A Kaduna State Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered the remand of a farmer, Musa Safiyanu, 40, in a Correctional Facility Centre for allegedly raping his 12-year old niece. NAN reports
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Mr Ezenwa Nwagwu, Chairman, Partners for Electoral Reforms (PEF) says the jailing of former Gov. Orji Kalu of Abia State was proof that joining the ruling party with criminal case
Justice Olasumbo Goodluck of an FCT High Court Maitama, on Thursday foreclosed the prosecution in the trial of Sen. Dino Melaye for alleged falsehood. Melaye, who until recently represented Kogi
The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the circumstances that led to the killing of two police officers in Anambra State recently. Joseph Akubo and Oliver Abbey were the
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) has vowed to comply with the order of a Federal High Court which directed him to recover
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Lagos Command, now has a new boss. He is Commander of Narcotic (CN) Ralph Igwenagu, who took over from CN Frederick Ezeorah. The
The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly at the plenary on Thursday, 5th December 2019, passed the 2020 Appropriation bill into law. Governor Udom Emmanuel had on October 8, 2019,
The Federal High Court, Lagos has fixed February 6, 2020 for hearing of application seeking to stop final forfeiture of some properties linked to a former Senate President, Dr. Bukola
The Lagos State police command said it has arrested a pastor and one Smart Adeyemi over the breach at Baruwa swamp along the System 2B of the Nigerian National Petroleum
There was a mild drama at an Abuja Federal High Court on Friday as operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS disrupted the trial of activists, Omoyele Sowore and
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), on Friday, received another batch of 168 stranded Nigerian returnees from Libya. NAN reports that the Acting Coordinator, NEMA Lagos Territorial Office, Mr. Ibrahim
The Dangote Business School has announced the commencement of Continuing Professional Development programmes at its permanent site on the campus of the Bayero University Kano. The Coordinator of CPD Programmes,
Rights Activist and pro-democracy campaigner, Omoyele Sowore has regained freedom more than three months after he was arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS). Sowore was arrested and charged
Paris Saint-Germain have told Real Madrid that Vinicius Junior must be included in any offer for Kylian Mbappe, according to AS. Mbappe has continuously been linked with a move to
Minister of Transportation and former Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi, has said that he would refuse any offering of pension if offered such by the state government. He said this
The Nigerian Government has approved N4bn for the completion of the Kwara-Osun link road. Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, disclosed this at the end of the Federal Executive
The Nigerian Army has disclosed that troops in various operations within the northeast have neutralised 3 Boko Haram terrorists as 12 women, 4 children held captive by the terrorists were
A Federal High Court sitting in Jos, the Plateau State capital has again threatened the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Abubakar Mohammed and Abba Kyari, the officer in charge of
File Photo The incessant attacks on rural communities have entrenched mutual distrust among hitherto friendly neighbours, according to the Northern chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). The Christian
The Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, says 60 years after independence, Northern Muslims are still under colonisation. He also said despite Nigeria’s independence, the country has refused to recognise
