Author: Michael Right

No fewer than 56 dead Nigerian names with reported unclaimed estates and other valuable assets in the United Kingdom have been published by the United Kingdom government. This was contained in UK’s government Treasury Solicitor website which was last updated on September 8, 2022, as reported by BusinessDay. The unclaimed estates have a 30-year time limit from the date of death before it is removed if no person comes to claim the ownership. According to the report, one of the oldest affected Nigerians was identified as Mark N’wogo, who died on December 9, 1992, in Surrey, United Kingdom. But the assets he…

US rapper Cardi B has admitted two offences arising from a brawl in a strip club, as part of a deal that means she will avoid a trial and possible jail time. The Grammy-winning star, born Belcalis Almanzar, pleaded guilty to third-degree assault and second-degree reckless endangerment, and was sentenced to 15 days community service. Ten other charges were dismissed. “I’ve made some bad decisions in my past that I am not afraid to face and own up to,” she said in a statement. In court, the 29-year-old admitted organising and participating in two attacks on employees of the Angels…

The Oyo State Roads Maintenance Agency (OYSROMA), has commenced the rehabilitation of Dugbe and Adeoyo roads through its special intervention project The Chairman OYSROMA, Honourable Ogunlade Busoye Soladoye, who visited the roads today, said that the agency will not relent in fulfilling its mandate to rid the state of potholes and bad roads. Soladoye said the agency was working in collaboration with all the stakeholders, especially Local Government Area authorities, to ensure safe and secured roads in the state. According to him, the rehabilitation of Adeoyo and Dugbe roads involved the cutting of potholes, filling with stone base and Asphalt…

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state on Thursday signed three bills, including one prohibiting the curtailment of women’s right to share in their family’s property into law. The bill, ‘Rivers in Women’s Right to Share in Family Property Law No. 2 of 2022, alongside ‘Rivers State Compulsory Treatment and Care of Victims of Gunshots Law No. 3 of 2022’, and the ‘Rivers State Pension Reform (amendment) Law No. 4 of 2022’, were signed into law by the governor yesterday after they were passed by the state House of Assembly. Speaking on the law to prohibit the curtailment of women’s right…

Delta state government has approved the establishment of 13 new secondary schools and 9 new primary schools to bridge education demand gaps in the state. Commissioner for Works (Highways), Mr Nuel Omodon made this known on Thursday in Asaba at the end of a State Executive Council meeting chaired by the deputy governor, Mr Kingsley Otuaro. He said that the state also approved funds for the payment of its counterpart funds of the Universal Basic Education projects for the 2022 cycle. Omodon added that government also approved the restructuring and the renaming of certain secondary and primary schools in the state. Four…

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police has apprehended one Thaddeus Joseph for dealing in illicit substances suspected to be marijuana. According to a statement on Friday by the FCT police command Public Relations Officer, DSP Josephine Adeh, the suspect has been handed over to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for further actions. The PPRO said the 32-years-old male resident of Kado Estate Area of the FCT was arrested for the offence of being in possession of a commercial amount of leaves suspected to be Cannabis sativa (Marijuana). According to her, the arrest was made by operatives of the command on…

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has described oil theft and pipeline vandalism as organised crime. In a letter to the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Abiodun Alabi, through the Assistant  Commissioner of Police, Area F Command, John Sango, by the Chairman, PENGASSAN, Lagos Zone, Elam Abang, during a rally in Lagos to sensitise the public on oil theft and pipeline vandalism, he said statistics by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) showed that the country lost about $3.2 billion (about N1.36 trillion) in crude oil theft between January, last year and February, this year. According…

Ten lawyers have dragged the Labour Party’s Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, and his running mate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State, seeking an order to stop the “#Obidatti23 Forward Ever Rally” in the state slated for October 1, 2022. The plaintiffs brought the Originating Summons pursuant to Section 6(6) (1) of Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended), section of the Police Act. 2020, section (3) of the National Security Agencies Act Cap N74, Section 1(3) of the terrorism (prevention and prohibition) Act, 2022. Order 3. Rule 6 of the federal…

The Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) and other related offences has opened up that the N13.59trillion 2021 budget was padded by the various Ministries, Departments and Agencies, with duplicated projects worth N300b. This was made known by the ICPC Chairman, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, during an interface with the Senate Committee on Finance. He disclosed that projects duplication worth N100billion were also inserted into the N17.12 trillion 2022 budget by some MDAs asides the N49.9b tracked as salary for ghost workers between January and June this year. Owasanoye explained that the N300billion duplicated projects in the 2021 budget and N100 billion…

According to the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Ladipo and Oyingbo markets will be closed starting on Thursday of next week until further notice. This is due to careless waste disposal, a refusal to pay for waste services, and a general lack of waste management at the markets. LAWMA’s Managing Director/CEO, Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni, noted that the unwholesome environmental practices by traders in those markets, despite repeated warnings, called for necessary and immediate sanctions. He said: “Our attention has been drawn to the deplorable state of the environment around Ladipo Market, Mushin and Oyingbo Market, resulting from reckless waste dumping by…