The Federal Government has declared Thursday, May 1, 2025, as a public holiday in commemoration of this year’s Workers’ Day celebration. Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, reiterated the need for peace to drive industrialisation and economic growth. Dr. Tunji-Ojo, in a Tuesday night statement…
Following the recent judgement by the Supreme Court which nullifies Local Government Council elections in Rivers State, the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) has announced a new date for fresh polls. The commission’s chairman, Adolphus Enebeli during a stakeholders’ meeting in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, March 5, said the LG elections would take place…
Thirty-one years after, the United States government has finally withdrawn the narcotics case against Nigerian politician, the late Buruji Kashamu, according to legal documents sighted by Peoples Gazette. The decision came five years after Mr Kashamu’s death was linked to coronavirus in 2020. He was among prominent Nigerians claimed by the deadly pandemic. The Gazette…
A 100-level student of the University of Ilesa, Gbolahan Ojo, has died after he was electrocuted while using his phone plugged into an electric circuit. It was gathered that the deceased was playing a game on the phone in his hostel when a thunderstorm struck, which resulted in him being electrocuted. He was declared dead…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has refuted claims that recovered stolen assets are being re-looted or misused, insisting that all proceeds from crime recoveries are duly remitted to the Federal Government. The commission’s statement came in response to recent reports by the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, which raised concerns about the alleged…
About 3,690 Nigerians in the United States are faced with deportation as Donald Trump begins a crackdown on illegal immigrants in the country. In a document compiled by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations and sighted by our correspondent on Tuesday, the agency revealed the data is broken down by nationality…
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has said Nigeria will not tolerate any form of disrespect from foreign nations towards its citizens. Speaking in Abuja on Wednesday at the Defence Headquarters, Musa noted that Nigeria deserves respect on the global stage. Musa at the maiden annual lecture of the National Association of the…
The Qadi of the Shari’ah Court of Appeal, Kwara State, Justice Abdurraheem Sayi, has stated that approval of state authorities or traditional rulers is not needed for Muslims to establish and operate Shari’ah arbitration panels in the South-West. He described the objections to Shari’ah arbitration panels in the South-West as “legally baseless, an embarrassment to…
A 48-year-old man, identified as Okafor, was fatally stabbed in his home at Jakande Housing Estate, Lekki, in the early hours of Monday, allegedly by a female sex worker he had invited over. It was learned that the incident happened at about 5:32 a.m. According to the police report, the complainant, who is a friend…
Operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Squad of the Osun State Police Command have arrested and paraded a dismissed soldier, Emmanuel Anthony, 34, for his involvement in a kidnapping operation and extortion of N3 million from victims. Anthony, who claimed to have served in the Nigerian Army for over 14 years, including a foreign mission under the…