A Magistrates’ court sitting in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, on Thursday, ordered for the remand of eight persons for allegedly assaulting some leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,
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A yet-to-be identified police officer has been arrested in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, following the death of his girlfriend allegedly after sex. It was gathered from the residents of Atayese
The Supreme Court has struck out the appeal filed by the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the review of the Bayelsa Governorship election. The Court in its ruling said the
The Chairman of the Cross River State House of Assembly Committee on Judiciary, Public Petition, Public Service Matters and Conflict Resolution, Hon Efa Nyong Esua, has said that the state
A High Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, Tuesday dismissed an application by the former general manager of Kwara State Television Authority, Abdulfatah Adewale Adebowale, asking the court to
Osun State House of Assembly, on Tuesday, held a public hearing on the proposed death penalty for kidnappers, as a response to ravaging insecurity in the state. The parliamentarians unanimously
Some prison inmates in the custody of the Okaka Medium Prison Facility and the Port Harcourt Maximum Security Prison in Bayelsa and Rivers State have sent a Save-Our-Soul message to
The EFCC, Port Harcourt Zonal Office, has arraigned one Patrick Ighalo before Justice J.K. Omotosho of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State for alleged fraud. Ighalo
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, asked Justice Abdullahi Mikhail of Niger State High Court, to relist the case involving former governor of Niger State, Muazu Babangida
Kobe Bryant’s widow has sued the owner of the helicopter which crashed in fog and killed her husband and their teenage daughter. Vanessa Bryant’s lawsuit alleging wrongful death claims the
Festus Keyamo has criticized the call by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking Supreme Court to review its rulings on the Presidential Election and governorship elections in some states. Kola
Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Mike Ozekhome, has described as unwarranted and cowardly the attack on Justice Mary Odili for her judgment on Bayelsa State governorship election. Justice Odili had
The Federal Government, through the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, has explained why 104 ‘repentant’ Boko Haram members were freed. She said President Muhammadu
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday approached the Supreme Court seeking review of its earlier judgement that sacked David Lyon as the Bayelsa governor-elect a day to his swearing-in
Ojo Taiye, 18, and Lukemam Jimoh, 25, on Friday appeared in Egor Magistrates’ Court in Benin, for allegedly stealing the sum of N280,000. The defendants are facing trial for conspiracy,
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Kaduna state says it has arrested two suspects for allegedly transporting a truck load of Indian hemp weighed 1.760 kilogrammes of Cannabis
Justice Mohammed Mohammed of the Sokoto State High Court on Thursday, sentenced one Wakili Yusuf Oladapo to three years imprisonment for scamming two prospective National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), members
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers 1. Okechukwu Okoye, the Chairman, Anambra House of Assembly Committee on Information and Public Enlightenment, has raised alarm over outbreak of
A housewife, Asia, on Thursday told an Area Court in Ilorin that she has had enough of her husband’s hardship and wants divorce. The duo formalised their marriage eight months
Senator Adamu Aliero representing Kebbi Central Senatorial district, Wednesday blamed the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, for the proliferation of small arms into the country. The lawmaker even accused the NCS
