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A High Court of Kano State presided over by Justice Amina Adamu Aliyu has ordered the police to evict the deposed Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, from the palace he is occupying along the State Road in the Nasarawa area of the state. The court, which gave the order on Monday, also issued […]
Continue ReadingMany people are feared killed after a mosque collapsed in Papa Ajao area of Lagos State, Nigeria on Sunday afternoon, May 26. The Muslim faithfuls were said to be observing their afternoon prayer when the mosque collapsed. The exact number of casualties and individuals trapped beneath the debris is yet to be determined.
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has condoled with the family of the agency’s third substantive Chairman, Ibrahim Lamorde, who died in Egypt on Sunday. He was 61 years old. Reports say, Lamorde died on Sunday morning in Egypt, where he had gone for medical treatment. His death was confirmed by close associates, although […]
Continue ReadingAttorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi SAN, has filed a suit with number SC/CV/343/2024, on behalf of the Federal Government, at the Nigerian supreme Court, against the 36 state governors in the country while seeking full autonomy for local governments. The AGF, in the suit, urged the apex court to issue […]
Continue ReadingDeputy Comptroller, Finance Administration and Technical Service of the Nigerian Customs Service, Essien Etop Andrew, has passed away. Andrew, who was a guest of the Public Account Committee of the House of Reps where he appeared for questioning on Tuesday in continuation of the ongoing probe of revenue-generating agencies and parastatals of government, died at […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Lagos and presided over by Justice Yellim Bogoro, has ordered an interim forfeiture of the sums of $4,719,054, N830,875,611, and several properties linked to the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. The judge made the order on Thursday, following an ex-parte application filed by […]
Continue ReadingNigerian man, Ife Salako, has taken to social media to call out Wole Soyinka on his attack on the Labour Party (LP) Presidential Candidate for 2023 elections, his excellency, Peter Obi. In a 4-minute video, Ife Salako, who identifies as an Obidient, with a view of pointing out the hypocrisy in the Professor’s words, beamed […]
Continue ReadingAt least 200 senior and junior officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) were on Friday relieved of their duties. This will be adding to the list of about 117 staff members sacked by the bank between March 15 and April 11, 2024. The latest CBN termination of appointments affects directors, deputy directors, assistant […]
Continue ReadingThe Police Command in Enugu state has said that an Abuja-based online publisher, Mr Madu Onuorah, was arrested over alleged defamatory publication against a US-based Reverend Sister. This is contained in a statement issued by the Command’s Spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, on Thursday in Enugu. Ndukwe said: “The Enugu State Police Command is in receipt […]
Continue ReadingGovernor of Kano State, Abba Yusuf, on Friday, promised to report Justice Mohammed Liman of a Federal High Court for allegedly giving an order stopping the reinstatement of Sanusi Lamido as the 16th Emir of Kano from the United States. Governor Yusuf said he would report the judge to the Nigeria Governors’ Forum. Justice Liman […]
Continue ReadingA Federal High Court sitting in Kano and presided over by Justice Mohammed Liman, has issued an order preventing the Kano State Government and security agencies from enforcing the Kano State Emirate Council (Repeal) Law. Justice Liman granted the order in an application by Alhaji Aminu Babba Dan Agundi, the Sarkin Dawaki Babba of the […]
Continue ReadingKano, a city steeped in history and tradition, has witnessed a turbulent past marked by the frequent depositions and removals of its traditional rulers, the Emirs. On Thursday, the Kano State House of Assembly repealed the law establishing additional emirates. The Assembly dissolved all the four newly created emirate councils in the state. The dissolution […]
Continue ReadingScheduled Thursday’s proceeding in the trial of the detained Binance executive, Tigran Gambaryan, at the Federal High Court Abuja quickly took a dramatic turn following the defendant’s collapse. Shortly after the matter was called upon by the court registrar for continuation of trial, the defendant did not step forward to the dock. He remained seated […]
Continue ReadingJustice Emeka Nwite of a Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the suspended Commander of the Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team and Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari, permission to go home and conclude his mother’s burial rites. Kyari has been in custody of the Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja, since 2022, […]
Continue ReadingNorway, Ireland and Spain said Wednesday they would recognize a Palestinian state, a historic but largely symbolic move that further deepens Israel’s isolation more than seven months into its grinding war against Hamas in Gaza. Israel immediately denounced the decisions and recalled its ambassadors to the three countries. Palestinians welcomed the announcements as an affirmation […]
Continue ReadingThe Abdullahi Ganduje-dethroned Sanusi Lamido Sanusi II may have been reinstated as the Emir of Kano, reports say. This decision followed the Kano State House of Assembly’s resolution to dethrone the current Emir and also dismantle the four new Emirates in the State established under a controversial 2019 law. Although it has not been officially […]
Continue ReadingNigerian woman, Margaret Oyibo Atayi, has allegedly committed suicide following her failed marriage. The mother of two from Ugbokolo Local Government Area of Benue State was found dead three days after she was declared missing by her family members. Margaret was last seen around City College Of Education, Abacha road, Mararaba, Nasarawa State at about […]
Continue ReadingAn Abuja-based pastor, Stanley Ogbonna, has allegedly driven his estranged wife, Chioma, and six children out of their house in Abuja. The General Overseer (GO) of the God’s Spring Assembly, also known as Glass Church, Kubwa, Abuja, was said to be in an unsettling relationship with his wife, which led to their divorce. Ogbonna was […]
Continue ReadingA High Court of Rivers State sitting in Port Harcourt, the state capital, has on Tuesday, held that the tenure extension of the 23 local government chairmen of the state is null and void. Justice, D.G. Kio, in his judgment, found the Local Government Law No. 2 of 2024, which prolonged local government chairmen’s tenures […]
Continue ReadingAfrica’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, says he still faces difficulties travelling in Africa with his Nigerian passport. He spoke recently at the Africa CEO Forum Annual Summit in Kigali, Rwanda. Dangote said: “I still complained to President Kagame. I told him that as an investor, I have to now apply for 35 different visas on […]
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