A Kaduna State High Court has thrown out a no-case submission filed by Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, and his wife, Zeenat. El-Zakzaky whose health had been rapidly deteriorating since his detention in December 2015 after he was arrested by the Nigeria Army, is seeking to quash the government’s charges against…
Obafemi Hamzat, deputy governor of Lagos State, has said that ‘Agberos’ cannot be banned in the state because they were “our brothers and cousins”. ‘Agberos’ in Lagos are notorious for charging taxes that are not remitted to the government, terrorising neighbourhoods, robbing passengers and rigging elections for corrupt politicians. Hamzat, while speaking with journalists to…
A major step towards the realisation of the 4th Mainland Bridge was today, taken by the State Government with the first stakeholders meeting on Environmental and Social Impact Assessment for the construction and launch of the Bridge’s logo.Speaking at the meeting, Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, who was represented by his Deputy, Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat,…
The Office of the Inspector-General of Police has charged the Deputy Chief of Staff to the Governor of Osun State, Abdullahi Binuyo, with fraud involving $120,000. The case marked CR/975/2020 was filed before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on September 9, 2020. It contains four charges of conspiracy, fraud, cheating and…
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission on Tuesday night issued an order suspending the September 1, 2020 hike in electricity tariffs for 14 days. Labour unions and the Federal Government had reached a truce on Sunday night to reverse the hike in electricity tariffs for 14 days, a development that prompted the halt of a nationwide…
The United States President, Donald Trump has again asked Joe Biden to take a drug test.The American leader made the call on Sunday ahead of their debate. The first presidential debate will be held on Tuesday in Cleveland. “I will be strongly demanding a Drug Test of Sleepy Joe Biden prior to, or after, the…
The Defence Headquarters on Tuesday confirmed that the troops of Operation Accord” have killed two bandits and arrested three. They also recovered a cache of arms and ammunition at Dajin Kajuru in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche made this known in a statement on Tuesday…
An Anambra couple has been called out for maltreating their 8-year-old household. The couple identified as Mrs. Ogochukwu Anichukwu and Mr. Emmanuel Anichukwu were accused of flogging the little girl mercilessly and starving her repeatedly. It was further gathered that the girl has been seen several times eating sand because of starvation. The couple was recently dragged to…
One person has been confirmed dead in a protest organized by restive youths in Daddara village in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State. The aggrieved youths took to the streets to protest the inadequate security in their community that has led them to witness several attacks from bandits. The youths burnt the Police and Immigration…
Tragedy struck in the Bashua community, Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State as a man allegedly killed his wife and then committed suicide over her alleged infidelity. According to Martmercy Busaosowo, the man said to hail from neighboring Akwa Ibom State murdered his wife in the early hours of Monday, September 28, after…