An Ikeja Special Offences Court has adjourned ruling on former Central Bank Governor Godwin Emefiele’s application seeking forensic analysis of WhatsApp evidence in a $4.5 billion fraud case. Emefiele and his co-defendant, Henry Omoile, are standing trial on charges bordering on receiving gratification and corrupt demands. Emefiele’s counsel, Olalekan...
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The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) will arraign the CEO of Qatar Airways, Temi Birdzell, and top officers on October 7 over allegations of breaching the FCCPC Act. The defendants will face charges before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja. The FCCPC alleged...
Former Super Eagles skipper, Joseph Yobo, has urged Nigerians not to write off the team’s chances of qualifying for the 2026 World Cup. Despite the team’s dire situation, Yobo believes that the Eagles can still turn the tables. “We have been in that space before; for this team, they...
The Chief Judge of Oyo State, Justice Iyabo Yerima, has freed 77 inmates from the Abolongo Correctional Facility in Oyo, Oyo State. The inmates, who were awaiting trial for various offenses, were released during a prison visit by the CJ, represented by Justice Ladiran Akintola. Yerima stated that the...
By OLA MODUPE, Ibadan – A devastating multiple-vehicle crash has claimed the lives of five people on the Ibadan-Lagos expressway. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Oyo Sector Command confirmed the incident, which occurred at Soka area on Tuesday. According to FRSC spokesperson, Mayowa Odewo, the victims included a...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Police Command has announced traffic diversions and movement restrictions in Lafia, the state capital, due to President Bola Tinubu’s scheduled official visit. According to SP Rahman Nansel, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), the restrictions will be in place from 6:00pm on Tuesday,...
Edo State House of Assembly has approved a N100 billion loan for Governor Monday Okpebholo to fund infrastructural development projects across the state. The approval followed Okpebholo’s letter to the House, requesting legislative backing for the loan facility from First Bank Nigeria Plc. According to the letter, signed by...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Deputy Chairman North, Hon. Ali Bukar Dalori, has visited Konduga town to console the families of victims of the recent female suicide bomb explosion at the fish market. The blast claimed 12 lives and injured 22 people. Dalori...
Media entrepreneur and founder of WithChude show, Chude Jideonwo, was invited as a guest speaker at a communications masterclass hosted by the Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa (FLIA) at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in partnership with the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)....
By ANIEFIOK UDONQUAK, Uyo – Akwa Ibom State Accountant General, Uwem Andrew-Essien has donated two laptop computers to the best graduating students of the Information Communication and Technology (ICT) training programme for civil servants in the state. The two beneficiaries are, Engr. Daniel Jonathan, staff of the Ministry of...
Nigeria’s civil society activist and renowned media specialist, Mac Imoni Amarere, has been re-elected into the International Board of ActionAid for a second three year term. Professor Eze Nwokocha of the University of Ibadan and a member of the Board ActionAid Nigeria was also elected into the 2026 Global...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – Scripture Union West Africa (SUWA) has urged journalists to adopt peace journalism in reporting conflict and gender-based violence (GBV), as part of efforts to promote social cohesion in Plateau State. This call was made during a one-day media engagement organized by SUWA in collaboration...
By ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Commissioner for Environment, Nura Tangaza, said the state government has purchased no fewer than 200,000 economic and ornamental trees to be planted across the state. Mr. Tangaza disclosed this on Tuesday during an event to commemorate the 2025 World Environment Day with the...
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has attributed the recent increase in fuel prices to market deregulation. According to Mr. Chinedu Ukadike, IPMAN’s Public Relations Officer, “This is the nature of a deregulated market, prices rise and fall based on market forces and each marketer’s supply costs.”...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has accused the National Coalition Against Mass Killings and Impunity (NCAMKI) of misrepresenting remarks made by the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Musa, regarding the tragic Yelwata incident in Benue State. In a statement signed by the Director Defence...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Umar Damagum, has disowned the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, over his comments on the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Ologunagba had stated that...
By PETER OJOMA, Lokoja- Kogi State Police Command has foiled an attempt to abduct passengers along the Obajana-Oshokoshoko road. According to the command’s spokesman, SP Williams Ovye-Aya, the police patrol team responded promptly to sporadic gunfire and engaged the hoodlums in a gun duel, forcing them to flee. “All...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at Rev. Fr Moses Orshio Adasu University Makurdi (MOAUM) has strongly condemned the recent attack on Yelewata, Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, describing it as “one attack too many.” In a statement signed by the...
The Federal Government of Nigeria has responded to the latest security advisory issued by the US Embassy, restricting its staff and their families from non-official travel to military sites or other government facilities in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. While acknowledging the right of foreign missions to issue...
Iran has launched a missile attack on a US military base in Qatar, sparking international condemnation and calls for restraint. The attack, which targeted Al Udeid Air Base, a key hub for US and coalition forces in the region, was confirmed by US President Donald Trump. According to reports,...