The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is set to commence fresh proceedings against Femi Fani-Kayode, a former minister of aviation, over allegations of money laundering. The anti-graft agency is expected to file the charges before a federal high court in Abuja. The commission had previously arraigned Fani-Kayode and Nenadi Usman, a former minister of […]
An Ikeja High Court on Wednesday sentenced a 32-year-old carpenter, Onyekachi Agu, to seven years imprisonment for pouring acid on his ex-girlfriend, Aishat Adefarati, and her new lover, Monsuru Ahmed. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Oyindamola Ogala held that the prosecution proved the one-count charge of grievous harm against Agu. […]
The National Examinations Council (NECO) said it has rescheduled the 2023 National Common Entrance Examinations (NCEE) to Saturday, 3rd June 2023. In a statement by the Head of Information and Public Relations Division, Azeez Sani, the body shifted the examination from Saturday, 29th April 2023 to 3rd June 2023. According to the statement, the […]
The Federal Government has said that it is procuring 40 buses for the evacuation of Nigerians trapped in war-torn Sudan. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, who disclosed this on Wednesday, said these buses are expected to cost the government $1.2 million. At a media briefing after the Federal Executive Council Meeting, Onyeama […]
The number of victims linked to a suspected starvation cult in Kenya climbed to 95 on Wednesday, a government official said, with weeping relatives anxiously awaiting news of loved ones after investigators unearthed mass graves last week. The discovery of dozens of bodies buried in Shakahola forest near the coastal town of Malindi shocked […]
The National Association of Nigerian Students, South-west Zone, has given MultiChoice Nigeria, a seven-day ultimatum to reverse its planned hike on DSTV and GOTV subscription rates. The student association made this known in a statement on Tuesday, signed by its Coordinator, Adejuwon Olatunji, Deputy Coordinator, Alao John, and Public Relations Officer, Opeoluwa Awoyinfa MultiChoice […]
Court has dismissed the suit filed by Aisha Dahiru-Ahmed, candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the last Adamawa governorship election. Dahiru-Ahmed, better known as Binani, had sought for judicial review of the decision by the Independent National Electoral Commission to reverse her earlier announcement as winner of the election by the state’s Resident […]
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has undertaken the inspection of some projects in the state ahead of the planned inauguration next week. The two projects on the priority list of the Governor are the 12th flyover bridge and the new magistrate court complex. Wike, who went out for the inspection just after returning from […]
A former gubernatorial aspirant of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Enugu State in the just concluded elections, Engineer Dons Ude, who has been declared missing since last Saturday, has been found dead. A close family source told our correspondent that he was found dead at the 9th-mile area of Enugu State. His […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State has alleged that the reported defection of 3,000 opposition members to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo State is another menu in the series of lies and falsehood concocted by the fizzling APC in the desperation to create an impression that the APC is still […]
