The immediate past governor of Imo State, Rochas OKOROCHA, has faulted the petition against him sent to the Inspector General of Police by the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party. OKOROCHA in a statement on Friday by his media aide, Sam Onwuemeodo, urged the IGP to disregard the letter. OKOROCHA, who said that the letter was “deceitful”, claimed that the PDP in the state was confused. The statement read partly, “We want to appeal to the Inspector General of …
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Tammy Abraham fired CHELSEA to their first win of the Frank Lampard era as the young striker’s double clinched a 3-2 victory against Norwich on Saturday. Lampard had gone three games without a win in all competitions since he took over as CHELSEA manager, but the Blues legend finally got off the mark thanks to his faith in Abraham. Abraham had failed to score in his three previous appearances this term, but the 21-year-old striker bagged his first goal for …
Organised LABOUR met with the Federal Government on Friday in Abuja over the implementation of the N30,000 new minimum wage. However, no decision taken on a new wage structure. A source told our correspondent exclusively that both parties agreed to wait for President Muhammadu Buhari’s position on the issue. The proposal from the FG is 10 per cent salary increase for workers on grade level 07 to 14 and 5.5 per cent for workers on grade level 15 to 17. …
The National Youths Service Corps(NYSC) has handed over three men, posing as graduates of tertiary institutions, caught in possession of fake certificates to the police. Mrs Florence Yaakugh, the Taraba Coordinator of NYSC, on Friday, said the suspects were apprehended with the fake certificates during the screening of prospective Batch B Stream II corps members at the orientation camp in Jalingo. NYSC said the suspects claimed to have degrees in Mass Communication, Computer Science and Sociology, all from a university …
A middle-aged woman and a mother of three, Mrs Bukola Olarenwaju, was allegedly RAPED and strangled at the Olorunda area of Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital on Thursday. Accusing fingers have been pointed at a neighbour of the deceased, whose belonging was said to have been found at the scene of the killing, even as he had disappeared since the incident happened. Sources said the husband of the woman had gone to work while her children were away at …
The National Assembly/State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Lokoja on Friday sacked SENATOR DINO as the Senator for Kogi West. In its judgement, the tribunal ordered that fresh elections should be held in the senatorial district. The Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, SENATOR DINO Melaye, on Friday described the ruling of the Kogi West National Assembly/State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal nullifying his victory in the March 22 election and ordering a fresh election as a total miscarriage of …