A 25-year-old tailor, Victoria Effiong, was arraigned on Friday before a Lagos State Magistrates’ Court in Iba for allegedly refusing to marry a suitor after collecting N2.8m from him. Effiong is facing three counts bordering on breach of peace, cheating and obtaining by false pretence. The police prosecutor, Inspector Chinedu Njoku, told the court that…
The Court of Appeal has awarded the sum of N15m as general damages against MTN Nigeria Communications Limited for bombarding a customer’s phone number with unsolicited messages and caller tunes when the customer didn’t subscribe to the services. Justice Okon Abang of the Abuja division of the appellate court made the pronouncement while delivering judgment…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has warned that no country can succeed when government officials abuse power and act as in a dictatorship. He argued that the crisis in Rivers State reflects wider governance challenges in Nigeria, where key figures in the executive, legislature and judiciary are failing to uphold justice and the rule of law….
Headquarters of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Jigawa State is currently on fire. The secretariat was torched during the violence that broke out in the protest against hunger. Aggrieved youths had stormed the facility in Dutse, the state capital, where they destroyed bill boards and other publicity materials before burning down the building….
Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State has announced the creation of seven new chiefdoms and emirates in the state. This development is expected to not only reposition the traditional institution but also whittle down the influence of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. The new chiefdoms and emirates, announced during a statewide broadcast on Monday,…
Hon. Waheed Akanbi Omojobiiro, the former Chairman of Ibadan North Local Government, has joined the chorus of well-wishers celebrating the 57th birthday of Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde. In a statement made available to Eagles’s Sights News, Hon. Omojobiiro, Biiro as fondly called, eulogized Governor Makinde’s leadership and vision for the state and appreciates…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) says foreign exchange illiquidity has been a significant factor influencing the fluctuation in prices of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol. These, it said, are governed by unrestricted free market forces, as provided for in the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the newest…
No fewer than seven persons died in an early morning accident at NIPCO filling station axis on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Saturday. Florence Okpe, the spokesperson, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, confirmed the incident in a statement in Abeokuta. Mrs Okpe stated that the crash, which occurred at 7:00 a.m., involved a Mack…
Controversial singer, Portable has slammed social media critic Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM) for requesting his participation in a diss track targeting gospel singer Mercy Chinwo. VDM had announced plans to release the track titled ‘Body of Christ’in retaliation to Chinwo’s N1.125 billion defamation lawsuit against him. This lawsuit came after VDM accused…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has submitted a revised list of nominees for the Governing Board of the North West Development Commission (NWDC) to the Senate, along with nominations for the South East Development Commission (SEDC), as part of his commitment to regional development. The revised NWDC list names Alhaji Lawal Samai’la Abdullahi as the new…