Decaying dead bodies of a man and his wife were found inside their room in Nnewichi, Nnewi of Enugu state on Friday, Akelicious has reported. Investigations have however revealed that both were killed by their only son. According to reports, the boy, who is now in Police custody, murdered his parents after they failed to provide money which he asked from them. He is answering questions on reasons he murdered his parents and abandoned their bodies and ran away. Report by Akelicious
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has released a 422-member Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) ahead of the commencement of the party’s 2023 presidential campaign to be headed by President Muhammadu Buhari. According to the list of members of the council released in Abuja on Saturday, Sen. Bola Tinubu, the party’s 2023 presidential candidate and Abdullahi Adamu, its National chairman, are to serve as deputy chairmen of the council. Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau is the Director General with James Faleke as secretary of the council. Sen. Kashim Shettima, the party’s Vice-Presidential candidate is the vice chairman of the council and Adams…
Nigerian government has selected Ethiopian Airlines (ET) Consortium as preferred bidder for Nigeria Air. The Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika disclosed this during a media briefing in Abuja on Friday. According to him, Ethiopian Airlines scored 89 per cent out of 100 on technical bid and 15 out 20 on financial bid. Sirika explained that the Request for Proposal (RFP) under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Act, governed by Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission(ICRC) regarding the Nigeria Air was now completed. “After a careful, detailed and ICRC governed selection process, Ethiopian Airlines (ET) Consortium has been selected as preferred bidder, offering…
The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), has shared N673.137 billion to the three tiers of government as federation allocation for August. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Phil Abiamuwe-Mowete, the Director (Information/Press) on Friday. The federal government received N259.641 billion, the states received N222.949 billion, and the Local Government Councils got N164.247 billion. The N673.137 billion was inclusive of Gross Statutory Revenue, Value Added Tax (VAT), and an Augmentation of Non Oil Excess Revenue. The communiqué issued at the end of the meeting indicated that the Gross Revenue available from the VAT for August was N215.266 billion.…
By Justina Auta The paramount chief of Gidan Gimba in Karu local government area of Nasarawa state, Danjuma Audu has commended Rotary Club Abuja CBD for commencing the construction of classrooms and toilets at the community’s Central Primary School. Audu, while expressing pleasure over the project, said the facilities, when completed, would help in decongesting the existing block of two classrooms and stopping of open defecation in the school. The traditional ruler, therefore, lauded the club for the timely intervention, which he said would improve access to quality education in the community. Inaugurating the project, the Club’s President, Mr Max…
Center for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD), has called for compulsory use of sign language in public institutions in Nigeria, to give the deaf community a sense of belonging. Mr David Anyaele, Executive Director, CCD said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja in commemoration of the International Sign Language Day. The International Sign Language Day is marked every Sept. 23 by the Deaf Community Globally and the 2022 theme is “Sign Language Unite Us”. “Recognising that over 80 per cent of deaf persons in the world are living in developing countries, with millions of Nigerians having one level of…
There are reports of flooding across all the riverine local government areas of Benue, the state Commissioner for Water Resources and Environment Godwin Oyiwona has said. He said on Friday that all the local government areas on riverine areas and few others were affected. He named the local government areas to include Makurdi, Agatu, Logo, Guma, Buruku, Otukpo and Gwer-West, among others, noting that government was doing its best to mitigate flooding effects on the people. According to him, the government has released funds for the cleaning of Idye Basin that controls most of the water-flow within Makurdi. He said…
This week, the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies organised a high-level forum on political communication and issue-based politics in the run up to the 2023 elections. In his speech at the event, Speaker Gbajabiamila made the point that politicians in a democracy should run on the basis of their record but in our context in which so many of them have no records to show, they change the agenda by attacking personalities and engaging in divisive politics. The problem is that it works. By evoking emotions and castigating perceived political enemies with hate and dangerous speech, the generate…
Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, says there are about 265 illegal refineries in the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) corridor alone as Nigeria continues to grapple with oil theft. Sylva spoke at the 60th Anniversary of the Oil Producers Trade Section (OPTS) of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) on Thursday in Lagos. The minister, represented by Mr Kamaru Busari, Acting Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum Resources, said vandalism and oil theft had resulted in Nigeria producing less than one million barrels of crude oil per day. Sylva said the country’s inability to meet its…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it is working with relevant authorities to ensure that only vehicles installed with Speed Limit Device are allowed into the country. The Acting Corps Marshal, Dauda Biu stated this while receiving the Leadership of National Union of Road Transport Workers, (NURTW) at the FRSC Headquarters in Abuja. Biu said that the measure became necessary to remove additional cost burden on drivers for installation of the device. The acting corps marshal emphasised the need for the two organisations to work together towards addressing incessant road accidents. He said over 75 percent of the accidents…