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JUST IN: PDP crisis claims first victim, as BoT Chair resigns
Onyekachi Eze, Abuja The crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has claimed its first victim with the resignation of Senator Walid Jibrin as Chairman of the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT) Senator Jibrin announced his resignation at the beginning of the BoT meeting at the party’s secretariat on Thursday. The BoT Chairman has
Kwara to present N187.5bn revised budget
Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin The Kwara State Executive Council has approved the presentation of N187.5 billion revised budget to the House of Assembly, with emphasis to be placed on ongoing capital projects and consistent payment of the new minimum wage across board. The revised estimate represents a shortfall of about N2 billion or
Court restrains Ondo Assembly from declaring lawmaker’s seat vacant
Babatope Okeowo, Akure An Akure High Court has restrained the Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly from declaring the seat of the lawmaker representing the Eseodo constituency, Hon Success Torhukerhijo vacant over alleged anti-party activities. Aside from the Speaker, the court, presided by Justice Alero Akeredolu, also barred the State House of
DSS raids terrorists’ negotiator, Tukur Mamu’s residence
The arrested terrorists’ negotiator for the Abuja-Kaduna train attack, Tukur Mamu’s residence was stormed by the operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) in the early hours of Thursday. The residence played host to operatives that came in about 20 vehicles. According to reports: “They ransacked the house and carted away documents, phones
Hushpuppi begs for lighter sentence; claims he cleans US prison windows, showers very well
A Nigerian internet fraudster facing trial in the United States of America, Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi, has claimed to be one of the best cleaners in the prison where he has been remanded since his arrest in 2021. Peoples Gazette reports that Hushpuppi’s record which was revealed as part of his
JUST IN: Unknown gunmen kill three policemen in Enugu
An attack, Wednesday night, by unknown gunmen left at least three policemen dead in Enugu State. It was learnt the incident happened at the Chime Avenue, New Haven, Enugu North Local Government Area of the state. A source said that the gunmen, driving in a Sienna minivan, overtook the hilux van of the policemen
PENGASSAN to protest over crude oil theft, vandalism
Success Nwogu The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has said that it will protest on Thursday (today) across some states and the Federal Capital Territory, (Abuja) over crude oil theft and vandalisation of oil facilities. The President of PENGASSAN, Comrade Festus Osifo, during a media briefing in Abuja on
Truss set to unveil plans to cut soaring UK energy bills
New Prime Minister Liz Truss will unveil plans to limit energy bill rises on Thursday, spending billions to protect people from soaring prices. Typical household energy bills could be capped at around £2,500 a year, with firms also likely to get some relief, reports the BBC. It is unclear how long the support will
Second Canada stabbings suspect dead after arrest
The suspect in a stabbing spree in Canada which left 10 people dead and 19 injured has died after being captured by police. Myles Sanderson, 32, experienced “medical distress” after the arrest on a motorway in the province of Saskatchewan following a high-speed chase and died later, police say. They gave no details. An
Nigerian gives birth on flight to Turkey
A pregnant Nigerian woman gave birth on a Turkish Airlines flight from Istanbul, Turkey to Manchester, UK. Nweke Ifeoma went into labour while on the flight on Monday, September 5, 2022 and she delivered a baby girl. Cabin crew tried to take the Nigerian citizen to a more secluded part of the aircraft and
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