The All Progressives Congress (APC) Kano Central senatorial candidate, Abdulsalam Abdulkarim Zaura (popularly known as AA Zaura), on Monday appeared before a Federal High Court in Kano over an alleged $1.3 million fraud charge against him. Zaura was accused of defrauding a Kuwaiti national of $1.3m, and was billed for arraignment after the Court […]
The Board and Management of Nigerian Railway Corporation has announced the resumption of the Abuja-Kaduna train service. The PUNCH reported that the Abuja-Kaduna train had derailed at the Kubwa station which led to the suspension of operations on the rail line. The announcement was made in a statement by the Director, Operations, NRC, Niyi […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja has on Monday dismissed the suit by a former presidential candidate of Hope Democratic Party, Chief Ambrose Owuru, against the election of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), in the 2019 presidential election. The suit seeking Buhari’s was dismissed by Justice Inyang Ekwo on three grounds. One of […]
The Department of State Services (DSS) says it has intercepted some members of organised syndicates involved in the sale of the new redesigned naira notes. According to a statement on Monday by DSS spokesman, Dr Peter Afunanya, the Service in the course of its operations, also established that some Commercial Bank officials are aiding […]
President Vladimir Putin threatened to personally target Boris Johnson with a missile attack just before ordering Russian forces into Ukraine, the former UK prime minister has claimed. The apparent threat came in a phone call just ahead of the invasion on February 24, according to a new BBC documentary to be broadcast on Monday. […]
Sadisu Yakasai, commander of 16 brigade Nigerian army/sector 2, Operation Delta Safe (OPDS), says the military is winning the fight against militancy and crude oil theft in the Niger Delta. Yakasai spoke on Sunday at the end of the 2022 West African social activities (WASA) held at camp Tukur Buratai barracks, Yenagoa, the capital […]
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State on Sunday hinted that he and his Ebonyi State, David Umahi, were working assiduously to end hostilities between communities at the borderline of both states. Ortom dropped the hint during the Thanksgiving Mass for the official commissioning of a Catholic Parish House built at Holy Cross Parish, Ogbolokuta, […]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said Nigeria is staring disunity in the face because many leaders are more concerned about their selfish interests than the survival and health of the nation. This is just as he regretted that appointments in government are skewed and lopsided on basis of nepotism and mediocrity and disregard for […]
A yet-to-be-identified female corpse slated for burial on Saturday has gone missing from the morgue of the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Ogun State. A hospital source said the drama started on Friday when the family of the deceased came to the hospital to take the body for burial only for them to […]
The Canadian police have arrested two Nigerians, Gbemisola Akinrinade and Adebowale Adiatu, for allegedly enriching themselves with the proceeds from the sales of valid flight tickets to unsuspecting customers. According to Canada Today, the suspects fraudulently sold more than 250 airline tickets at a value of more than $500,000 in the racket scheme. The […]
