President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has called for the strengthening of regional economic communities to drive integration and trade ties among African nations in order to deepen democracy and accelerate development across the continent. He said through bitter experience, Nigeria has learned that the solution to poor democratic governance is...
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A yet-to-be-identified septuagenarian has slumped and died inside an Ondo State High Court in Oka, Ondo. It was gathered that the incident happened before court proceedings began. Witnesses said that the deceased was present to testify in a case involving his friend. A court staff, who asked not to...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said Africa needs a form of “contextual democracy” that considers the past experiences of Africans and their heritage. Obasanjo disclosed this in Abuja on Wednesday, at a summit on the state of democracy in Africa. The summit was organised by the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua...
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu, has noted the valuable role Nigerian youths play in defining and achieving development and security in the nation, saying that the youth remain the energy of the nation. Kalu noted this when he received on a...
The arraignment of Binance Holdings Limited and its executive, Tigran Gambaryan, by Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), on Wednesday, suffered a setback at a Federal High Court, Abuja. The matter, which was scheduled for arraignment before Justice Emeka Nwite, could not proceed due to the absence of Gambaryan...
The Senate has constituted an ad hoc committee to investigate the recent explosion near the Gbarain-Ubie gas processing facility in Yenagoa, Bayelsa. This followed the adoption of a motion at plenary on Wednesday on the need for urgent action on massive explosion close to Gbarain-Ubie gas processing facility...
Rt. Hon. Elvert Ekom Ayambem has been impeached as the Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly. The Speaker was impeached on Wednesday by 17 members of the house over allegations of misappropriation of funds. The impeachment motion was moved by Hon. Effiom Ekarika representing...
Thousands of Iranians turned out to mourn President Ebrahim Raisi in the city of Tabriz on Tuesday after he was killed in a helicopter crash near the Azerbaijan border at the weekend along with his foreign minister and seven others. State TV broadcast live images of mourners, many...
The Victor Oko-Jumbo-led faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly, on Tuesday screened and confirmed eight nominees for possible appointment as commissioners in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the screening took place at the temporary legislative chambers located within the state Government...
All Progressives Congress (APC) Professionals Forum, has exonerated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, from the current economic challenges bedeviling the country. Speaking at the inaugural edition of the Asiwaju Scorecard Series held in Abuja on Tuesday, the Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Forum, Dr. Isa Yuguda noted that the...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, ordered Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to enter his defence following the dismissal of his fresh application for bail. Justice Binta Nyako, in a ruling, fixed June 19 and June 20 for commencement of trial...
South Africa’s highest Court on Monday ruled that former President Jacob Zuma cannot stand as a candidate in next week’s general election. The Constitutional Court ruled that Zuma’s sentence of more than 12 months in prison has disqualified him and made him ineligible to stand. His former party,...
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan KC, has formally requested arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the leader of Hamas in Gaza on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The charges stemmed from incidents that occurred from at least...
A Jimeta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Yola, on Friday ordered the remand of a 37-year old teacher, Adamu Ayuba in a correctional facility for allegedly defiling a seven-year-old girl in school. The police charged Ayuba of Rawani of Jambutu, Yola, with defilement contrary to section 211 of penal...
The Peoples Democratic Party Stakeholders Forum (PSF) has alleged the acting National Chairman of the party, Umar Iliya Damagun, of receiving the sum of $2m along to work in favour of the embattled 27 lawmakers of the Rivers State House of Assembly. In a statement by the Publicity Secretary...
Members of the Rivers Assembly have screened and confirmed the appointment of Mr Dagogo Tamunoiboroma as the new Rivers Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice. Tamunoiboroma was confirmed at a plenary at the temporary assembly chamber in Government House, Port Harcourt. Factional Speaker Victor Oko-Jumbo had read the correspondence...
The Senate has urged the Federal Government to stop further allocation of funds to caretaker committee-led local government councils nationwide. This followed the adoption of a motion by Sen. Suleiman Kawu (NNPP-Kano) on Urgent Call on the President to Resuscitate Local Government System in Nigeria, at Wednesday’s plenary....
An FCT high court in Maitama on Wednesday admitted the embattled former Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefieler to bail in the sum of N300 million . Justice Maryann Anenih granted him to bail while ruling on his bail application over alleged unlawful naira colour swap. The Economic and...
Tinubu Media Support Group tackles Atiku, Obi over coastal road project Joel Oladele, Abuja The Tinubu Media Support Group (TMSG) has strongly criticized the stance of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, regarding the...
The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), on Tuesday, accused Mr Karl Toriola, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO) of MTN Nigeria Communications Ltd; of evading service of court documents in the alleged copyright infringement suit The NCC’s lawyer, Gladys Ojo, made the allegation before Justice Inyang Ekwo...