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A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Thursday, granted bail to Abdullahi Babalele, a son in-law to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2019 general elections. The presiding judge, Justice Nicholas Oweibo admitted Babalele to bail in the sum of N20million with one surety in like sum. The surety […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has quizzed the Head of Service of the Federation, Mrs. Winifred Ekanem Oyo-Ita over alleged N3billion contract fraud, according to The Nation newspaper. She was said to have been subjected to a 4-day grilling during which she was in custody of the anti-graft agency beginning from August 8. […]
Continue ReadingNigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari has given assent to the bill changing the name ‘Nigerian Prisons Service’ to ‘Nigerian Correctional Service’. This was announced on Wednesday, August 14, 2019, by Mr Ita Enang, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly matters. With this law, the Nigerian Prisons Service will now be known as […]
Continue ReadingA Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Wednesday, remanded Abdullahi Babalele, son-in-law to Atiku Abubakar, the 2019 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in EFCC custody. Justice Nicholas Oweibo ordered that Babalele be remanded in the custody of the anti-graft agency, pending the hearing of his bail application tomorrow. The bail application […]
Continue ReadingA Delta State Divisional Police Officer kidnapped along Benin-Asaba Expressway on Friday August 9, has regained his freedom after reportedly paying a N3m ransom. The DPO said to be in-charge of Galilee Police Station at Ute-Ogbeje community in Ika North East Local Government Area of the state was identified as Mr Okoro, and he was reportedly […]
Continue ReadingFormer deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Kingsley Moghalu, has criticised President Muhammadu Buhari over his directive to the apex bank to halt foreign exchange for food importation. Buhari, on Tuesday said the apex bank should not give a cent to anybody to import food into the country, saying this would help […]
Continue ReadingRenowned legal practitioner, Chief Afe Babalola, has made a shocking claim that Nigeria’s DSS is not empowered by law to arrest. He disclosed this while appearing as a guest on Channels Television’s News Night. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) argued that the DSS’ constitutional job description is to gather information that might threaten the […]
Continue ReadingKhafi’s team has threatened legal action against The Sun UK over the recent publication claiming she might be sacked by the Metropolitan Police over her alleged sexcapades with her fellow BBNaija housemate, Gedoni. Khafi’s management says their team wasn’t contacted by the media house for her own side of the story before they published such a […]
Continue ReadingWives of the Emir of Kano, HRM Muhammadu Sanusi II, including the youngest HRH Sa’adatu Barkindo Mustapha, were pictured sitting together on Sunday, August 11 in Kano, Nigeria.
Continue ReadingA Nigerian masquerade spoke pidgin english when he got more than he bargained for as an alleged provocation fetched him some strokes of the cane moment from a Nigerian soldier. The masquerade was heard repeatedly begging the soldier, saying, “Oga abeg, abeg” while people present at the scene taunted him. Watch the video below: View […]
Continue ReadingA coalition of 406 indigenous youth groups in Nigeria and the Diaspora on Saturday called on President Muhammdu Buhari and the 36 state governors to immediately save the country from collapse. The groups, under the aegis of the Nigerian Ethnic Nationality Youth Leaders Forum (NENYLF), also appealed to Buhari to order the immediate release of […]
Continue ReadingChairman, National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Dr Ibrahim Kana, has revealed that the number of Nigerian pilgrims who have died while performing the 2019 Hajj in Saudi Arabia has risen to nine. He disclosed this in Muna on Monday while briefing journalists on the activities of the medical team of NAHCON for the pilgrims. […]
Continue ReadingOne hundred and eighty-four general and specialist doctors from 7 Islamic countries, wrote a letter to Nigerian government calling for the transfer of detained Shiite leader, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, to a well-equipped hospital due to his critical conditions. Fars News reported on Sunday, that the group of doctors from Syria, Pakistan, India, Iran, Afghanistan, Lebanon […]
Continue ReadingLeader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, will in the next few hours depart the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, to India for medical treatment. This follows the order of the Kaduna State High court granting El-Zakzaky and his wife leave to undergo treatment at an Indian hospital of their […]
Continue ReadingA 56-year-old female muslim pilgrim from Lagos State to Mecca collapsed and died while on her way to the Jamrat (where stoning of the devil is taking place) in the early hours of Sunday, August 11. The deceased was identified as Alhaja Folashade Lawal and it was learnt that efforts to revive her was unsuccessful. […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Police have sealed off the office of one of President Muhammadu Buhari’s aides who is the chairman Special Presidential Investigation Panel on the Recovery of Public Property, Mr Okoi Obono-Obla. The sealing of his office comes on the heels of his rumoured sack as the chairman Special Presidential Investigation of the panel on recovery […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke has denied claims made by the Buhari-led administration and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) that she embezzled Nigeria’s money while she was in office. The former Minister had a no-holds barred interview with media personality, Dele Momodu, where she refuted claims that she embezzled Nigeria’s money […]
Continue ReadingHistory tells us that the most dangerous adversary for a hero isn’t a rival for power or supremacy, a belligerent, well-fortified kingdom, or even his inner demons. The most dangerous adversary for a hero is a beauty. They come quietly, thieves without arms, and charm the mightiest of men into submission. With soft voices and […]
Continue ReadingFollowing the appointment of Oba Adebanji Alabi, the Alawe of Ilawe Ekiti, as the Chairman of the Ekiti State Traditional Council, some aggrieved obas have gone to court to seek the nullification of the action taken by Governor Kayode Fayemi. The 16 principal monarchs from principal kingdoms called ‘Pelupelu Obas’ described the action taken by […]
Continue ReadingNotable Islamic cleric and scholar in the north of Nigeria, Dr Ahmad Abubakar Mahmud Gumi, has declared that Nigeria will disintegrate and that the North will suffer most compared to the other regions. Gumi said, in the face of a possible break up of Nigeria, the Southwest will be relatively stable; Southeast will be stable, […]
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