Abdullahi, the son of Sani Abacha, late former head of state, has died. The announcement was made by Gumsu Sani Abacha, his sister, via a tweet on Saturday. According to the post, Abdullahi died in the early hours of the day. “Innalillahi wa inna ilaihi raji’un. I lost my younger brother Abdullahi Sani Abacha,” […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in the north-west has asked Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and Abubakar Malami, minister of justice, to resign from their offices. The party made the call following a verdict of the supreme court on Friday which held that the old naira notes are legal […]
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, convicted and sentenced a former accountant, Pensions Account, Office of the Head of Service of the Federation, Garba Abdullahi Tahir, to 21 years imprisonment for stealing N26.1 million meant for pensioners. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had prosecuted Abdullahi on a seven-count amended charge […]
Seven states under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) – Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, Edo, Taraba, and Sokoto – which filed a suit against the Federal Government at the Supreme Court challenging the declaration of All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu as president-elect, have discontinued the suit. The Notice of Discontinuance […]
The Governor of Kogi State has responded to allegations of money laundering involving the state government levelled against his nephew and others by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In December 2022, there were reports that the EFCC had arraigned some persons on allegations that they were laundering monies belonging to the Kogi […]
Justice Adekunle Adeleye of an Ado-Ekiti High Court has discharged and acquitted a 55-year-old university lecturer, Dr Ayinde Olukayode, of rape charges. Olukayode, who lectures at the Ekiti State University, has been standing trial for rape, an offence contrary to Section 31 (c) of the Child’s Rights Law, Cap. C7, Laws of Ekiti State, […]
Twenty three people were allegedly kidnapped while one was killed by bandits at the Dogon-Daji community along the Abuja-Kaduna road near Kagarko in Kaduna State. Although the police could not be reached for comments as at press time, a local said the bandits raided the community on Wednesday around 12pm. “They moved from house […]
Saturday 04 March 2023 Bandits kidnap 23, kill one in Kaduna community Redeem your image with governorship, state assembly polls, TMG tells INEC Traditional rulers urge President-elect to deliver campaign promises Methodist bishop gives reason for joining Abia guber race Abia NLC suspends 3-day-old strike ‘Impotent’ lecturer accused of raping 12-year-old freed US To […]
A letter purportedly from the European Union (EU) challenging the credibility of the recently concluded presidential election in Nigeria is circulating on social media. In the letter, the EU in partnership with the National Democratic Institute (NDI), and International Republican Institute (IRI), claimed that the election was marred by numerous cases of electoral malpractice, […]
Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha was on Friday sentenced to 27 years in jail for treason, a verdict that ruled him out of elections this year and was immediately denounced by the United States as a “miscarriage of justice”. Kem Sokha was accused of hatching a “secret plan” in collusion with foreign entities to […]
