A policeman, Inspector Nelson Abuante, has committed suicide after he mistakenly shot dead a colleague, one Inspector Monday Gbaramana, during an attempt to arrest a suspect in Rivers State. newsmen gathered that the incident happened on Sunday afternoon at Nyogor-Lueku, Khana Local Government Area of the state. The two officers attached to Taabaa Division were said to have gone to Nyogor-Lueku to arrest one Mr. Akere Akpobari over some allegations made against him by his mother. News correspondent learned that the said Akere had resisted the arrest, leading to a brawl between him and the two Inspectors. “In the course…
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Uyo Branch, has doled out over N1.7 million to 15 indigent students of the university who excelled in their academic pursuits. It also conferred a heroes’ award on past leaders who led the union through turbulent periods in the history of the branch. The awardees were honoured during the Heroes’ Day Celebration held at the university on Monday. The union’s National President, Prof Emmanuel Osadeke, commended the awardees for their steadfastness and selfless service to the union despite the difficulties they faced and urged them to remain committed to the course. The…
France and the UK will support Ukraine in its fight against the Russian invasion “for as long as it takes”, British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said Tuesday, adding it was “essential” that President Vladimir Putin was defeated. His comments came as concern grows in Kyiv that Western patience and unity could be cracking in the fight against Russia, almost two years after the invasion began in February 2022. “Britain and France have been staunch supporters of Ukraine and we will continue to be for as long as it takes,” Cameron said after talks in Paris with French counterpart Catherine Colonna,…
President Bola Tinubu has inaugurated the Board and Management team for the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, at the State House, Abuja. In November, President Tinubu approved the appointment of a new board and management team for the NNPCL with effect from December 1, 2023. A statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, said the appointment of the board members was in compliance with Section 59 (2) of the Petroleum Industry Act, 2021. The appointees were listed as: Chief Pius Akinyelure — Non-Executive Board Chairman; Mallam Mele Kolo Kyari —…
Sixty-one migrants, including women and children, from Nigeria, Gambia, and other African countries have drowned following a shipwreck off Libya en route to Europe. According to the International Organization for Migration, IOM, a United Nations agency, said the boat originally contained 86 people and left the Libyan shores from Zwara. It said: “The central Mediterranean continues to be one of the world’s most dangerous migration routes.” According to AFP, most of the victims of the latest incident were from Nigeria, Gambia, and other African countries. The IOM said 25 people survived and were transferred to a Libyan detention centre. An…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has increased the registration fees for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for 2024. JAMB announced this in a statement issued on Sunday, December 18, 2023. The updated registration fees are outlined as follows: Seven Thousand, Seven Hundred Naira Only,(N7,700 )for UTME registration inclusive of a mock examination, and Six Thousand Two Hundred Naira Only (N6,200) for UTME registration without the mock examination. Before the recent adjustment, the cost of the JAMB form without a mock exam stood at Five Thousand Seven Hundred Naira (N5,700) and the application form inclusive of a mock…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has said it will conduct reruns and bye-elections across the country in February 2024 to fill existing vacancies in the state and federal legislatures. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, stated this at a meeting with leaders of political parties in Abuja on Monday ahead of the elections. Re-run elections only involve the parties and candidates that participated in the general election, unless a party wishes to replace a deceased candidate. However, bye-elections are fresh elections. Yakubu noted that at the end of litigation, the courts ordered the commission to conduct rerun elections in 34…
A former governor of Anambra State, Chukwuemeka Ezeife, is dead, the family has announced. Mr Ezeife died at the Federal Medical Centre, Abuja, on Thursday, according to a statement on Friday by Rob Ezeife, on behalf of the family. “On behalf of the Ezeife Dynasty of Igbo-Ukwu, I wish to announce the promotion to glory of our most distinguished son, ‘Okwadike’, Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife, CON, a former federal permanent secretary, a former governor of Anambra State, a former political adviser to the (an ex-) president and former presidential aspirant,” the statement said. The statement said details of his burial arrangements…
The Supreme Court has declined to order the release of the embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, from detention. It was reported that the apex court, in a judgment delivered by Justice Emmanuel Agim, but written by Justice Garba Lawal, voided and set aside the judgment of the Court of Appeal, which in October last year ordered Kanu’s release and quashed the terrorism charges against him. The Supreme Court held that although the Nigerian government recklessly and unlawfully rendered Kanu from Kenya, such an unlawful act has not divested any court from proceeding with trial.…
The Rivers State Government has given reasons for the demolition of the Rivers State House of Assembly Complex. The state Commissioner for Information, Joseph Johnson, in a statement on Wednesday said, the decision to demolish and rebuild the Rivers State House of Assembly Complex was due to the structural defects caused by the recent explosion and fire incident in the main building. Johnson noted that Governor Siminalayi Fubara deemed it fit to rebuild the structure after he inspected the level of damage done to the building following the fire incident. He said professionals were invited to advise the government on…