Author: Biyi Lawrence

The Federal High Court in Lagos, has “ordered the disclosure of the spending details of over N200bn public funds collected by the government of former Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa from the Universal Basic Education Commission [UBEC] fund and allocations from the Federation Accounts.” The court ordered the Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori to “disclose details of budgetary allocations and actual spending by the Okowa government between 2015 and 2019, including specific projects carried out to improve primary education in Delta State, and the locations of such projects.” The judgment was delivered by Honourable Justice Daniel Osiagor, following a Freedom…

Two suspected members of an armed robbery syndicate who attacked a gold shop, have been arrested by men of the Imo State Police Command. The robbery resulted in a gun battle with law enforcement that ended with one other suspect dead, according to reports. The Commissioner of Police, CP Mohammed Barde, represented by the Police Public Relations Officer, Henry Okoye, disclosed this on Saturday during a parade of suspected criminals and exhibits in Owerri, the state capital, a statement said. Okoye noted that the jewelry carted away from the gold store was allegedly worth about N500 million. The items recovered…

The family of Chinyere Awuda, a lady found dead near an abandoned swimming pool at a hotel in Anambra State, on Friday, rejected the autopsy report that said she died of drowning. The family, speaking through their lawyer, Eziafa Enwedo, asked the Police to release the CCTV footage, alleging that the footage showed a male adult chasing the deceased towards the pool area. The family’s reaction was a sequel to the revelation by the State Police command on Friday that Chinyere fell into the abandoned swimming pool on the premises of Cosmila Hotel and drowned. A statement on Friday by…

Indications have emerged that President Bola Tinubu will restructure some of the ministries of the Federal Government by merging some, creating new ones and scrapping others. This comes after the submission of the first set of ministerial nominees to the Senate on Thursday. It was gathered that the decision to restructure the ministries was in line with the recommendations of the Stephen Oronsaye report on the restructuring of the civil service as this paper had earlier reported that Tinubu would implement some of the recommendations in the report. According to findings, the Federal ministries of Education, Youths and Sports Development,…

One Muhammad Abdullahi, aka Luwawu, has been arrested by men of the Bauchi State Police Command, for thuggery and assault. The suspect allegedly removed the hand of a 25-year old man and stabbed him on the head. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Ahmed Wakil, in a statement on Friday, said the suspect had been on the command’s wanted list for two years over thuggery and causing grievous harm. He said the suspect committed the crime with two others still at large. He noted that his luck ran out when a Police patrol team raided a black spot…

Anambra State Police spokesman, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, has confirmed the release of popular native doctor, Chidozie Nwangwu popularly called “Akwa Okuko Tiwaraki”, in the early hours of Saturday. Ikenga said that the popular native doctor was released by his abductors in the early hours of Saturday. Akwa Okuko Tiwaraki was kidnapped around 11:30pm on Sunday, 23 July at his Triple P Hotel in Oba, Idemili North Local Government Area of the State. Ikenga, who did not disclose the amount his abductors collected said the abductors reached out to the native doctor’s colleagues and some money was paid to them before…

Four women who were abducted by bandits in Zamfara state six months ago, have regained freedom and are receiving medical treatment. Recall that the bandits abducted the four women six months ago and threatened to forcefully marry them off if they failed to pay N12 million ransom. Speaking to PUNCH, a mother to one of the girls who preferred anonymity said the women were released by bandits and were currently under the care of the security agents receiving medical treatment. She maintained that the victims were yet to be reunited with their families. She said: “The security agents called me…

The Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio has clarified the reason behind the “let the poor breathe” joke he made at the plenary session on Tuesday. On the floor of the Senate, Akpabio, in his urge to stop the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and distribution companies (DisCos) from hiking tariff jokingly presented the motion moved by Senator Akintunde Abiodun, from Oyo State. Reacting to the criticisms, the Senate President, in a statement dated 27 July and posted on Friday, said he did not mean to insult the citizens, as he was aware of the hardships resulting from the high cost…

President Bola Tinubu has expressed the willingness of the Nigerian government’s desire to collaborate with global tech giant Google Incorporated in creating one million digital employment in Nigeria. A statement signed by the President’s Special Adviser on Special Duties, Communications & Strategy, Dele Alake, said the President gave the assurance at the State House on Friday during the visit of Google Global Vice President, Richard Gingras, to his office. Tinubu told the visiting Google executive that Nigeria had creative and talented young people who were ready and motivated to learn, especially in this age of digital revolution. He said the…

The trial of a suit filed by Senator Adamu Bulkachuwa against the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigerian Police Force, has been adjourned to 25 October. Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court Abuja, fixed 25 October for judgement of the suit. Bulkachuwa is accusing the ICPC, DSS and others of colluding with his political enemies to harass him following his valedictory comment on the floor of the Senate, which he said his political enemies continued to misrepresent. The ex-lawmaker, who is…