FULL LIST: Wike Revokes Plots Of Land In FCT FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has approved the immediate revocation of 165 plots of land in the serviced districts of the Federal Capital City (FCT). The FCTA said in a statement Thursday that the revocation was premised on the failure of the allotted owners to develop the plots. It added that the notice for the revocation, as compiled by the Land Department, was approved by Wike, due to continuous contravention of the terms of agreement as encapsulated in the 1978 Land Use Act. The Director of Information and Communication, FCT, Muhammad Hazat…
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BREAKING: Nigerian Government Moves To Scrap HND Prof. Idris Bugaje, the Executive Secretary, National Board for Technical Education, NBTE, has called on the Federal Government to scrap the Higher National Diploma, HND, in polytechnics if the government would not remove the dichotomy between HND and BSc. Mr Bugaje made the call during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on issues around its HND top-up programmes. He noted that the discrimination against HND holders was uncalled for as it usually prevents the holders from attaining the highest directorate level in the public service. According to him, the…
Chief Pharmacist Sentenced To Life Imprisonment Over Rape The National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has secured a life imprisonment sentence at the High Court in Abuja against a public officer, Dr. Abubakar Mustapha Danraka, for raping. This was a historic and landmark ruling in the implementation of the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act, 2015. A statement yesterday, by the agency’s spokesman, Vincent Adekoye, noted that the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, sitting in Kubwa, Abuja and presided over by Hon. Justice Asmau Akanbi-Yusuf, on Monday convicted and sentenced Danraka, Ph.D holder to life imprisonment…
Release Bola Tinubu’s Records To Atiku, U.S. Court Orders Chicago University, Gives Date Nigerian opposition leader Atiku Abubakar has landed a major victory in the United States as part of his ongoing push to demonstrate Bola Tinubu’s ineligibility to be Nigeria’s president. A federal court in Chicago ruled on Tuesday night that Chicago State University (CSU) must turn over all records relating to Mr Tinubu to Mr Abubakar within two days, saying the former vice-president has been able to sufficiently satisfy the purpose for seeking the records, according to the ruling. Judge Jeffrey Gilbert also ordered a deposition of designated…
Teenage Boy Whose ‘Intestine Went Missing In Lagos Hospital’ Dies Twelve-year-old Adebola Akin-Bright whose small intestine went missing during surgery in the hospital has died. A close member of the family confirmed the tragedy to BBC News Pidgin, adding that Adebola suffered from internal bleeding. He was subsequently rushed to the intensive care unit of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) but he did not make it. Adebola had been battling to survive after multiple surgeries were performed on him and it was confirmed that his small intestine was missing. His mother, Abiodun Deborah had decried the non-intervention of…
APC Fires Chairman For Beating Commissioner Over Palliative The All Progressives Congress (APC) Ondo State chapter on Tuesday took a decisive action against the Ward 1 Chairman of the party in Akoko North-West Local Local Government Area, Olumide Awolumate, for assaulting the Commissioner for Women Affairs in the state, Olubunmi Osadahun. Awolumate was suspended indefinitely by the party following his attack and assault on the commissioner over the distribution of palliatives in the local government. The suspension of the embattled ward chairman was carried out by the party in Akoko North-West and subsequently communicated to the state chairman, Ade Adetimehin.…
BREAKING: Ogun On Fire As Youths Demand Justice For Mohbad On Tuesday morning, some youths gathered in the Panseke area of Abeokuta, Ogun State, to demand justice for the late Nigerian singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, well known as Mohbad. The youths who gathered in their numbers at the skating ground arena in Abeokuta wore blacks and carried placards with inscriptions like #JusticeforMohbad and #WhoOffLight among others. Also, youths believed to be fans of Mohbad stormed Effurun Road in Delta State, bearing placards to demand justice for the late singer. These peaceful rallies are coming days after a protest was launched in…
BREAKING: Bulkachuwa Loses Bid To Stop ICPC, DSS Investigation A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed the suit filed by Senator Adamu Bulkachuwa seeking to stop the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) from investigating him over the indictment comment he made during the valedictory session of the 9th National Assembly (NASS). Justice Inyang Eden Ekwo, in a judgment, held that the suit lacked merit and was outrightly dismissed. The judge said that Bulkachuwa, being a lawmaker, ought to understand the implications of the statement he made on the floor of the Senate. According to…
JUST IN: Dangote Refinery Announces Date To Commence Operation Dangote Refinery is set to commence operation in October 2023 at 370,000 Barrels per day according to the executive director of the company, the S&P Global Commodity Insights reports. In an interview, the Dangote Group Executive Director, Devakumar Edwin, who is overseeing the $19.5 billion refinery, outlined a detailed production timeline, shed light on crude and product flows and laid out a litany of complications and delays to the project since it was first mooted in 2013. The senior company executive said the long-awaited refinery will start with diesel and jet…
‘Thief Of Staff’: Netizens Blasts Tinubu’s Chief Of Staff Gbajabiamila Over Theft Nigerian cybernauts have continued to knock Femi Gbajabiamila, President Bola Tinubu’s chief of staff, over an expose on his heist in the United States of America. Mr Gbajabiamila’s dubious past as a legal practitioner in Georgia, exposing how the State Bar of Georgia terminated his law licence for stealing money from clients and violating membership rules. Mr Gbajabiamila, who was the Speaker of the House of Representatives until June 2023, had previously stolen money from a client in the U.S. and was punished in 2007 by the Georgia…