BY GODWIN OBI A Special Offences Court, sitting in the Ikeja area of Lagos, on Thursday convicted and sentenced to seven years imprisonment a fake Army General, Bolarinwa Oluwasegun Abiodun whose real name is Hassan Kareem Ayinde. Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo convicted and sentenced the convict without any option of aContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Borno State Senator and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Ali Ndume, on Thursday said President Muhammadu Buhari should directly address the nation on the matter of insecurity, rather than issuing statements through his media advisers. The Senator made the comment while responding to questions onContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI There are indications that the Runway 18L of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Lagos in South-West Nigeria will be closed from midnight of Thursday, July 7, 2022. The closure is due to major repair works in the Installation of Airfield lighting of the Runway. The Federal AirportsContinue Reading
Ekweremadu BY GODWIN OBI Federal High Court Abuja, has ordered the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, to release Certified True Copy of the biodata information of David Ukpo, to the Attorney-General of the Federation for onward submission to the Government of the United Kingdom. Justice Inyang Ekwo had on JulyContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI President Muhammadu Buhari says he is disappointed with the intelligence system and utilisation at the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kuje in Abuja. He said this on Wednesday while speaking to journalists during his visit to the correctional facility which came under attack by terrorists last night. “IContinue Reading
…Redeploys Gbemi Saraki to Mines and Steel BY GODWIN OBI President Muhammadu Buhari has reshuffled his cabinet by appointing new portfolios to the seven ministers that were recently appointed. He administered the oath of office on them before the commencement of the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Less than 24 hours after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the outgoing Secretary-General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, Muhammad Sanusi Barkindo, is dead. He reportedly died at about 11pm on Tuesday at the age of 63. Though theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI There was pandemonium among residents of the Kuje prison area in Abuja on Tuesday evening after explosions and gunshots were heard from the direction of the correctional centre. The details of what transpired were unclear as of Wednesday morning. The police are yet to issue a formalContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBIThe Minister of State for Transportation, Senator Gbemisola Saraki has expressed worries over the domination of the nation’s maritime sector by foreign shipowners, saying this was having negative economic impact on the country and the sub-region.Saraki remarked that most of the maritime transportation was conducted by foreign shipowners,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Another office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) in Enugu State, South East Nigeria came under heavy attack by suspected arsonists. The electoral body’s Igboeze North Local Government Area office in the Northern Senatorial zone of the State, where Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi hails from is theContinue Reading