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SDP's Murtala Ajaka, heads to Supreme Court after Appeal Court affirms victory of Usman Ododo in Kogi November 2023 governorship election

Politics

Kogi election: Yahaya Bello plotting to arrest Ajaka, SDP cries out

By Richard Elesho The Kogi chapter of Social Democratic Party, SDP, has accused Governor Yahaya Bello of plotting with some…
Kidnappers free Rev. Fr. Joseph Azubuike, a priest of Catholic Church in Onicha LG of Ebonyi State and three persons abducted with him

News

Kidnappers free Catholic Priest, 3 others in Ebonyi

Ebonyi State Police Command and Abakaliki Diocese of Catholic Church confirmed the release of the priest and the three other…
INEC staff testifies in petition of Chijioke Edeoga of LP against victory of PDP's Peter Mbah at Enugu Governorship Election Tribunal

Politics

Tribunal: INEC tenders Gov Mbah’s certificates, Edeoga’s name missing in LP register

Edeoga is praying the tribunal to disqualify Mbah over allegation of forgery of National Youth Service Corps, NYSC discharge certificate.
The Lagos chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said on Wednesday evening that it will soon issued appropriate directive to its lawyers on the judgment of Court of Appeal which affirmed Babajide Sanwo-Olu as the winner of the March 18 Governorship Election in the state.

Politics, Top Stories

Lagos Tribunal: Ex- Borno deputy gov. Dibal testifies for Sanwo-Olu

Adamu Dibal witness told the tribunal that it was APC’s National Working Committee (NWC) that set up state committees which…
Police Kill 4 bandits in shootout in Benue

News

Gunman enforcing sit-at-home shot dead in Ebonyi

“The hoodlums engaged them in a gun duel, which resulted in one of them being neutralised, while the others escaped…
Gunmen abduct Catholic Priest of the Abakaliki Diocese in Ebonyi, Rev. Fr. Joseph Azubuike, three others near his parish.

News

Gunmen abduct catholic priest, 3 others in Ebonyi

By Christian Ogbonna Catholic Priest of the Abakaliki Diocese in Ebonyi, Rev. Fr. Joseph Azubuike was kidnapped near his parish…
A Family Court in Iyaganku, Ibadan, on Tuesday ordered that a skit maker Maruf Abdullahi, aka ” Trinity” be remanded in Agodi correction centre for allegedly sexually exploiting a 10-year old girl.

News

Sexual exploitation: Skit maker ‘Trinity Guy,’ couple remanded

Police charged Abdullahi , alongside the parents of the victim with conspiracy and sexual abuse/exploitation.
The mother of the girl uncovered the act after she discovered a whitish slimy substance on her daughter’s underwear while doing laundry, Osun Police Command spokesperson, DSP Abiodun Ojelabi said

Metro

Oyo teenager commits suicide after rape boss’s husband

The 16-year-old girl committed suicide after she was raped by Ajibode, according to charges filed by the police at Family…
Enugu

News

“We can’t cope anymore,” Enugu residents cry out over sit-at-home order

By Benson Ezugwu Residents of Enugu, the capital of Enugu State have lamented the negative impact of the frequent sit-at-home…
FG alleged that ex-minister Stella Oduah conspired with one Gloria Odita in January 2014 to obtain N2.4 billion under fraudulent claims.

Judiciary, News

‘How lawyer who filed forgery suit against Stella Oduah landed in trouble’

By Taiye Agbaje Bid to arraign former Senator Stella Oduah on allegations bordering on perjury and falsification of document ended…
Army arrests Anambra indegene, Desmond Okeh, for falsely parading himself as a Lance Corporal in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

Metro

Fake Army Corporal Desmond Okeh busted in Rivers

Desmond Okeh was arrested on July 6 at a new generation bank fully dressed in the number six military camouflage…
Court sentences vigilance operative, Onyeka Eze to death by hanging for the murder of a phone repairer, Anayo Ugbo at Okpoko, Anambra State

News

Lagos man Jeffrey Ehizogie to die by hanging for strangling employer, manager

Ogala found Ehizojie guilty of beating and strangling the Managing Director of Etsahol Hotel and Suites located at Ojodu-Berger, Lagos.
Kogi Government reacts to vandalisation of the campaign office of SDP candidate for November governorship poll in Lokoja, the state capital

Politics

Kogi Govt. reacts to vandalisation of SDP campaign office

The Commissioner assured that Gov Yahaya Bello’s administration would continue to support law enforcement agencies to ensure free, fair and…
President Bola Tinubu ramps up the engine of governance in Nigeria and hit the waves immediately he was sworn in on May 29, 2023,

Headlines, News

Tinubu unveils plans to fight terrorism as ECOWAS leader

Tinubu spoke n Bissau, the capital of Guinea Bissau after he was unanimously elected the chairman of the 16-nation Economic…
Tinubu's nationwide broadcast

News, Top Stories

Tinubu asks ECOWAS leaders to stop being ‘toothless bulldogs’ against coup plotters

Tinubu spoke after he was unanimously elected as chairman of the 16-nation Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) at…
Tinubu says he is not happy seeing people suffer

Business, Headlines

Tinubu to convene ECOWAS Summit on trade and investment

Tinubu spoke in Bissau, the capital of Guinea Bissau after he was unanimously elected as chair of the 16-nation ECOWAS…
The Somali military said on Sunday it had killed around 40 fighters and commanders of the Islamist terrorist militia Al-Shabaab.

World News

Somali military kills 40 Al-Shabaab fighters

Somali, a country on the Horn of Africa with about 16 million inhabitants has been rocked for years by attacks…
Michael Afuwape on Sunday, leads Nigeria National Men’s Basketball team, D’Tigers, to their first-ever win at the FIBA AfroCan tournament.

Sports

Afuwape leads Nigeria’s D’Tigers in first-ever win at FIBA AfroCan

D’Tigers had lost all their matches after finishing 0-3 in the inaugural edition of the tournament in Mali in 2019.
Police confirm arrest of 122 suspects over alleged attack on official residence of factional Speaker of Rivers Assembly Martins Amaewhule.

Metro

Police raid camp of notorious Rivers cult kingpin ‘General Worldwide’

According credible source close to the Police, ‘General Worldwide' and other members of his gang on on sighting the heavily…
Rivers governor, Siminalayi Fubara to launch high capacity buses to cushion rising cost of transportation following removal of fuel subsidy

News

Rivers: Fubara set to roll out ‘palliative’ buses

Rivers commissioner for transport, Dr. Jacobson Nbina, announced this in a statement on Sunday.
President Bola Tinubu visits Nigerian troops stationed in Guinea-Bissau ahead of Sunday's 63rd Ordinary Session of ECOWAS Heads of State

News

Tinubu lands in Guinea Bissau, visits Nigerian troops

The President visited the troops soon after he arrived Guinea-Bissau for the 63rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads…
Gunmen abduct Paul Omotosho, the chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC in Ekiti State on Agbado-Ekiti/Imesi-Ekiti road in the State

News

‘How Ekiti APC chairman Paul Omotosho was abducted’

Ekiti APC Chairman was abducted by yet to be identified gunmen who stopped his vehicle by shooting at it and…
Police confirm arrest of 122 suspects over alleged attack on official residence of factional Speaker of Rivers Assembly Martins Amaewhule.

News

Gunmen abduct Rivers business woman Onyi Ugba

By Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Police operatives are hunting for gunmen who robbed and abducted a business woman identified as Mrs…
APC dismisses report of alleged telephone conversation between President Tinubu and CJN Olukayode Ariwoola on presidential election petition

News

ICPC reacts to report on alleged ‘files implicating Tinubu, others’

The anti-graft agency described the report as unfounded while urging the public to disregard it.

News

Rivers: Activist criticises Fubara’s plan to spend N200bn on road project

Fubara had signed the N200 billion Supplementary budget passed by the Rivers House of Assembly that will enable him to…
Stop giving ethnic colouration to Ejikeme’s UTME forged results – TADI

News, Top Stories

Mmesoma Ejikeme: How I forged UTME result with 362 score

Mmesoma Ejikeme also confessed that after she forged the result, she went to a cyber cafe to print it out…
Adamawa

News

Police kill 4 gunmen enforcing stay- at -home order in Enugu

The remains of the gunmen were recovered in a forest behind G. Ede Filling Station/7-Up, at Awkunanaw, Enugu, where they…
Operatives of Amotekun Corps rescue five people from kidnappers in two overnight operations at Akure South LGA of Ondo state.

News

Togolese man John Koffi, 1 other arrested for robbery, impersonation in Osun

The Amotekun Commander said Ezekiel would dress in a mobile-police uniform, while his accomplice, Koffi, would put on a FRSC…
A woman has died after allegedly pouring petrol on her body and setting herself ablaze at a family residence in Bauchi, police confirmed

Metro

Bauchi housewife stabs husband to death during fighting

By Ahmed Kaigama A 21- year- old housewife, Maimunatu Sulaiman has been arrested for allegedly stabbing her husband to death…
Obiajunu Iloanya begins lone protest for her missing brother, Chijioke Iloanya in the custody of defunct police SARS in Awkuzu, Anambra State.

Metro

#EndSARS: Iloanya begins one-woman protest for missing brother

Popularly called Awkuzu SARS, the police unit in Anambra was notorious for extra-judicial killing of suspects and disappearance of detainees…
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