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The House of Representatives Thursday vowed to probe alleged importation of military equipment and uniforms by the Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello. The House also summoned the Nigeria Customs Service to appear before it and explain why the service did not arrest the importer who was not constitutionally empowered to procure arms into the country. The resolutions emanated from a motion moved under matters of urgent public importance by Sunday Karimi (Kogi PDP) at Thursday’s plenary. Leading the debate on the motion, Karimi expressed concern that recently, Kogi State government imported 100 pieces of military camouflage, jungle boots, plastic knives…

Nigeria retained her previous 52nd position in the world and seventh in Africa in the March FIFA/Coca Cola World rankings released on Thursday. Nigeria had 609 points, two points below Cameroon that is 51st in the world. The top five is unaltered, with Germany still on top, while Poland that will be up against the Super Eagles in a friendly are the only movers in the top 20, having climbed into joint-sixth position alongside Spain. Tunisia remains the top African country on 23rd position, followed by Senegal on 27th and DR Congo on 39th. The Super Eagles World Cup Group…

Nigeria is ranked 91 in the World’s Happiest Countries survey, according to the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network’s 2018 World Happiness Report. The report ranked 156 countries according to their scores for things such as GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, social freedom, generosity and absence of corruption. Yet, Transparency International released Corruption Perception Index for 2017 with Nigeria dropping 12 places to 148. This is worse than the country’s position of 136 out of `80 countries it was ranked in 2016. However, Finland is the world’s happiest country, according to an annual survey issued on Wednesday that…

A stalwart of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ukanafun local government area of Akwa Ibom State together with his teeming supporters has defected to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Uduak Essien also known as Eboribo was APC caucus member and chairman, elders’ forum, a one-time vice chairman and chairman of Ukanafun local government area announced his defection to PDP Thursday in a private radio station in Uyo. Speaking to the speaker of People’s Parliament on Planet 101.1 FM Radio, Uyo, Essien said his defection was borne out of the fact that APC lacks internal democracy and was unable to carry everbody…

Undeterred by the visit of Governor Udom Emmanuel to Etim Ekpo local government area on Wednesday for peace meeting, some unknown gunmen have killed the youth leader of Ikot Edet in the area, Straightnews was told. Udeme Daniel Akpan, whose house was set ablaze by unknown arsonists two weeks ago, was killed Thursday morning in Ibio Nung Achat where he had holed himself after the mayhem in his village. A source hinted Straightnews that the gunmen trailed and killed Akpan in the house of his relation where he was sleeping, stating that after the killing, the gang men shot sporadically…

A pastor in an unnamed church has asked an Ikorodu Customary Court in Lagos State to dissolve his 18-year-old marriage with his wife over her abusive behaviour. The petitioner, Mr Paul Dawodu, Wednesday sought the dissolution of the marriage on grounds that his wife, Adijat was quarrelsome and usually cursed people. Dawodu, 48, a resident of Ogalami St., Ikorodu also told the court that the respondent fought a lot and did not take corrections. “My wife finds joy in abusing and cursing fellow human beings; she can abuse even a ghost and she fights me regularly. I have tried coping…

Exactly a week after a female banker allegedly committed suicide by drinking an insecticide known as Sniper in Ughelli, Delta State, another girl allegedly drank same substance leading to her death. The girl simply identified as Loveth aged 18 and a resident of Imowhe street,Ughelli in Delta State had gone to check her JAMB score on Tuesday at a result checking centre where it was discovered that she performed below her expectation in the examination. Sources at the center stated that the girl who scored 160, after checking her result, had cried out saying, “my father would kill me.” Another source who…

Akwa Ibom government has given criminal elements operating in Etim Ekpo and Ukanafun local government areas a 21-day ultimatum to renounce violence and embrace amnesty. The suspected criminals have held the two local government areas under captivity for months, killing, kidnapping, maiming and raping innocent persons and visitors in the areas. Governor Udom Emmanuel, who was accompanied by Mr. Sheik Waziri, the State Director of Department of State Security, DSS, and Mr. Adeyemi Ogunjemilusi, the Commissioner of Police, announced the amnesty Wednesday during a town hall at Etim Ekpo local government secretariat, Utu Etim Ekpo. Emmanuel remarked, “Immediately after Easter, we…

The implementation of Meter Asset Provider Regulation 2018 developed by the Federal Government will fetch the Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry, NESI, more than N200 billion investments in the next three years. Dafe Akpeneye, the Commissioner, Legal, Licensing and Compliance, at the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, while presenting the regulation at just-concluded 25th Power Sector meeting in Uyo, said the regulation would create jobs in compliance with the compulsory 30  per cent local content in the engagement of manpower. Akpeneye, who said the issues of availability of metering and estimated billings were a recurring issue wherever it went, said the commission…

The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court Wednesday restrained the National Assembly from taking any further action on the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2018, which President Muhammadu Buhari declined to assent to, pending the determination of a suit filed before it by Accord Party. The court, in a ruling delivered by Justice Ahmed Mohammed, ordered all the parties to maintain status quo antebellum, “at least between now and the next adjourned date”. Justice Mohammed invoked section 6(6) of the 1999 constitution, as amended, which he said empowered the court to protect the Res (subject matter) of the substantive suit pending…