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A High Court sitting at the Federal Capital Territory, Maitama, Abuja, Nigeria, on Thursday, jailed the Director-General, National Council for Arts and Culture, Olusegun Runsewe, for contempt of court. In a ruling, Justice Jude Okeke, ordered the Inspector General of Police to arrest him and hand him over to the Nigerian Correctional Service in Kuje, […]
Continue ReadingThe Vice Chairman of the Kogi state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Kola Ojo, has died. According to a statement released by the PDP state publicity secretary, Bode Ogunmola, the late Kola Ojo slumped and died while playing lawn tennis at the Sports Centre, Ogudu GRA, in Lagos state on Wednesday evening. He […]
Continue ReadingOperatives of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), today Wednesday, December 8, conducted a search at the Abuja home of former Senator Shehu Sani. The operatives stormed the apartment in Wuse, Abuja at about 3:30pm to look for incriminating evidence against the former Kaduna senator. Sani was arrested by the anti graft agency last week […]
Continue ReadingUnknown gunmen suspected to be bandits have allegedly killed a lecturer at the School of Basic and Remedial Studies, SBRS, Umar Isah during an attack in Malufashi local government of Katsina State. It was gathered that the gunmen invaded Malumfashi town around 10.00pm on Monday, January 7, shooting sporadically while residents fled for safety. However, […]
Continue ReadingFemi Fani-Kayode has announced the demise of his father-in-law, Mr. Hilary Chikwendu who is the father of his current wife, Precious Chikwendu. According to the former Nigerian Minister of Aviation, his father-in-law, Mr. Hilary Chikwendu died at 10:00 am in Abuja, Nigeria, today January 7. Mr. Fani-Kayode so much cherishes and respects his wife, Precious’ […]
Continue ReadingA Kwara State High Court has issued an ex-parte injunction restraining the Kwara State Government from further demolition of late Olusola Saraki’s property. Recall that in the last few days, the demolition of ‘Ile Arugbo’ which served as the political home of the late Kwara politician sparked off mixed reactions. (read here). In the judgement delivered […]
Continue ReadingNational leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, visited President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential villa, Aso Rock, Abuja, Nigeria. Tinubu speaking to the State House correspondents said his visit to Buhari was to celebrate the new decade. When asked on 2023 presidency and plans to pick Buhari’s successor, Tinubu […]
Continue ReadingThe wife of Zimbabwe’s Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, Marry Mubaiwa was on Monday, January 6, granted bail by a High Court after being arraigned on charges of fraud, money laundering and attempted murder of her husband. 38-year-old Marry who was granted bail of 50,000 Zimbabwe dollars by the court which also ordered her to surrender […]
Continue ReadingIn an interview with Al Jazeera, a mercenary and chairman of a private army, Specialised Tasks, Training, Equipment and Protection International, Eeben Barlow, said President Buhari did not have any choice but to end the contract to rescue the Chibok girls because he came under pressure from the US – a country he said sponsored […]
Continue ReadingMembers of the proscribed Islamic Movement of Nigeria aka Shiites, on Monday took to the streets of Abuja, Nigeria, to protest the recent killing of Iranian military commander, General Qasem Soleimani, by a United States airstrike last week January 3rd. The protesting Shiite members seized the opportunity to also demand the release of their leader, […]
Continue ReadingMiyetti Allah Kautal Hore National President, Abdullahi Bello Bodejo, has explained why Fulani herdsmen in other countries don’t need a visa to enter Nigeria. In a chat with The Sun, Bodejo said: “This is democracy, anybody can say and criticize anything. Fulani are all over Africa and they are the biggest ethnic group in the […]
Continue ReadingNigerian-born Spanish national, Helen Idisi has been arrested by the Spanish Police on charges of alleged impersonation and fraud after taking up an extensive resume which includes head of the Spanish branch of UN Women, politician, detective, author, legal expert, and finance consultant. Idisi who was detained in Denia on Spain’s eastern Mediterranean coast, reportedly posed as […]
Continue ReadingSowore’s lead defence counsel, Femi Falana SAN, said on Sunday that the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami SAN, has embarrassed the executive arm of government and exposed the judiciary to ridicule with his comments after the release of Omoyele Sowore and Sambo Dasuki from illegal custody. The senior lawyer […]
Continue ReadingSouth-West Nigeria Stakeholders Security Group has applauded the move by the governors to inaugurate the joint security task force codenamed “Operation Amotekun (leopard)” in the region. Addressing a press conference in Lagos on Saturday, the group’s Convener and Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, hailed the initiative, saying the group was ready to complement […]
Continue ReadingHuman Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), in a statement signed by its National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, said the avalanche of seemingly “sponsored salacious and sexed up tales exported to the media spaces by the agents of the EFCC with the sole aim of soiling the image of the Kaduna born civil Rights Activist Comrade […]
Continue ReadingImmediate review of electricity tariffs across Nigeria has been allegedly ordered by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on Saturday, January 4. In a statement released on the commission’s website and signed jointly by the Chairman of the Commission, Joseph Momoh, and the Commissioner for Legal, License & Compliance, Dafe Akpeneye, it was gathered that […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Minister of State for Transport and an APC leader in Kwara state, Ms Gbemisola Ruqayyah Saraki, has lambasted another APC leader, the Governor of Kwara state, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq over the demolition of her family property. In a statement released on Friday night, Gbemisola said AbdulRazaq gave orders to the Police to open fire on […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has obtained a court order to detain the former Senator representing Kaduna Central senatorial district, comrade Shehu Sani for 14 days. The former lawmaker was accused of extorting Sani Dauda, owner of ASD Motors by allegedly demanding for $10,000 in November 2019. The former lawmaker allegedly promised to pass the money […]
Continue ReadingThere was palpable panic at a Lagos Hotel, Thursday night, when the Ooni of Ife, HRM Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, got stuck inside the elevator in the Hotel. The monarch alongside his wife, Olori Prophetess Naomi and other members of his entourage had gone to see the Queen Moremi stage play. When they arrived […]
Continue ReadingA video making rounds online captured moment some Nigerian army cadets caused a traffic jam on an expressway. The cadets who were heard saying ‘they cannot do anything, they can only wait’, parked their car on one section of the expressway to march. When other roads users resorted to honking their vehicles’ horn, one of […]
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