Justice Chinyere Nwecheonwu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Kuje, on Thursday adjourned the arraignment of former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Prof. Usman Yusuf, to February 3. Yusuf was taken into custody by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday for alleged contract fraud and other charges….
A group under the aegis of Society for Yoruba Culture Renaissance (SYCR), has told the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar, to restrict the application of Shariah Laws to to the north because the system is alien to Yorubaland. The group was reacting to the monarch”s backing to the planned establishment of Independent Sharia Arbitration Panels…
An Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines plane in mid-air near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C., late Tuesday. Officials said all passengers, crew and troops were killed in the collision. D.C. Fire Chief John Donnelly told reporters that 28 bodies have been recovered as of late Thursday morning. In…
Representative of the Gov. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Mrs Ime Akpan (4th from R. front row) and others during the condolence visit. By Anietie Akpan The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has commiserated with the family of the late Elder Udeme Ebukiba Akwatang,father of the National Chairman of the United Evangelical…
“The Voice” alum Ryan Whyte Maloney, who appeared on Season 6 of the NBC reality competition series, has died by suicide. He was 44. Maloney died Tuesday in Las Vegas, the Clark County Coroner confirmed to People. The coroner listed his cause of death as a gunshot wound to the head. On Monday, Maloney posted a since-expired…
Syria’s de facto leader, Ahmad al-Sharaa has requested Russia to hand over exiled leader Bashar al-Assad (pictured above), according to a new report by Reuters. The former Syrian president, a key Russian ally in the Middle East, fled to Moscow last year after being ousted in a rebel offensive that ended five decades of rule…
