A Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, on Wednesday ordered that a 38-year-old man, Gbenga Asaju, be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly defiling a six-year-old girl. The police arraigned Asaju, whose address was not given on a two-count charge of defilement and breach of peace. Police...
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File photo of a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Patrick Akpobolokemi. The trial of Patrick Akpobolokemi, a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), and three others for an alleged N8.5billion fraud continued on Tuesday, with the Economic and...
A political support group, Niger Delta Coalition for Gov. Bello 2023 (NDCGB 2023), has urged the Kogi State governor, Yayaya Bello, to declare his interest to run for the presidency in 2023. In a statement issued, on Tuesday in Abuja, the President of NDCGB 2023, Comrade Sambo Temple, said...
Former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, has sought for an order of a Federal High Court, Abuja, extending his stay in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on medical ground. Adoke, through his lawyer, Edidiong Usungurua, made the application, on Tuesday, while moving...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced a total cost of N22.5 million for its nomination and expression of interest forms for members aspiring to contest for the party’s ticket ahead of the governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun States. This was contained in the timetable and schedule of...
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa has arrived in the Lagos High Court in Ikeja. The EFCC Boss is in court to continue his testimony on how an oil marketer, Abubakar Peters, and his company, Nadabo Energy Limited allegedly forged documents to obtain...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar, – The legal battle for the control of the management and administration of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS) World Wide, Initiated by Helen Johnson Udo aka Queen Mother (deceased) against the registered Trustee of the organization, being headed by His Holiness Olumba Olumba...
Campaign posters of the Senate Chief Whip, Orji Kalu, for the 2023 presidential election under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have surfaced in Umuahia. The posters, which bore the inscription: “Vote Dr Uzor Kalu for President – A New Nigeria is here”, were largely seen at...
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday adjourned the trial of a former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, for N338.8 million money laundering. Ikuforiji was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) alongside his former Personal Assistant, Oyebode Atoyebi, on a...
Senator Biodun Olujimi, representing Ekiti South Senatorial District in the Senate, on Sunday in Ado-Ekiti indicated her interest to contest the state Governorship election, slated for June 18, 2022. Olujimi who disclosed her decision to newsmen in a telephone conversation in Ado-Ekiti, is contesting under the platform of the...
Dr Sani Shinkafi, a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara, on Sunday said that there is no order from the Federal High Court restraining the party from conducting congresses in Zamfara. Shinkafi stated this at a news conference, in Gusau on Sunday, while commenting on the...
The Association of Arewa Community in Igboland has called for support for the emergence of an Igbo person as president of Nigeria in the 2023 General Elections. Its National President, Alhaji Mohammed Umaru, who made the appeal at a news briefing on Sunday in Umuahia, described the Igbo people...
Some political and religious leaders from Kano State have assured Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi of their support in the upcoming 2023 general elections. The leaders told Bello in Abuja on Sunday that they have seen him a capable hand to fix Nigeria. The group pledged their loyalty when...
A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Lawal Usman, has said the party must zone its presidential ticket to the North for 2023 general elections for strategic reasons. Usman, popularly called ‘Mr LA’, said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) in...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Ahead of the 2023 Governorship election in Cross River State, Senator Gershom Bassey says he is fully prepared to run for governorship position in the state. Senator Gershom, who represent Southern Senatorial District of Cross River State stated this is Calabar during an interview with...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Publicity Secretary of the People’s Democratic party (PDP) Cross River State, Mike Ojisi, has described the invasion of the party Secretariat by the ruling All Progressive Congress APC as tragedy of lawlessness. Mr. Ojisi stated this in a statement made available to newsmen on...
By JACOB KUBEKA – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) met on Thursday and conducted an initial review of the Anambra Governorship election. The Commission is awaiting the reports of all officials deployed for the election for an indepth review of the processes. National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has pledged to address all identified challenges with its newly introduced Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) ahead of FCT Area Council election in February. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye, said...
Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) urged Soludo to use his reach to facilitate effective functioning of the downstream petroleum sector in Anambra and South-East, by inspiring the reactivation of the NNPC Depot, Enugu, to ease distribution of products. The group which also lauded Gov. Willie Obiano for...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu, has congratulated the governor-elect of Anambra, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) on his victory in the Nov. 6 governorship election. In a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja, Kalu also...