The former lawyer for musician Naira Marley has been sentenced to prison. The lawyer, identified as Taiwo Oreagba, was given a two-year prison sentence for accepting an N4 million bribe by Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Ikeja High Court in Lagos on Friday. Justice Taiwo convicted Oreagba, who once represented “Am I a Yahoo boy?”…
The economy of Nigeria expanded in the second quarter of 2022. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) published a study on this on Friday, August 26. According to NBS, Nigeria’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 3.54 percent year-on-year in real terms in the second quarter of 2022. The GDP increase is an improvement from…
The Kebbi State Police Command has nabbed a 30-year-old woman, Farida Abubakar, in connection with the murder of her estranged husband, Attahiru Ibrahim Zagga. Spokesperson of the command, SP Nafiu Abubakar, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, August 26, said Ibrahim, a Magistrate judge with Kebbi State judiciary, was stabbed to death in…
According to the Zamfara state government, 75 secondary schools in the state are still closed as a result of the rising insecurity. During a two-day State-level conference to domesticate the National Policy on Gender in Education (NPGE) in the State, Alhaji Kabiru Attahi, the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Education, revealed this. The occasion…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has vowed to punish members for collecting palliatives from Senator Orji Uzor Kalu due to its ongoing strike. ASUU fingered the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, MOUAU chapter of the association over the matter. Some members of the union had visited the politician who reportedly gave them…
A shopping mall in Kubwa, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja has collapsed. The shopping mall collapsed in the early hours of Friday leaving many people trapped inside. The shopping mall is close to Aso Savings Bank. It was confirmed that there was no presence of a rescue team at the time of filing this report. Details…
On Thursday, August 25, Godwin Emefiele, the governor of the central bank, officially launched the eNaira’s unstructured supplementary service data (USSD) code in an effort to increase financial inclusion in the nation. Emefiele who was represented by Folashodun Adenisi-Shonubi, CBN’s Deputy Governor of Operations at a five-day Northern eNaira fair 2022, in Kano, said the…
A 25-year-old suspect, Najib Shehu, who killed his stepmother with a pestle and also inflicted injuries on his father last Thursday in Katsina has opened up on why he committed the heinous crime. The command’s spokesman, SP Gambo Isah, made the disclosure shortly after Shehu was paraded at the command’s headquarters in Katsina. Also displayed…
The state headquarters of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in Maiduguri, Borno State capital has been sealed off by the state government. It was reported that the party’s headquarters alongside some of its offices were sealed by the Borno State Urban Development Management Board on Thursday, August 25. NNPP Borno State gubernatorial candidate, Dr….
The Joint Union Congress of the Police Service Commission has announced plans by its members to embark on an indefinite strike beginning on August 29, 2022. In a letter sent to the management of the commission, the union said they are embarking on the strike because of a breach in the agreement between it and…