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A Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square on Tuesday dismissed the objection raised by the counsel to Chidinma Ojukwu to cross-examine an employee of Access Bank over the late Mr Usifo Ataga’s bank statements tendered as exhibits. Justice Yetunde Adesanya, however, admitted the bank statements as...
The Federal Government has earmarked over N4.6 billion for the N-Skill training, buying of tools and or payment of monthly stipends to the Batch C beneficiaries of the programme. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disasters Management and Social Development, Hajia Sadiya Farouq made this known at the closing ceremony...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Sokoto State Police Command has paraded a 65 years old man, identified as Ibrahim Adamu Magana for allegedly defiling two minors aged 10 and 9 within Sokoto Cinema area of Sokoto North LGA of the state. Narrating the incident that led to Magana’s...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja -. President Muhammadu Buhari has commended the Africa Development Bank (AfDB) for planning ahead of whatever negative consequences may come from the Russia-Ukraine war in terms of food security. The President spoke Tuesday at State House, Abuja, during an audience with the AfDB President, Dr...
A clergyman, Felix Aluko, says former President Goodluck Jonathan will be returned to Aso Rock, Abuja if he decides to vie for the 2023 Presidential Election. Aluko, the senior pastor of the Resurrected Assembly (GROM), made the prophetic declaration on Tuesday in Abuja. He said that Jonathan would return...
The 36 State Governors have prayed a Federal High Court in Abuja to restrain the Federal Government from approving the deduction of any money accruing to the states from the Federation Account for the payment of 418 million dollars judgment debt. The Attorneys-General of the 36 states made this...
The federal government has been accused of lying after it claimed that the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Mathew Hassan Kukah, and critics of the president were the reason the US delayed arrival of 12 Super Tucano jet fighters to fight insecurity in the country. Northern Elders Forum (NEF)...
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has dismissed the bail application filed by a fake Army General, Bolarinwa Abiodun. Abiodun is being prosecuted on a 13-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence, forgery of documents, and possession of documents containing false...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Tuesday before the National Industrial Court, contested the court’s order to pay 110 disengaged staff of the Ahmadu Bello University ( ABU), Zaria, that were sacked in 1996 their entitlements. Joined in the suit as respondents are the 110 disengaged staff, ABU,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Being Vice President, and at some point, Acting President, and the invaluable experience acquired over the past seven years is like a training to become President, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo stated this on Monday at the palace of the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has described the media report of alleged resumption of voter registration in some Local Government Areas in Imo state as misleading. The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, stated this in a statement...
Unarguably, the Federal Government changed the name of the Federal Ministry of Communications to Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy in order to be in tune with global trends and reality. The World Economic Forum (WEF), predicts that by 2022, 60 per cent of the world economy will...
Former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, has emerged winner of an online poll conducted ahead of the February 25, 2023 Presidential election. In a report released by Nextier, a multi-competency advisory firm, and Data-Tier, a data analytics and digital communications firm, the former Governor defeated other political juggernauts who...
A 10-year-old pupil of Chrisland Schools, Victoria Island, Lagos State, has appealed to Nigerians for forgiveness. This is coming amid backlashes she faced from angry Nigerians over a tape of herself getting involved in an immoral act with some fellow school mates. The pupil (name withheld) took to her...
A political pressure group, Citizens Network for Peace and Development in Nigeria (CNPD), has called on the All Progressives Congress (APC) to adopt former president Goodluck Jonathan, as the party’s candidate for the 2023 presidential election. The National Coordinator of the group, Mr Ralph Okorie, who made the call...
Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola has said the distribution of the monthly free food by the state government is aimed at banishing hunger and poverty among the vulnerable groups. Oyetola said this during the state’s monthly free food distribution programme on Monday in Osogbo. Represented by the Secretary to...
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) says it has contributed $768 million dollars to Nigeria’s fight against malaria from 2011 to date. This is contained in a statement issued by USAID Mission Director in Nigeria, Dr Anne Patterson, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Members of the Borno State Executive Council (SEC) and Special Advisers to Governor Babagana Zulum, who are contesting various elective positions in the forthcoming general election and byelection have formally tendered their resignation letters to the state governor in compliance with the new electoral...