A falling 40-feet container killed a woman inside her car at the Lagos end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Friday. Her driver, however, survived the accident unhurt, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has stated. Its Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department, Mr Taofiq Adebayo, stated that...
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A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed April 19 for hearing of a suit filed by the impeached Deputy Governor of Edo, Philip Shaibu, against the state house of assembly and others. The matter, which was before Justice Inyang Ekwo, was on Friday fixed for hearing after...
The National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF) has called for drafting of a new Constitution for the country and the implementation of other recommendations in the 2014 National Conference report. The NCEF Chairman, Dr Samuel Gani, at a news conference on the state of the nation in Abuja, said...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – Anambra State Police Command has recovered three more bodies from the boat mishap that occurred on Wednesday, in Anam community, Anambra West Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said this in a statement in Awka on...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed the recovery of the body of a male passenger that drowned having fallen into the Lagoon from the bus that crashed on the Third Mainland Bridge on Wednesday. Lagos Territorial Coordinator, NEMA, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, made the confirmation in a...
Gunmen have kidnapped a reporter with Channels Television, Joshua Rogers, at his residence in Rumuosi, Obio/Akpor area of Rivers State. . The Police spokeswoman, Rivers State Command, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, who confirmed the incident to newsmen in Port Harcourt on Friday, said the reporter was abducted in the late...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, fixed April 16 for hearing of a suit seeking to stop former Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, from participating in the party’s meetings. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a short ruling, also fixed the date in a separate suit filed...
The Olubadan-in-Council has certified the Olubadan designate, High Chief Owolabi Olakulehin to ascend the throne as Olubadan of Ibadanland. The Olubadan-in-Council made the declaration at the end of a special meeting with the Olubadan-designate at Oja-Oba palace of Olubadan on Friday in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports...
The Chief Executive, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr Zacch Adedeji, said that the service witnessed unprecedented progress in revenue collection, culminating in a remarkable achievement of N12.3 trillion in 2023. The chief executive, who was represented by a staff of the service, Mrs Aisha Ribadu, said this...
The Board of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has appointed former U17 World Cup winner, Manu Garba as Head Coach of the Nigeria U17 boys, Golden Eaglets. Director of Communications at NFF, Ademola Olajire, announced this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf has said on Friday the two commissions of inquiry set up by his administration were not meant to witch-hunt opposition in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports that Yusuf spoke while receiving the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado...
A Moroccan has been accused of knifing a pensioner to death in a UK street apparently in “revenge” for the Israel-Palestine conflict was turned down for asylum in Germany, his housemate told investigators. Ahmed Alid, 45, attacked sleeping Christian convert Javed Nouri at their shared accommodation in Wharton...
A Federal High Court in Lagos State, on Friday, sentenced convicted cross dresser, Idris Okuneye (alias Bobrisky), to six months in prison for abuse of the Naira. The court did not give the cross dresser an option of fine. Bobrisky was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial...
Justice Maruf Adegbola of an Oyo High Court on Friday discharged and acquitted a former Director of National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT), Mr Ademola Idowu, of bribe charge. Also discharged and acquitted are NIHORT Accountant, Mr Isaiah Ajisafe, David Ikyobo Consultant, and his Company, Messrs Sterling Design and...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDSU) Chapter, has expressed worries over what it described as intentional violation of universities miscellaneous Act laced with an attempt to disrespect the autonomy and freedom of the ivory towers. ASUU gave...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM), has condoled with the Commissioner for Insurance (CFI), Mr Sunday Thomas over the demised of his wife, Mrs Oyinade Thomas. NAICOM in a condolence message on Friday in Abuja, described the deceased as a pillar to the insurance industry,...
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Friday admitted the suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, to bail in the sum of N50 million. Emefirle is charged with abuse of office and fraud to the tune of 4.5 billion dollars and N2.8 billion. Justice Rahman Oshodi,...
The Police Command in Kano State has commenced investigation into the circumstances surrounding the alleged beheading of a minor, Mohammed Saidu, by an Almajiri at Kanwa village, Madobi Local Government Area. The Commissioner of Police in the state Mr Usaini Gumel, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
Vice President Kashim Shettima has said the late former Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu’s impact on Nigeria’s political landscape is immeasurable. Shettima in a statement on Friday in Abuja, described Onu as a true statesman and accomplished Nigerian leader. ” It is with profound sadness...
A Nigerian Scholar, Prof. Wale Adebanwi, has bagged the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship which is awarded on the basis of prior career achievement and exceptional promise. Prof. Adebanwi, who is the Presidential Penn Compact Professor of Africana Studies and Director of Center for Africana Studies at the University of...