The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed 12 March for judgment in suit seeking to stop Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike, and the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) from arresting and prosecuting Commercial Sex Workers (CSWs) in Abuja. The judge, James Omotosho, fixed the date after lawyers to the parties presented their arguments for…
President Bola Tinubu has formally sought the approval of the Senate to deploy Nigerian troops in the Benin Republic to help protect the neighbouring country’s democratic institutions. In a letter just read to senators by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, President Tinubu said the troops, deployed on a Peace mission, was in compliance…
A fire outbreak at the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA) warehouse in the Idu industrial area of Abuja has destroyed tools worth billions of Naira intended for training beneficiaries of the N-Power initiative. The Minister of State for the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Dr. Yusuf Sununu, has ordered the formation of…
The immediate former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has arrived at the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja for the hearing on alleged N110 billion fraud preferred against him. Bello was declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in April 2024. He reported at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday and…
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday appointed Binta Garba as the pro-chancellor and chairperson of the governing council of the new Federal University of Technology and Environmental Sciences in Iyin Ekiti, Ekiti. Ms Garba, a politician, businesswoman and administrator, represented Adamawa North Senatorial District in the Senate from 2015 to 2019 and served in the House…
Russia downed 32 Ukrainian drones targeting Moscow overnight, the city’s mayor said Sunday, in the largest attack on the capital since Russia began its offensive in Ukraine in 2022. The attack, which forced the temporary closure of three Moscow airports, injured a 52-year-old woman and set two homes on fire in the village of Stanovoye…
The war against cultism in Edo State took a new turn on Monday evening as Governor Monday Okpebholo called on the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, and the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Oluwatosin Ajayi, to arrest and prosecute the President of the Neo Black Movement (NBM) of Africa, Olorogun Ese…
In a dramatic escalation of the dispute between Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association (PENGASSAN) and the Dangote Group, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has directed all its affiliates and members nationwide to immediately mobilise for what it described as a “full-scale, decisive engagement” against the conglomerate’s alleged anti-worker practices. The directive, contained in…
Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo has expressed deep sorrow over the sudden deaths of his teammates Diogo and André. Taking to his official X account, Ronaldo penned a heartfelt tribute, reflecting on the painful reality of losing two friends in such a short time. “It doesn’t make sense,” he wrote. “We were just together with…
Mixed reactions have trailed judgement by the Court of Appeal in Calabar which upheld the conviction of Professor Peter Ogban for his role in manipulating the outcome of the 2019 senatorial election in Akwa Ibom North-West District in favour of now Senate President, Godswill Akpabio. Prof. Ogban, a soil science professor and returning officer for…