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Nigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday struck out the defamation charge filed by the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, against activist lawyer, Dele Farotimi, over alleged cybercrime. When the case was called, counsel for the complainant, Samson Osobu, informed the court that the prosecution had filed a notice of discontinuance. […]
Continue ReadingA two-storey building under construction has reportedly collapsed in the Ikota area of Ajah, Lagos State, Nigeria, resulting in the yet-to-be-determined number of deaths. The incident occurred at Mega Mall Estate, Mobile Road, Inikpa Villa, Ikota. National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) confirmed the collapse, with the Lagos Office Coordinator, Ibrahim Farinloye, stating that the cause […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Ahmed Tinubu has returned from his visit to Tanzania. Tinubu concluded his visit to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania where he joined other African leaders to participate in the Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit. According to the State House media office, the presidential aircraft landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja at […]
Continue ReadingCivil society organisations (CSOs), under the auspices of the Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CCSO), have demanded the investigation of the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University Oye Ekiti (FUOYE), Professor Abayomi Fasina, over his alleged sexual harassment of a married subordinate in the university. The CSOs made their demand through a letter addressed to the […]
Continue ReadingShortly after receiving her Master’s degree from York St John University, 32-year-old Nigerian woman, Temitope Elizabeth Soneye Iwute, has died during childbirth at Croydon University Hospital, London, in the United Kingdom. Announcing her death on Monday, the official X account of the Community of Nigerians in the UK (NIUK) made a post seeking to raise money […]
Continue ReadingAn officer of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) attached to the Lagos Division of the anti-graft agency has reportedly slumped and died. In a video which has gone viral, the officer who was not in uniform slumped and died in an undisclosed part of Lagos State on Sunday. The video shows the lifeless […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian-American woman, Victoria Ogunremi, has returned $5,700 she found in the restroom of her workplace in New Jersey, USA. Her act of honesty has been celebrated as an inspiring example of integrity by Nigerians abroad and others. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday, Ogunremi revealed that her decision was driven […]
Continue ReadingFounder of the Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Chief Afe Babalola, has announced his decision to withdraw all criminal defamation and civil cases in court against rights activist, lawyer and author, Dele Farotimi. His decision to discontinue the proceedings follows an appeal made by the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, and other prominent Yoruba […]
Continue ReadingPublisher of Sahara Reporters and former presidential candidate and activist, Omoyele Sowore, has disclosed that he has been granted bail following an engagement with the Force Intelligence Department of the Nigeria Police Force in Abuja on Monday. The activist was summoned to address several allegations, including resisting and obstructing public officers, disobedience to lawful orders, […]
Continue ReadingThe catastrophe in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has shown no sign of subsiding, as 11 members of the National Working Committee (NWC) moved against the acting PDP National Chairman, Umar Damagum, and National Secretary, Samuel Anyanwu, in the ongoing legal battle over the party’s secretary, according to Sunday Punch. Damagum is being asked to […]
Continue ReadingOba Rufus Adeyemo Adejugbe, the Ewi of Ado Ekiti, on Saturday, ordered the dissolution of the Sharia panel set up at the Central Mosque, Ado Ekiti in the interest of peaceful coexistence and law and order in the community. The monarch spoke in Ado Ekiti during a meeting he held with the chiefs and indigenes […]
Continue ReadingImpeached Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has faulted his removal by the members of the House. Speaking on his removal for the first time on Saturday, Obasa said it was important for the lawmakers to follow the constitutional procedure to remove him as speaker. He also denied the allegations of […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in Gudu, has sentenced a prominent Abuja-based clergyman, Bishop Kenneth Duke, to 20 years imprisonment without an option of fine for raping a 12-year-old girl. National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) disclosed this in a statement titled ‘An FCT High Court sentenced a […]
Continue ReadingBeatrice Ekweremadu, wife of former Nigerian Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has returned to Nigeria, according to Vanguard. Senator Ekweremadu, his wife, and Dr. Obinna Obeta were sentenced by a UK court in May 2023, over charges related to organ harvesting. She arrived in Abuja today January 22. In May 2023, the court found […]
Continue ReadingOne of the convicts who served jail time for taking part in the US Capitol riot four years ago has refused a pardon from President Donald Trump. Pamela Hemphill, who pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 60 days in prison, told the BBC that there should be no pardons for the January 6, 2021 riot. “Accepting […]
Continue ReadingA close ally of the late military dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha, and a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Lt. General Jeremiah Timbut Useni (retd), has passed away. According to family sources, Gen. Useni died on Thursday January 23, 2025, following a protracted illness. His death was also confirmed in a statement by […]
Continue ReadingLagos lawyer and rights activist, Femi Falana SAN, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to reinstate 38 Nigerian Army officers who were retired prematurely eight years ago. Falana, counsel for the 38 soldiers, also urged Tinubu to take judicial notice of the fact that the then administration of President Muhammadu Buhari refused to comply with […]
Continue ReadingA federal judge in the United States, on Thursday, put a temporary block on President Donald Trump’s attempt to restrict birthright citizenship. The ruling imposes a 14-day halt on the enforcement of one of the most controversial executive orders Trump signed hours after being sworn into office for a second term. It comes after a […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital has upheld the death sentence of a popular hotel owner, Dr Ramon Adedoyin, who was found guilty in the murder case of an ex-Master’s student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Timothy Adegoke. In the judgment rendered on Thursday, the appellate court noted that […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Police Inspector, Lawal Ibrahim, from the Kwali Division, was found dead at the Palasa Guest Inn in Gwagwalada after allegedly engaging in a sexual encounter with a woman he had met online. The incident occurred on Thursday morning when Ibrahim checked into the hotel with Maryam Abba, whom he had invited from Dutse, Jigawa […]
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