A magistrate court in Ado-Ekiti has granted N30 million bail to Dele Farotimi, human rights activist. Abayomi Adeosun, the magistrate, ruled on Farotimi’s bail application on Friday. The bail conditions include two sureties, who are responsible citizens in the society, with the defendant asked to leave his international passport with the court. Farotimi would also […]
The Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Police Force, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has condemned the act of raining direct curses on individuals online, emphasising that such behaviour constitutes cyberbullying and is a punishable offence. In a post on X.com on Friday, Adejobi stated that the act of targeting someone with harsh and abusive language online goes […]
A US court has found a Nigerian US-based man, Oluwole Adegboruwa, 54 and his accomplice, Enrique Isong, 49, guilty of masterminding a multi-million dollar dark web drug trafficking operation, and has sentenced them to a combined 40 years in jail term. This was revealed in a statement on the website of the United States Attorney’s […]
Donald Trump’s US presidential election win, the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, and the Paris Olympics were among the news events that marked 2024. AFP looks back at the major stories that made the headlines: – Mideast war spreads –After the unprecedented attack by Hamas on October 7, 2023, Israel continued its offensive against […]
Former President Muhammadu Buhari does not “personally” own the revoked land in the Federal Capital Territory, his spokesperson Garba Shehu has said. Buhari’s name was contained in Thursday’s report revealing the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike’s decision to revoke land titles belonging to several high-profile individuals. But reacting the the report in a statement […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria has said businesses, while expressing optimism about the macroeconomic environment, have projected further depreciation of the naira this month and the first three months of 2025. In its Business Expectation Survey Report for November 2024, noted that firms’ outlook on the volume of business activities, financial conditions, access to credit, […]
Friday 20 December 2024 Suspension of 18 Edo LGA chairmen illegal, unconstitutional — AGF Ibadan stampede: Death toll rises to 35; police arrest Ooni’s ex-wife IPoB lawyer, Ejiofor hails judgment discharging 5 Biafra agitators in Umuahia Supreme Court, NAHCON, others fail ICPC integrity scorecard LASG begins 2,200 police housing units, donates 260 vehicles Tax bills: […]
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the final forfeiture of a warehouse built on a landed property measuring 1.925 hectares of land along the Lagos/Ibadan expressway in Magboro, Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State. The court also ordered the permanent forfeiture of 54 general purpose steel containers. Justice Deinde Dipeolu […]
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, has declared the suspension of Chairmen and Vice Chairmen of the 18 Local Government Areas, LGAS, in Edo State as illegal and unconstitutional. The AGF, who spoke to journalists in Abuja yesterday, stressed that removing from office or suspending any elected LG […]
Three persons were on Thursday killed in the Bassa community of the Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State following multiple bomb explosions. According to locals, the first explosion occurred as three siblings, Mali, Nehemiah, and Jona, aged 20, 15, and 14, were riding a motorcycle. The second one went up when a motorcycle carrying […]
