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 […]
A court of appeal in Kaduna has ruled that the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) should not impound foreign rice in the open market or on highways. In a judgment delivered on December 6, a three-member panel of justices led by Ntong Ntong held that existing laws restrict NCS’ enforcement to land borders only. The judgment […]
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has given owners of the 762 plots of land in Maitama II District, Cadastral Zone, A10, Abuja, a fresh two-week ultimatum to pay for their Certificates of Occupancy (C-of-O) or risk final revocation of their allocation. This was disclosed this in a statement on Friday by […]
A 77-year-old retired lecturer from Edinburgh, Nikki MacLeod, has come forward to share her ordeal of falling victim to an elaborate online romance scam involving AI-generated deepfake videos. The scam, which cost her £17,000, highlights the growing sophistication of cybercriminals leveraging artificial intelligence to manipulate unsuspecting victims. Speaking during BBC Scotland’s Scam Safe Week, Nikki […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stakeholders in Imo state has passed a vote of confidence on the new National Secretary of the party, Ude Okoye over his landslide victory at the Appeal Court and also reaffirmed their support to the pdp imo State Leader/ideato rep Ikenga imo ugochinyere while praising the Justices of the Appeal […]
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Friday, ordered MTN Nigeria Communications Limited to pay N15 million damages over the unlawful deduction of a subscriber’s airtime through unsolicited services. The appellate court, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel of Justices, described as fraudulent, the regular deduction of airtime of customers by the […]
