimming pool of the hotel on Sunday morning, where she was dumped after being beaten to death. Sources said the young lady was at...

Davido’s foundation donates N237 million to 424 orphanages

David Adeleke Foundation, DAF, has donated N237 million to various orphanages across Nigeria. The founder of the foundation, David Adeleke, the Nigerian singer better known as Davido, announced the donation on his various social media pages on Thursday. Adeleke said the DAF distributed the funds to 424 orphanages with 13,818 child beneficiaries. The singer said the donated sum was contributions from various individuals and corporations which the foundation reached out to support. “In October 2022,...

Regina Daniels appointed as social secretary of Senators’ wives association

Nollywood actress Regina Daniels has been appointed as the social secretary of the 10th Senators’ Wives Association of Nigeria, SWAN. The actress disclosed this via an Instagram post on Wednesday. Ned Nwoko, her husband, is representing Delta North in the Senate. The wives of the senators had their first inaugural meeting, hosted by Ekaette Akpabio, the wife of the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Tuesday. Daniels said that the women convened the meeting to discuss...

Niger State Government To Appoints 100 Women In Governance 

Niger State Government says it will appoint 100 women by the present administration this week. Governor Mohammed Umar Bago of Niger state disclosed this when he received the executive members of International Federation of Women Lawyers FIDA led by its Chairperson Mrs. Bola Jibogun in Minna. According to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary Bologi Ibrahim, the Governor said the appointments would be in fulfilment of his promise to carry women along in the...

NNPC Clarifies Increase In Petrol Pump Price

The CEO of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd, Mele Kyari has attributed the increase in petrol pump price from N540 to N617 per litre to market forces. Speaking after a meeting with Vice-President Kashim Shettima at the Aso Villa, Mr Kyari stated that the price hike was not due to a shortage in petrol supply, saying that prices fluctuate depending on market realities, and that the market would regulate itself. “There are just...

Appeal Court Dismisses APC Enugu Gubernatorial Candidate’s Case

The Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu on Tuesday dismissed the Enugu APC Gubernatorial candidate Mr. Uche Nnaji’s appeal filed against Governor Peter Mbah of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the Enugu Governorship Election Tribunal to dismiss Nnaji’s appeal against Peter Mbah and 6 others in the March 18 governorship election. The APC gubernatorial candidate’s appeal had challenged the qualifications of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate and...

NESG announces Aduloju as next Chief Operating Officer

The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) has announced the appointment of Dr. Tayo Aduloju as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective from January 1, 2024. The NESG in a press statement on Wednesday noted that Aduloju, who currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Senior Fellow for Economic Policy, Strategy, and Competitiveness, will succeed the CEO, Mr. ‘Laoye Jaiyeola, upon the completion of his two-term tenure. According to the statement, under Jaiyeola’s...

Senator Akpabio assures civil servants of new salary scheme

Godswill Akpabio, the Senate President has assured that workers under the federal government will soon enjoy a new salary scheme. The Senate President gave the assurance when he received the Governor of Ekiti State, Abiodun Oyebanji and members of the National Assembly from the state, who visited him at the National Assembly on Tuesday in Abuja. Akpabio noted that the review was a move towards cushioning the effect of the removal of fuel subsidy. He...

Alleged Missing N2.3 Trillion: TETFund says, no fund is missing

…Says FG owes agency N323bn since 2011 Mr Sonny Echono, the Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) on Tuesday said the Federal Government is owing the Fund the sum of N323 billion and clarified that there was no missing fund as being alleged in some quarters Echono made this known at a public hearing on the alleged missing N2.3 trillion in TETFUND organised by an Ad hoc Committee of the House of...

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