Governor Monday Okpebholo and the All Progressives Congress, APC, have won round one in the series of petitions challenging their declaration as winners of the September 21, 2024, governorship election in Edo State. A petition instituted against them by the Action Alliance (AA) and one Adekunle Rufai Omoaje was thrown out by the Edo State…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned both popular singer Hamisu Breaker, and TikTok star Abubakar Ibrahim, before the Federal High Court presided over by Justice Sale Musa Shuaibu on charges of abuse of Naira in Kano. After the charges were read, both Hamisu Breaker and G fresh pleaded guilty. The court then…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested the Accountant General of Delta State, Mrs. Joy Enwa, amid the commission’s ongoing investigation of the state’s former governor, Ifeanyi Okowa. The EFCC is investigating the alleged diversion of N1.3 trillion state funds, SaharaReporters has learnt. The commission arrested and detained former governor Okowa…
The Anambra State government has arraigned three native doctors, including Chidozie Nwangwu, popularly known as “Akwa Okuko Tiwara Aki”, Eke Hit and Onye Eze. Three of them were docked at the Anambra State High Court, Awka, at exactly 11:58 am on Friday. After taking their pleas, the matter has been adjourned. Their arraignment came about…
The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the Inspector-General of Police and the Lagos Commissioner of Police to pay N10 million in damages for violating the rights of peaceful protesters. Delivering judgement on Thursday, M. Kakaki, the presiding judge, ruled that the security agencies acted unlawfully during the #EndSARS memorial held on 20 October,…
An 18-year-old suspect, Fatiyah Abdulhakeem, accused of killing a retired Permanent Secretary in Niger State, Adamu Jagaba, has died while in police detention. Reliable police sources told Daily Trust that Abdulkareem died on Thursday but they could not tell the cause of his death. The suspect was recently paraded by the Commissioner of Police in…
The four tax reform bills transmitted to the National Assembly in 2024 by President Bola Tinubu have scaled second reading at the House of Representatives. The bills scaled second reading on the floor of the Green Chamber on Wednesday six months after the President transmitted them to the National Assembly for consideration following the recommendations…
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday dismissed a N5bn suit brought by 110 alleged internet fraudsters against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, ruling it lacked merit. The presiding judge, Justice James Omotosho, dismissed the suit on the grounds that the applicants failed to prove they had been unlawfully detained after taking arguments…
An explosion at an Islamiyyah school in the Kuchibiyi community of Bwari Area Council, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has resulted in the death of one student and left four others critically injured. The tragic incident occurred around noon on Monday, January 6, 2025, sending shockwaves through the community, located approximately 42 kilometers from Abuja’s city…
A Councillor representing Kinkiba Ward in Soba Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Sunusi Hashim, has appointed 18 special advisers to strengthen his grassroots administration. The aides were inaugurated on Sunday during a ceremony held at L.E.A. Primary School, Kinkiba, which was attended by APC stakeholders, party loyalists, traditional rulers, religious leaders, and community members….