A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Umuahia, Abia State, on Monday remanded 60 members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) at the Afara Federal Prisons in Aba. The magistrate ordered that the IPOB members be remanded in prison after their counsel challenged the jurisdiction of the court to hear the matter.
Over 35 Foreign Companies Participating In Abuja Trade Fair
The Director, membership and Business Development of Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), Tonia Shoyele says over 35 foreign companies are currently participating at the ongoing 12th Abuja International Trade Fair tagged “Returning Nigeria to the Path of Sufficiency Though Non-Oil Exports’’
Buhari Back Home From UNGA
President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after attending the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
Federal Government Begins Urgent Rehabilitation Of Roads, Bridges In Lagos
The Nigerian Government has begun emergency and remedial repair of some major roads and bridges in Lagos State, the Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, Mr Godwin Eke, said. Eke told journalists in Lagos that some of the bad roads required urgent attention and that the Nigerian Government was determined to make all federal roads across the country motorable.
FG Gazettes IPOB Ban, Writes Banks, Foreign Missions And Embassies
Following the recent proscription and declaration of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist organization by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, the Federal Government has gazetted the order to further give it the force of law. The gazette which was published on September 20, the date the proscription order was issued by the Court, was signed by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami (SAN).
APC Slams Sagay, Calls Him ‘Rogue Elephant’
The All Progressives Congress(APC) has hit the nation’s critic-in-chief, Professor Itse Sagay over his statement in a recent newspaper interview accusing the party’s leaders of being a bunch of unprincipled people, encouraging and accepting rogues into the party.
Jordanian Air Force Chief Arrives Nigeria
The Commander of the Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF), Maj-Gen. Yousef Al-Hnaity on Sunday arrived Abuja, the nation's capital on a week-long working visit to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Headquarters. NAN reports that his visit was disclosed by the Director of Public Relations, NAF Headquarters, Air Commodore Olatokunbo Adesanya.