Many persons, mostly women and children, are feared dead in a boat accident on River Benue near Ocholonya, in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State. The victims were reportedly returning to Doma in Nasarawa State after attending a market in Ocholonya village on Saturday when their wooden boat capsized. A resident of Ocholonya, identified […]

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu over “the failure to direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Lateef Fagbemi, SAN to work with appropriate anti-corruption agencies to probe allegations that over N57 billion of public funds are missing, diverted or stolen from […]

Constitutional lawyer and human rights advocate, Mike Ozekhome, SAN, has described Nigeria as practising “judocracy” rather than democracy. Speaking during a pre-convocation lecture at the 9th convocation ceremony of Gregory University, Uturu, Abia State, Ozekhome blamed the judiciary for what he called the “bastardisation of democracy” in the country. Delivering a lecture titled “The Judiciary […]

Leader of the UK Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, has accused the Nigeria Police of robbing citizens instead of protecting them, The Niche has reported. Badenoch, who has been trolling Nigeria prior to becoming leader of the UK opposition Conservative Party, made the comment during an interview with a UK journalist. The British journalist asked her […]

The Nigerian Army has remained silent on the death of two leaders from the Okuama community, Delta State. Okuama’s President-General, Pa James Oghoroko, and the 81-year-old community’s treasurer, Dennis Okugbaye, died in army’s custody within six days intervals. Both Oghoroko and Okugbaye were reportedly detained by the military alongside four others — Prof. Arthur Ekpekpo, […]

Sunday 15 December 2024 Naira-for-crude: IPMAN eyes petrol price reduction Concerns mount over Tinubu’s silence on envoys’ appointment Nigeria’s judicial system loose, pampers corrupt leaders – ICAN president Niger says 39 killed in attacks near Burkina Faso Fake news merchants reported Yakubu’s death in 2021 – INEC Ohanaeze Ndigbo appoints new president-general for 27-day tenure […]

The officers and men of the Enugu State and the Federal Fire Services on Saturday extinguished inferno at a section of the Modern Timber Market in the state capital. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the fire, which cause cannot be ascertained, started at about 6p.m. on Saturday. The Director of the Enugu State […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria has announced a fine of ₦150 million on Deposit Money Banks found guilty of giving out illegal flow of mint naira notes to currency hawkers across the country. The move was after the apex bank addressed recent misinformation about the validity of the old N1000, N500, and N200 banknotes still […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has asked the public to disregard reports on the death of its Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi on Saturday said Yakubu is alive. The clarification was necessitated following reports that the INEC Chair had died in London. “Our […]