The Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, Abia State, has fixed October 27 for judgement in the suit filed by the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu against the Federal Government. Kanu in the suit filed on his behalf by his Special Counsel, Mr Aloy Ejimakor, is challenging his […]
Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, says he has given approval for the commencement of the process to increase salaries of workers in the state’s civil service. Sanwo-Olu made this known on Tuesday while addressing the workers at the state secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja. The governor said he understands that the high inflation in the country […]
Attahiru Jega, former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says corruption in the education sector is a miniature version of what is prevalent in the wider Nigerian context. Jega spoke on Tuesday at the fourth national summit on diminishing corruption in public service organised by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related […]
For the fourth time this year, the United States Attorney’s Office for Central District of California, Los Angeles, has postponed the sentencing date for alleged international internet fraudster Ramon Abbas, aka, Hushpuppi. An official of the court’s Media Relations Unit, Ciaran McEvoy, made this known on Tuesday in response to an email inquiry by […]
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed at least 12 persons in the Bali Local Government Area of Taraba State. The attackers who disguised as local vigilante group members stormed Dogon-Ruwa village in Bali, pretending to have arrived to arrest suspects. They opened fire, shooting sporadically, and killed 12 persons. Confirming the incident to […]
North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan for the first time in five years Tuesday, prompting Tokyo to activate its missile alert system and issue a rare warning for people to take shelter. The latest launch comes in a record year of sanctions-busting weapons tests by North Korea, which recently revised its laws […]
Mike Ozekome, the chief counsel to the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has written to President Muhammadu Buhari demanding the immediate release of his client. In the letter dated October 3, Ozekhome premised his petition on the need to seek a political solution to the embattled IPOB leader. […]
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Friday present the N19.76 trillion 2023 Budget to the National Assembly in Abuja. The presentation will take place 10am at the temporary chamber of House of Representatives. The Director General, Budget Office of the Federation, Ben Akabueze, had said the President will present the 2023 appropriation to the National […]
Former President of the United States Donald Trump filed a lawsuit against the Cable News Network (CNN) Inc for defamation on Monday. He was also seeking $475 million in retributive damages, claiming that the media giant had carried out a “campaign of libel and slander” against him. Reuters said Trump claims in his lawsuit […]
Barring any last-minute change of plans, the ruling All Progressives Congress APC would formally flag off its 2023 Presidential Election campaign on Monday, October 10 in Abuja, Vanguard has learned. The development comes as the party and its campaign council gears up to receive its presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu back to the […]
