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National chairman of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, yesterday said mass defection would hit the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) once the All Progressives Congress (APC) takes off. He added that some members of the PDP ha...
Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa on Friday advised aspirants in the forthcoming Ijaw National Congress (INC) election to see the exercise as a call to service rather than mere political contest. A statement from the Chief Press Secretary to Dickson, Mr ...
A security man with First Bank of Nig. Plc, Seyi Jaiyeola, was on Friday docked before Ebute Meta Magistrate's Court, Lagos for allegedly stealing the sum of N12.5million from the bank's Automated Teller Machines (ATMs).
Jaiyeola, 33, who resides at No.5, Ibikunle st. Onipanu, Lagos, is facing a five-count charge.
The prosecutor, Cpl. Ishola Samuel said that the crime was committed between Oct. 5, 2010 and July 12, 2011 at First Bank Plc., Alakija St. Jibowu, Lagos.
He said that the defendant was the security guard of the bank.
He said that the defendant allegedly stole a bunch of keys of the bank, and used it to gain accesss to the ATMs and stole the cash.
“During the defendant's official duty in the night, he used to enter the bank with the keys and remove the money little by little,” Samuel said.
According to the prosecutor, the bank officials discovered the defendant's plans when calculating and inspecting money transactions.
He said that the alleged offences contravened sections 285, 308, 307 of the Criminal Codes, Laws of Lagos State,2011.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The magistrate, Mrs M.O Tanimola granted the defendant bail in the sum of N1 million, with two sureties in like sum.
She adjourned the case to March 18 for further hearing. (NAN)
Miss Vivian Amuneke, a receptionist at Cosmilla Hotel, Festac Town, Lagos, where Cynthia Osokogu was murdered, on Friday confessed that she lied to the police after the corpse was discovered. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Amuneke made t...
A labour leader in PHCN, Mr Bede Opara, has called for immediate inauguration of an implementation committee to oversee the disengagement process of PHCN workers. Opara, President General, Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies (S...
The Kebbi State office of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) said on Friday it would decentralised the on-going enrolment centers to enable citizens obtain their identity cards. The State Director of the commission, Mallam Hassan H...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has described as a huge scam and an illegality the ‘’Good Governance Tour’’ currently embarked upon by the minister of information, Mr. Labaran Maku, and a retinue of people, saying it must b...
The Plateau Government has been advised to provide ``some level of social welfare’’ to young school leavers to minimise poverty largely blamed for the lingering violence in the state. Alhaji Ibrahim Mai-Salati, the President, International ...
Borno State Governor Kashim Shettima has said that there is no rift between him and his boss, former Governor Ali Modu Sheriff a.k.a. SAS and his deputy, Alhaji Zanna Umar Mustapha as purportedly reported by some media (not Leadership...
A man, who allegedly impersonated the National Environmental Standard Regulatory and Enforcement Agency (NESREA) was on Wednesday arraigned before the Federal High Court sitting in Enugu. Jude Alagbado was arraigned on a four-count charge bo...
The Senate, yesterday, rejected a bid to ensure that President Goodluck Jonathan see to the immediate implementation of 13 per cent derivation formula to solid mineral producing states as it applies to the oil sector. Also, Senators halted moves to pro...
Barely 72 hours after the Governor of Niger State Dr Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu disclosed that President Goodluck Jonathan signed a term pact with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors, the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) in Niger state has asked him to dump the party and join the newly formed All Progressives Congress (APC).
The CNPP, rising from its regular meeting, yesterday, in Minna also endorsed the merger arrangement to form APC and advised all the states chapters of CNPP to endorse the emergence of the party as a common front for all progressives.
The meeting presided over by the Chairman, Ibrahim Isah, resolved in the communiqué read to Journalists by the secretary Aliyu Mohammed, that Governor Aliyu was too progressive minded with his bluntness to be in PDP.
The resolution read in part “motion for the endorsement of the merger initiatives being promoted by leaders of opposition parties to form APC and invitation to the Chief servant of Niger state Dr Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu to join his fellow progressive Governors to ensure a safe delivery of truly progressive party in the making, have been agreed upon.”
According to the group, because of the performance of Governor Aliyu, it would support him on the platform of the new APC to actualise his political goals in the state as the Governor has the capacity to deliver satisfactorily.
“The CNPP Niger state therefore called on the facilitators of the emerging mega party, APC, to, as a matter of emergency, invite the leadership of other political parties to a roundtable in order to make the party a successful alternative to the PDP in 2015” the CNPP’s resolution read.
He said ahead of the CNPP possible alliance with the New APC the body has set up candidates searching committee to prop up credible candidates for the 2015 general elections in the state.
While passing a vote of confidence on the leadership of the CNPP, the 15 political parties making up the CNPP in the state said they would continue to conduct regular assessment of governments’ performance in the state at all levels.
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has congratulated First Lady Patience Jonathan for her miraculous return from the dead, while slamming the presidency for losing whatever is left of its credibility over its handling of the First Lady’s illnes...
Katsina State Government on Monday constituted a security committee to provide security cover to expatriates working in the state.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Alhaji Abdullahi Magaji, disclosed this to newsmen in Katsina shortly after the state security meeting chaired by Gov. Ibrahim Shema.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the decision followed the kidnapping of a Frenchman, Mr Francis Colump in Rimi Local Government Area of the state two months ago by gunmen.
It was also prompted by the recent abduction of seven expatriates in Jama'are, Bauchi State and similar incidents in other parts of the country.
The commissioner said that members of the committee were drawn from police, State Security Service (SSS), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and the army.
Magaji said the committee was mandated to identify the number of expatriates working in the state, their location and telephone numbers, to be able to provide adequate security cover for them.
He added that the committee had already begun action and solicited for the cooperation of people of the state for the attainment of the goal.(NAN)
President Goodluck Jonathan, on Monday directed the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) to liaise with stakeholders to work out plans for the provision of parks for heavy duty vehicles nationwide. Jonathan gave the directive in Abuja while decl...