Ifeyinwa Nasiah Okoye, a Senior Magistrate in the Anambra State Judiciary has shared insights on her journey as a lawyer and magistrate and the setback faced owing to being physically challenged. The Senior Magistrate presiding over the Chief Magistrate Court, Neni shared her story in an interview with BBC Pidgin. She recalled how […]
Anambra State President of the Ohaneze Ndigbo, Prince Emeka Udodeme, has declared that the emergence of Igbo president will help to curb agitations and secessionist movements in the South East and restore peace in the country. Udodeme, who maintained that a Nigerian president of Igbo extraction was not negotiable in 2023, urged all […]
A suspected ritual killer, Timothy Odeniyi, who was arrested by men of the Amotekun Corps in Ondo with human parts has confessed that he was promised N30m if he could produce and deliver the parts to Lagos. The 35-year-old who made this confession while speaking with newsmen after he was paraded by the Amotekun […]
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar visited the hilltop mansion of ex-military President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), in Minna, Niger State, on Tuesday. The duo held a private meeting, which lasted for about 45 minutes. Atiku had earlier visited Governor Sani Bello, who had endorsed Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) […]
The federal government has asked the authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to approve the request by Air Peace for the resumption of passenger flights. The FG said this in a letter addressed to Saif Mohammed Al Suwaid, director-general (DG) of the UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA). The letter, dated February 1, […]
A bill seeking to enforce the teaching of Nigeria’s history across secondary and tertiary schools has been introduced in the Senate. Sponsored by Senator Adeyemi Oriolowo, the bill was read for the first time during Tuesday’s plenary in the Senate chamber of the National Assembly in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). It is […]
The former governor of Imo state and Senator representing Imo West Senatorial District, Rochas Okorocha, on Tuesday, alleged it was the Imo state governor, Hope Uzodimma, who was behind the alleged N2.9 billion fraud allegation by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, against him. Okorocha revealed this to newsmen in Owerri, through his Special […]
Aghoho Owhojede, doctor to the family of Sylvester Oromoni, the deceased student of Dowen College in Lagos, has testified that there isn’t evidence to establish the 12-year-old consumed any chemical substance. Oromoni died last November after he was alleged to have been beaten by five colleagues for refusing to join a cult. His father […]
Yet-to-be-identified persons have razed a mango farm belonging to former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Benue State. Obasanjo’s spokesman, Kehinde Akinyemi, confirmed the burning of the 2,420 hectares farmland in a statement on Tuesday in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. He said the incident occurred over the weekend at Howe in the Aliade area of […]
Ethiopian Airlines, on Tuesday, resumed flying Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft, nearly three years after a fatal crash prompted global grounding of the model. In March 2019, Ethiopian Airlines flight 302, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 bound for Kenya, crashed six minutes after takeoff from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital, killing all 149 passengers and […]
