The Nation reports that the Supreme Court of Nigeria has declared as unlawful and unconstitutional the Executive Order 10 (EO10) issued by President Muhammadu Buhari on the funding of State Judiciary and Legislature. In a split decision on Friday, majority of the court’s seven-member panel agreed that the President exceeded his constitutional powers in issuing…
Abdulrasheed Akanbi, the Oluwo of Iwo land in Osun State, has requested the support of the state government financially and logistically for his upcoming marriage to an unnamed princess from Kano State. According to a letter obtained by SaharaReporters on Friday, dated February 8, 2022, addressed to Governor Gboyega Oyetola, the monarch said the estimated…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revealed that it will no longer sell forex to banks by the end of 2022. CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele made this known in Abuja on Thursday at the end of the Bankers’ Committee Meeting where he also introduced the RT200 Programme. Emefiele said the time had come for…
A High Court sitting in Kaduna State has fixed April 4, 2022 for proof of case in the suit brought before it by Durbar Hotel Plc. against the Kaduna State Government. The family a late former military Head of State, General Sani Abacha, had dragged the state government before the court over alleged illegal demolition…
Justice H.A. Nganjiwa has sentenced a 22-year-old-man, identified as Ifeanyi Ugwu, to three years imprisonment for vandalizing a property of the Enugu Electricity Distribution PLC (EEDC). He was arraigned at the Federal High Court, sitting in Awka, Anambra State for vandalizing a 300KVA transformer, located at Eziama Village, Ojoto, Idemili South Local Government Area of…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, says it will intensify efforts to clamp down on internet fraudsters, also known as ‘Yahoo boys’. In a post on Facebook, the EFCC said it has learnt that Yahoo boys now go spiritual, offering sacrifices and performing rituals. It, however, noted that its officers will come…
A man has revealed that after removing his Nigerian native name from his CV, he has gotten many job offers in the United Kingdom. Inein Victor Garrick, a Nigerian living in the United Kingdom (UK) was born in Southwest Nigeria and now currently works as a Safety Inspector at Transport for Wales. He said he…
The police in Yobe State, on Wednesday, said a 20-year-old man, Mai Goni, has hacked his father, Goni Kawu, to death with a pestle in Masaba, Bursari Local Government Area. The command’s spokesman, ASP Dungus Abdulkarim, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the incident occurred on Tuesday at about 7:30pm. He said Kawu…
A Nigerian prophet, Isaac Anibaba has been accused of impregnating a church member. A teenage girl, Bukola who is presently nursing a baby made the accusation saying Anibaba hypnotised, r*ped and impregnated her in his church which she attends with her mother in the Surulere area of Lagos State. According to Bukola, “I can’t recollect…
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that an Ikeja High Court on Wednesday remanded Amarachukwu Asonta, a 27-year-old female officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), and her colleague, Adebayo Ajayi, 32, for alleged armed robbery. Justice Oyindamola Ogala ordered the remand of the duo following their not guilty plea to a…