The US Congress averted a Christmastime government shutdown early Saturday after weeks of tense negotiations that went down to the wire, passing a bill to fund federal agencies through mid-March. With the midnight deadline already expired by minutes, senators dropped normal procedure to fast-track the package to a vote, halting government shutdown preparations and saving […]
Saturday 21 December 2024 Yahaya Bello released after meeting bail conditions Soaring costs, shrinking income dampen yuletide celebrations Lagos hideout where foreigners pay Nigerian recruits N300k for romance scam Raining curses on someone online is criminal offence, FPRO says Death-for-fowl: Obi lauds Adeleke’s intervention, berates legal system NIMC to sanction agents charging for NIN registration […]
The federal high court in Abuja has remanded Olamide Thomas, an activist, charged for her social media comments against Seyi Tinubu, son of President Bola Tinubu. On Friday, Emeka Nwite, the presiding judge, rejected the oral bail application filed by the counsel to Thomas. Nwite directed the defence counsel to file a formal bail application. […]
2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has pledged to fulfill the bail conditions of human rights lawyer Dele Farotimi. Farotimi was granted bail by an Ekiti Magistrate Court in a defamation case involving Afe Babalola. The bail conditions require a N30 million bond, two sureties (one of whom must own a house), surrendering his […]
A Nigerian lawyer, Inihehe Effiong, has criticised Muyiwa Adejobi, the spokesperson for the Nigerian Police Force (NPF), over his remarks on what constitutes cyberbullying in law. Earlier, Mr Adejobi posted Friday on his X wall, saying that raining cuss words on someone on the internet amounts to cyberbullying, which is a criminal offence under the […]
An Edo State High Court in Benin has ordered the reinstatement of the suspended 18 local government chairmen and vice chairmen in the state. The presiding judge, Justice Efe Ikponmwonba, granted the order following a suit instituted by the affected chairmen and vice chairmen.The court however restrained Governor Monday Okpebholo and Edo State Government, Attorney […]
At least three policemen and a female suspect have been crushed to death as a truck driver rammed into a van carrying them at Ore, headquarters of Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State. It was learnt that the tragic incident occurred on Thursday when the driver of the articulated truck lost control of the […]
The foreign minister of junta-ruled Niger has summoned the charge d’affaires at the Nigerian embassy, accusing the neighbouring nation of “serving as a rear base” to “destabilise” the country, Niger state television said. Relations between Nigeria and its northern Sahel neighbour Niger have been tense since the military took over in Niamey in 2023 and […]
Former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello has been released from Kuje Custodial Centre after meeting the bail conditions set by the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja. This was confirmed by the spokesperson for the Nigerian Correctional Service, FCT Command, Adamu Duza, to PUNCH Online on Friday evening. Duza said, “Yahaya Bello has […]
Two policemen were shot dead Thursday when Biafra agitators loyal to the incarcerated Simon Ekpa, attacked a patrol van at Okigwe in Imo State. The police team on routine patrol were reportedly ambushed and attacked at about 6:30 am on Thursday. According to local sources who pleaded not to be mentioned, revealed that the incident […]
