The Supreme Court of Nigeria will today, in Abuja, deliver a landmark judgment on the 23 political parties scrapped by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in the year 2020. The apex court will determine whether the electoral umpire followed…
A Magistrates’ Court in Iyaganku, Ibadan on Friday ordered that three men be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly setting 11 houses ablaze. The police charged Isa Omotayo, 25; Isau Adebayo, 45 and Isah Usman, 30 with conspiracy, attempt…
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said he is running for President of his home. Fashola disclosed this while distancing himself from vying for the presidency in 2023. The former Governor of Lagos State disclosed this when…
The troops of Operation Desert Sanity have killed scores of Boko Haram and Islamic State’s West Africa Province, ISWAP insurgents in Borno State. The development followed the ongoing offensives against the terrorists in the State, particularly in the Sambisa forest.…
A 37-year-old businessman, Yusuf Mufutau, was on Friday docked in an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan for allegedly assaulting his father, Bolaji. Mufutau, whose residential address was not provided, is charged with causing grievous harm. The Prosecution Counsel, Sgt. Philip Amusan,…
European champions Italy will miss a second straight FIFA World Cup after being shocked 1-0 in stoppage time by North Macedonia in a play-off on Thursday. Four-time world champions Italy dominated the entire game in Palermo and recorded 32-4 attempts…
An economist, Prof. Mike Obadan, says the “Naira-4-Dollar’’ scheme introduced by the CBN on March 5, 2021 to attract Foreign Exchange is achieving desired results. Obadan, a non-Executive Director/Member, Monetary Policy Committee, CBN, said this in Akure while answering questions…
The Enugu State Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service on Friday debunked a report that its officers were smuggling Indian hemp and alcohol into its custodial centres. Its Public Relations Officer, DSC Monday Chukwuemeka, stated in Enugu that the false…
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola has put the cost of three major Presidential Infrastructure Development Fund PIDF projects in Nigeria at N1.3 trillion. He listed the projects which have started impacting the country as the Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano Expressway…
Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, Governor of Kano State and Prof. Babagana Zulum, Governor of Borno have received honorary doctorate degrees award at the 25th convocation of Lagos State University, Ojo. Others personalities that bagged honorary doctorate degrees award includes: Mr Goodie…
