Atiku Abubakar, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has tendered 118 exhibits before the presidential election petition court (PEPC) to prove his case against President Bola Tinubu. Tinubu, the standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was declared the winner of the February 25 election after scoring 8,794,726 votes. Aggrieved by […]
The Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced a 42-year-old man, Sulaiman Usman, to life imprisonment for defiling his eight-year-old daughter. Justice Rahman Oshodi sentenced Usman to life imprisonment after finding him guilty as charged. In October 2019, the Lagos State Government had arraigned Usman before Justice Sybil Nwaka but following […]
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The pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly called petrol, on Tuesday, increased to N1,200 per litre in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, following the declaration of the removal of subsidy on the product by President Bola Tinubu. Scores of residents, who decried the high cost of petrol in the country, said they […]
The police command in Oyo says it has arrested 78 members of the park management system (PMS) over a plot to create “widespread carnage and civil disturbance” in the state. Adewale Osifeso, Oyo police spokesperson, in a statement issued on Tuesday, said the suspects were arrested following the dissolution of the PMS disciplinary committee […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has kicked against President Bola Tinubu’s announcement of subsidy removal. Tinubu had during his inauguration said subsidy on petrol is “gone”, a move that has triggered fuel queues across cities in the nation. While reacting to the announcement, NLC President Joe Ajaero described the development as not well planned, […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has busted a drug market reputed to be the largest in West Africa, after months of undercover monitoring. NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, saying the agency was able to mobilise necessary assets to trace the illicitly manufactured drug […]
President Bola Tinubu has ordered the Department of State Security Services (DSS) to immediately vacate the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Ikoyi, Lagos. DSS officials stormed the EFCC Ikoyi office on Tuesday, stopping officials from accessing their workplace. Gunshots were also held in the area. But in Tinubu in […]
Barely 24 hours after his inauguration, President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday afternoon, arrived at his office at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. The President hosted at least 40 Heads of State at the Banquet Hall on Monday afternoon and he did not resume at his office until Tuesday (today). Tinubu’s motorcade pulled up at […]
The National Industrial Court has upheld the no work no pay rule by the Federal Government in the suit filed against the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). In a judgement delivered by the President of the Court, Justice Benedict Kanyip, the court held that the no work no pay rule enforced by the […]
