The Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs has directed the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Dr Samuel Ogbuku to continue to oversee the affairs of the Commission until a new board is constituted by the President and Commander-in Chief of the Armed Forces. This directive was contained in a letter dated June 21, 2023, signed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, Dr Shuaib Belgore, and addressed to the NDDC Managing Director/CEO. The Permanent Secretary stated; “Following the termination of the Boards of Federal Government Parastatals by the President on June 19, 2023, with the exception…
Author: Olamide Obayemi
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Enugu State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has ordered Governor Peter Mbah to appear before it tomorrow, Friday, 23 June, 2023. The order was sequel to an application made by the Peoples Redemption Party(PRP), through its counsel, Barr Alex Amujiogo. Candidate of the PRP, Elder Christopher Agu is in court seeking to upturn the declaration of Barr Peter Mbah as the winner of the March 18 governorship election conducted in the State. He is also claiming that Mbah was not qualified to contest the election, having allegedly forged National Youths Service Corps, NYSC, discharge certificate, among other…
The Nigeria High Commission in London has asked Nigerians and global members of the public to disregard some old videos in circulation on social media, saying they are events of the past. A caveat issued on Wednesday, 21 June, 2023, from the Office of the High Commissioner said the videos, photographs and stories, currently being circulated as fresh events, were those of events that transpired before December 2019. The statement described the misinformation as propaganda targeted at the image of the Mission and Nigeria. It noted that the High Commission in London remains committed to exemplary service, stressing that the…
The Conference on Addressing Illicit Financial Flows and Asset Recovery in the Extractive Industries has tasked the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) on the bribery scandal by Glencore in Nigeria and five other African countries. The Conference, in a communique released on Tuesday at the end of its two-day session in Diamniadio, Dakar, Senegal, asked EITI to publicly call out Glencore for its failure to adhere to the group’s principles and values over its bribery scandal in Nigeria, Cameroon, South Sudan, Cote d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Conference convened by the Secretariat of the African…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A man identified as Amos Christopher is now cooling-off in one of the police cells in Adamawa State for allegedly beating his younger brother to death and cutting off his head. The police said that 24-year-old Amos beat up his youngest sibling called Thyson, four years old until he died before he went on to cut his head. Amos, who is of Dobi village in Ga’anda District, Gombi LGA, is said to be suffering from epilepsy, but it is unclear how the condition may have influenced his action. Sources said on Tuesday, 20 June, 2023 that Amos…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike An Aba South Senior Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, 20 June,2023 remanded 60-year-old Chukwuemeka Orji, a Pastor of the Assemblies of God Church, Ukonu Street, off Ngwa Road, Aba, Abia State at the Correctional Centre over the alleged rape of a 13-year-old girl. Orji is facing a one-count charge of serially raping the girl that lived with him. The girl (name withheld) told the court that the defendant had carnal knowledge of her on many occasions. According to the girl, after Orji’s third-time rape, she told his wife, Mercy, who reportedly confronted him over the allegation. The girl…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A wife and two children of an overseas returnee have been abducted in Okanle-Fajeromi community in Ifelodun Local Government Area, Kwara State. The gunmen were said to have invaded the community located near Idofian on Monday, 19 June, 2023 at around 11:00 pm and kidnapped the victims while they were sleeping in their homes. It was gathered that the wife of a man identified as Sikiru Abiola who returned to the community from overseas about three years ago to practice farming and his two sons were forcefully taken away by the abductors. The Olugbense of Okanle who is…