The Department of State Services (DSS) said a lawyer of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Maxwell Okpara, was defending the immediate past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. DSS made the remark on Tuesday while describing Okpara as a “charge-and-bail lawyer” after he filed contempt charges against its Director-General, Yusuf…
The member representing Obingwa East state constituency in the Abia State House of Assembly and leader of the PDP caucus, Solomon Akpulonu, has been suspended for 14 sitting days. Making the pronouncement on the floor of the Abia State House of Assembly on Tuesday, the Speaker of the House, Emmanuel Emeruwa, said the 8th Abia…
The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, has attributed the rise in petrol pump prices in Nigeria to market forces. This follows a recent price increase from N540 to N617 per litre, which he said reflects the dynamics of a market-regulated pricing model. Addressing journalists after a closed-door…
A Cameroonian man identified as Tembu Ebere has confirmed that he partially went blind while attempting to cry for seven days to set a record in the Guinness World Records. This is as the craze to achieve feats of endurance sweeps across the country after a chef, Hilda Baci, in May officially broke the record…
North Korea has reportedly arrested a United State soldier who crossed the border from the inter-Korean demilitarised zone without authorisation. United Nations Command in a tweet on Tuesday said that they now believe that the US national is in the custody of North Korean officials, Daily Mail reports. The yet-to-be-identified US soldier was taking part…
Gigi Hadid was arrested and charged with possessing marijuana and drug paraphernalia after she flew to the Cayman Islands from the USA last week. The supermodel, 28, was embarking on a girls’ trip to the Cayman Islands on July 10 when she was arrested at Owen Roberts International Airport, E! News has learned. According to…
President Bola Tinubu has expressed sadness over the death of two-year-old Ivan Omhonrina killed by a stray bullet during an operation by officers of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at Okpanam in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State. In a statement released by his media aide, Dele Alake, today July 18,…
The President of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Tuesday, said his administration will review the proposed N8,000 cash transfer. This was disclosed in a press statement issued on Tuesday and signed by the president’s Special Adviser on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, Delete Alake. Read the full statement below: REVIEW OF N8, 000 CASH TRANSFER…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Tuesday slammed the plan of the Federal Government to distribute N500bn as palliatives to Nigerians and government officials to cushion the effects of the removal of fuel subsidy The NLC, in a statement by its President, Joe Ajaero, on Tuesday, argued that the Federal Government was “seeking to impoverish…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Shehu Sani has reacted to the new petroleum Pump Price of fuel from N539 to N617 in the Federal Capital Territory and other parts of the country. SAHEL STANDARD recalled that the price of Petroleum Motor Spirit, PMS, was on Tuesday adjusted from N539 to N617 per…
