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Workers at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research have petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari against the Director General of the institute, Professor Innocent Ujah, over alleged corruption and mismanagement of the NIMR. The workers, in a petition written by the ‘Concerned NIMR Staff’ and titled ‘Financial Misconduct and Abuse of Office by Prof. Innocent Achanya Otobo Ujah (The Director General, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research),’ accused him of employment racketeering and illegal payment of salaries and other emoluments. When contacted on Friday for his reaction to the allegations, Ujah asked the petitioners to come forward for identification. He refused to…

Etim Ekpimah Participants in Saturday’s ward congress election of the Peoples Democratic Party in Akwa Ibom State have lauded the exercise, describing it as credible. The exercise, which held at ward centres across the state, began around noon at some ward centres. In Ibesikpo Asutan Local Government Area, materials for the congress were dispatched at the party secretariat, Nung Udoe about 10am. Our correspondent, who observed proceedings of the congress in Ibesikpo ward 3 held at Lutheran Primary School, Nung Udoe, noted that voting was through option A4. At Primary School Nung Ukana, ward centre of Ibesikpo ward five,…

Friday Amobi Kinsmen of the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, on Saturday warned the Peoples Democratic Party and the National Assembly not to damage the integrity of the minister over the alleged non-inclusion of the Lagos-Calabar Railway project in the 2016 Budget. The relatives of the former governor of Rivers State, who came together under the aegis of Concerned All Progressives Congress Members, explained that the saga was a blackmail to smear Amaechi’s image. The APC members from Ikwere Local Government Area of the state also drummed support for the minister, stating that Amaechi has always maintained a…

Peter Okeugo Background I am an actress and I own a record label called Simline Records. I am from Ibadan, Oyo State. I have a diploma in Theatre Arts from the University of Ibadan, and a degree in History and Strategic Studies from the University of Lagos. Early years My early years as an actress were a new experience for me. Prior to that time, I was in school and I hardly ever went out or visited places. It was quite adventurous for me and I began to love it. Simline Records Simline Records is a new entrant in…

In the concluding part of a two-part series, ARUKAINO UMUKORO writes about the ripple effects of branding children witches in Akwa Ibom and Cross River states in Nigeria The last eight years of Essien Offiong’s life has been a living nightmare. Soft-spoken Offiong picked interest in electronic gadgets at an early age. Sadly, his roving curiosities were deemed unholy and abominable by his parents and community. He was accused of being a witch and driven away from home by his father when he was barely 10 years old. His father had divorced his mother and remarried. He told SUNDAY…

A Makurdi High Court judge, Justice Theresa Igoche, has dismissed the motion filed by a former Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, seeking a stay of execution on the judgment delivered against him to revoke his allocation of Atom Kpera Lodge. Governor Samuel Ortom had constituted a judicial commission of inquiry to recover government properties allocated to Suswam, including Atom Kpera Lodge in Makurdi, and the High Court in Makurdi, presided over by Justice Igoche, in February, dismissed the suit filed by Suswam. Following the judgment, the counsel to the former governor, Dave Iorhemba, urged the court to grant…

The Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA) on Friday May 29, 2016 held its 8th Annual General Meeting 2016 at the organisation headquarters in Lagos. Kehinde Shonola of Technology Times captures images of the NIRA AGM proceedings   The post Pictured: Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA) Annual General Meeting 2016 appeared first on Technology Times. Source: Technology

A suspected burglar, Samson Ugbusun, has revealed how the daughter of his victim gave him up to the police after he made love overtures to her.  Ugbusun, a 28-year-old bricklayer, was arrested by operatives of the Edo State Police Command for allegedly breaking into the home of an unsuspecting resident at Etete, in Oredo Local Government Area of the state, carting away two mobile phones.  It was gathered that after he successfully carried out the operation, the suspect went ahead to invite his victim’s daughter to spend a night with him in his apartment.  According to him, he was…

The Standard Organisation of Nigeria has confiscated over 500 expired tyres and electrical cables from dealers in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The state Coordinator of SON, Mr. Udeme Udom, who coordinated the seizure along the popular Bedwell Street in Calabar South, told journalists that the exercise was a nationwide enforcement embarked upon by SON to rid the country of sub-standard products. Udom said that the enforcement was one of the objectives of the organisation in eradicating sub-standard automobile, food and electrical products from the market. He said, “Today’s exercise is a national clampdown to ensure that the…

The Department of Petroleum Resources, Port Harcourt Zone, said it had so far sealed off 33 filling stations for their involvement in unwholesome practices. The Zonal Operations Controller, Port Harcourt, Mrs. Chioma Njoku, who disclosed this while briefing newsmen in Port Harcourt, said the filling stations were sealed for under-dispensing, overpricing and hoarding of fuel. Njoku explained that the DPR, in collaboration with the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, also impounded four trucks laden with premium motor spirit (petrol). She added that the product, which was meant for a filling station in Etche Local Government Area of Rivers…