Ahead of the 2023 general elections, a group has called for the zoning of governorship seat to Kwara North senatorial district. The group, Kwara North Leaders Forum, declared that they would use all possible means to ensure that an indigene…
A 28-year-old bartender, Ifeanyi Ibekwe, on Tuesday appeared in a Grade I Area Court, Kubwa, Abuja, for allegedly misappropriating N126,500 belonging to his employer. The police charged Ibekwe with criminal misappropriation and theft. The prosecution counsel, John Okpa, told the…
The Nigerian Air Force has inaugurated another batch of 203 Special Forces (SF) and Integrated Combat Operations (ICO) personnel to boost security operations of the country. Air Vice Marshal Idi Amin, the Air Officer Commanding Ground Training Command (AOC GTC)…
An Ile-Tuntun Customary Court in Ibadan on Tuesday, dissolved a 14-year-old marriage between a hair dresser, Morufat Erioye on grounds that her husband, Ahmed was addicted to alcohol. In her petition, Erioye also accused her husband of infidelity. Delivering judgment,…
The Senate on Tuesday, received President Muhammadu Buhari’s request to confirm former Service Chiefs as non- career ambassador designates to Nigeria foreign missions. Buhari’s request for confirmation is contained in a letter addressed to President of Senate Ahmad Lawan and…
On Tuesday, a 39-year-old man, Anslem Achunine, stood before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, for allegedly forging eight copies of Stanbic IBTC Bank letterhead to collect N1.7 billion. Achunine, who resides st Shomolu area of Lagos, is facing…
The Kaduna State Government will engage and deploy experienced private legal practitioners in criminal prosecution of cases in the state. The Commissioner for Justice, Aisha Dikko, made this known while issuing guidelines for the application of Fiat to prosecute criminal…
Chief Adeniyi Adebayo, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment has congratulated Ekiti State’s Gov. Dr Kayode Fayemi on his 56th birthday anniversary. In a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media, Ifedayo Sayo, on Tuesday in Abuja, the minister…
France’s oil company, Total, said on Tuesday that it intended to change its name to TotalEnergies, as part of the general strategy to reach net zero emissions. Total noted that year 2020, marked by the COVID-19 crisis, was “pivoting” in…
An Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama , Jos, on Tuesday sentenced two traders to four years imprisonment each for attacking a man in a public toilet and stealing N20,000 from his wallet. The police charged Abdullahi Zakari, 20,…
