An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti has sentenced two persons to life imprisonment for raping a 14-year-old girl. The defendants, Salau Adams (21) and Odeleye Tobi (21), were arraigned before Justice Olalekan Olatawura on May 13, 2022. The police charge read that the defendants on February 28, 2022, at Awo Ekiti in […]
Prominent religious leaders on Wednesday advised Nigerians to get their Permanent Voter Cards and be ready to vote according to their conscience in the February 25 presidential election. Among them were the Sultan of Sokoto and the President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar; and the President, Christian Association […]
Thursday 02 February 2023 New naira scarcity: Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina border residents trade in CFA Obi, Kwankwaso won’t step down for Atiku – Parties Amosun, Abiodun clash over performance, abandoned projects Presidential candidate: Wike frustrated, lacks integrity, says PCC Efforts to save gov candidate failed, Ikpeazu laments Vote your conscience, Sultan, CAN advise Nigerians […]
A Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri, the Imo State capital has stopped the planned rerun primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Aboh-Mbaise/Ngorokpala Federal Constituency of the state scheduled to hold this Thursday. According to the stay of execution order given on Tuesday by Justice Rita Pemu of the Court of Appeal […]
Governor of Rivers, Nyesom Wike, has sent out a note of warning to the Police Command in the state to carry out their duties effectively or be prepared to be replaced by another security outfit. Speaking at the Rivers state PDP campaign rally on Wednesday, at Elekahia. in Port Harcourt, Wike said, “and this […]
An Assistant Superintendent Of Police (ASP) Olorunshola Olusegun who disarmed an officer, Drambi Vandi charged with the killing of a Lagos-based lawyer, Bolanle Raheem, on Christmas Day, testified on Wednesday at the Lagos State High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) as the 5th prosecution witness. Led in evidence by the Attorney-General […]
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, on Wednesday, arrested an Abuja-based Twitter user, Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, with the handle @SimisolaGold and Twitter name Simisola of Lala, for offering new naira notes for sale on social media, The PUNCH reports. Our correspondent gathered that, although Omoseyin was yet to mention other members of […]
The Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday, asked the Central Bank of Nigeria not to grant a further extension after February 10 deadline for naira swap. This, he said, had become imperative to ensure the purpose and objective of initiating the redesigning of the currency are not destroyed. In a statement […]
The Court of Appeal, Abuja, has set aside the judgment of a lower court barring the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission from initiating either civil or criminal proceedings against a former Accountant General of the Federation, Jonah Otunla. According to the EFCC, a three-member panel of the Court of Appeal, in a judgment, marked […]
The Chief Spokesperson of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Dr Yunusa Tanko, has said claims by the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai that elements in the Presidential Villa were working against the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, was an internal affair of the party. Tanko said this in […]
