Author: Rashaad Harris

Following the sack of some 20 Cross River lawmakers yesterday, the Federal High Court Abuja will on Friday proceed to decide the fate of Governor Ben Ayade for abandoning the PDP for the APC. In a suit filed FHC/ABJ/CS/975/2021, Emmanuel Ukala, the People’s Democratic Party counsel is seeking an order to sack Ayade and his deputy for leaving the party for the All Progressives Congress. Aside Ayade, Dave Umahi of Ebonyi is also facing facing same fate. However, the laters fate has already been decided. Ayade’s fate and that of his deputy, who both left the PDP for the APC…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, says operatives of its Uyo zonal command on March 19th, 2022, arrested seven undergraduates of the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, for suspected internet fraud in a sting operation. This was confirmed in a statement issued by the Spokesman of the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren. According to him, the suspects were arrested at their hideout along Ring Road, off Nwaniba Road, near Uniuyo permanent site. He said, “The all- male suspects are: Emmanuel Chigoziem; Ubong Innocent; Michael Ikechukwu Emekwuru; Samuel Edet Okon; Wisdom Edem; Precious Ime Oyung and Moses Simon.” He said items…

These are pictures of the the new terminal of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Lagos, where President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to inaugurate.

The Federal High Court Abuja has sacked 29 lawmakers of the Cross River State House of Assembly for defecting from the People’s Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress. Justice Taiwo Taiwo ruled over the suit that was filed under the title FHC/ABJ/CS/975/2021, noting that the lawmakers must leave their seats. The People’s Democratic Party is now free to fill those seats with whoever they want. Details later…

The Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Ministry has earmarked one million pupils for their deworming programme. This was made known in Abuja on Monday by the National Coordinator, National Social Investments Programme (NSIP), Umar Bindir. The event was in respect to the “Planning Meeting and Development of Information Education Communication (IEC) Materials.” According to the ministry, “As we are feeding them, there is also the need for us to deworm them so that the food could work properly in their system in order to improve their health conditions. “We will be doing this regularly because some of the…

It was one way show on Sunday night when a much improved Barcelona side visited the capital of Spain to take on League leaders, Real Madrid. Barcelona ended a 3-year drought without a win in this fixture with a thumping 4:0 win over their perennial rivals. And Arsenal reject, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was the architect of Carlo Ancelotti’s men’s downfall, with the former Borussia Dortmund goal-poacher netting 2 goals and assisting another. The Gabonese International opened the scoring with a close range header into the back of Courtois’ net, before Araujo nodded home a second also in the first half, with…

The Oyo state police command have rescued two men from a mob in Alakia-Adelubi Area of Ibadan. The two men, Kabiru Salam and Lukman Adisa, were about to face jungle justice at the hands of some angry youths after they attempted to kidnap a 9-year-old girl, known as Ope, on Sunday. According to the Police PRO, SP Adewale Osifeso, the two men were rescued when the police were alerted via a phone call of attempted murder of the suspects. He added that upon further investigation, they learned that Salam and Adisa tried kidnapping the young girl while she was on…

A 133-passenger plane has reportedly crashed in the southern part of China. The Boeing 737 plane which is owned by China Eastern Airlines had about 133 passengers on board. At the moment, there is quite a little information on the plane crash. As such, the number of casualties or the cause of the crash is yet to be ascertained.

The video shows Mr. Willie Obiano sipping water while confined in EFCC custody for allegedly diverting N42 billion funds meant for SURE-P and Security. Obiano was arrested at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport on Thursday night, while attempting to escape to the US. [wpvideo L2pkv0gy]

On Saturday, some ex-Super Eagles paid a courtesy visit to Bola Ahmed Tinubu to endorse him his presidential ambition. Former goalkeeper, Peter Rufai, former midfielders Jay-Jay Okocha and Kanu Nwanko, Victor Ikpeba and Taribo West (now a pastor) were all present. Kanu in particular feels indebted to the former Lagos State Governor after the later was a major contributor to his treatment when he battled a heart problem back in the early 2000s. However, many Nigerians saw their action as a show of sycophanticism, especially as Tinubu is seen by many as one of the problems of Nigeria. Sowore, for…