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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dissociated itself from the statement credited to Orji Uzor Kalu, former Abia state governor that members of the PDP sometimes killed to get rid of their rivals. The party, in a statement by Kola Ologbondiyan, its national publicity secretary, called on Orji to come out clear on his statement as that cannot be associated with the PDP. Kalu, who made this statement in a video during the South-East APC caucus meeting in Abuja on Thursday, said he was aware that politicians eliminated their rivals and other electorates so they can secure victory during elections.…

The craze for money to pay for his wife’s bride price has driven a 19-year-old in Niger State to have allegedly sold his six-year-old brother to a ritual killer for N20,000. Aliyu Basala Yakutchi, who confessed to having sold his younger brother, Yamusa Ibrahim Yakutchi, to 30-year-old Legbo in order to raise money to pay his wife’s bride price, is cooling his feet in the Niger state police command, New Telegraph reports. Legbo is currently at large, according to police. Aliyu, who claimed to be the third of his mother’s six children, said that he sold his brother on credit. Unaware…

Horror and anguish gripped the people of Uruk Ata 11 in Etim Ekpo local government area of Akwa Ibom State as unknown gunmen killed four persons and abducted four elders of Qua Iboe Church and Christ Faith Church in the village. It was learnt that the hoodlums, who migrated from their camp in the neighbouring Ikpe village in the area, had flagged down a driver of an unidentified commercial bus passing through the community but going to a funeral service. An eye witness account told Straightnews that when the driver refused to stop for hoodlums suspected to be members of…

Some Nigerian banks are on the brink of collapsing, Ibrahim Magu, the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Thursday raised the alarm. In a statement by Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, the Head of Media and Publicity of the commission, Magu spoke this in Lagos during an interactive session with Association of Chief Compliance Officers of Banks in Nigeria. The EFCC boss charged banks’ compliance officers to always provide the commission with necessary information to assist it in carrying out its responsibilities. He said: “We must work together to save this country. Most of the banks are sitting…

Senator Godswill Akpabio, Thursday, hailed Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State for sustaining the economy of Nigeria through projects that have instilled peace in the oil-bearing communities. Akpabio, the immediate past governor of Akwa Ibom state, gave the assurance while inaugurating 10 internal roads and a three-kilometre Okposi Road in Omoku, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni local government area, ONELGA, of the state in continuation of the celebration of three years of Wike’s administration. The Senator, who is also the Senate Minority Leader, expressed the hope that Wike would overwhelmingly be voted in for a second term in the state on the strength of…

An FCT High Court, Maitama, Thursday, fixed July 11 for ruling on the no-case submission filed by Olisa Metuh, a former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, spokesman, accused of destruction of evidence. Metuh was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in January 2015 on a two-count charge bordering on alleged destruction of evidence. The case, which was before Justice Ishaq Bello, was adjourned until July 11, with the consent of counsel as the court did not sit. The case was earlier adjourned to May 31 for ruling on the no-case submission. Metuh’s counsel, Onyechi Ikpeazu, SAN, had on…

The making of Arabic Language compulsory for shortlisted applicants for the recruitment into Nigeria Police Force in last week’s aptitude test has been flayed by many Nigerians as most candidates never learnt the language nor was it to be compulsory for all. The latest attack came from Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, which Thursday slammed the Federal Government for making language compulsory for all applicants shortlisted for recruitment into the Nigeria Police Force in last week’s aptitude test. Consequently, CAN has demanded Federal Government to produce an evidence of cancellation of the the aptitude test organised by the Joint Admissions and…

A total of 4,959 officers of the Force recently promoted by the Police Service Commission, PSC, were among those decorated, Thursday, by Ibrahim Idris, Inspector-General of Police. They included eight Assistant Inspectors General, AIGs promoted to Deputy Inspectors General, DIGs. Also, 32 Commissioners of Police, CPs were elevated to Assistant Inspectors General, AIGs just as 65 Deputy Commissioners of Police, CPs were promoted Commissioners of Police. In similar circumstance, 180 Assistant Commissioners of Police, ACPs were promoted to Deputy Commissioners of Police with 264 Chief Superintendent of Police, CSPs raised to Assistant Commissioners of Police in that order. The recent…

The House of Representatives, Thursday, resolved to set up an ad-hoc Committee to probe the implementation of the $22 billion Brass Liquefied Natural Gas, LNG project alleged to have been poorly managed. The special panel is expected to investigate the expenditure and implementation of the $22 billion gas project and report back in six weeks for further Legislative input. This development was sequel to a motion promoted by Kingsley Ogundu Chinda,PDP, Obio Akpor Federal Constituency, Rivers State entitled: “Urgent Need To Investigate The Implementation of The $22 billion Brass Liquefied Gas Project’. Leading the debate, Chinda said, among others, “There have been…

The Nigeria Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, has threatened to embark on strike after its scheduled meeting on June 2. Dr Ugochukwu Eze, the NARD Publicity and Social Secretary, Kaduna State branch, made this known at a news conference Thursday in Kaduna. “As the 21 days grace handed over to the Federal Government to resolve all lingering issues as well as the recalling of its members sacked by the Jos University Teaching Hospital, JUTH, elapsed on Thursday May 31. “We scheduled a meeting for June 2, while warning that we cannot guarantee industrial harmony. “It may also interest you all…