The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has dismissed a pre-election appeal filed by Ikie Aghwarianovwe, seeking the disqualification of Delta State Governor-elect, Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori. Ikie had filed a suit in October 2022, alleging that Oborevwori submitted false documents to...
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, lacks the capacity to fight corruption in the country. Tinubu had said his administration, after inauguration on May 29, would put in place incentives and policies that would make...
The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has upheld the eight-year jail term imposed on the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, who was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for money...
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to confirm the appointment of 12 nominees as members of the Governing Board of the North East Development Commission (NEDC). President Buhari’s request was contained in a letter addressed to the Senate, President,...
Paris Saint-Germain forward Lionel Messi has apologised for his 'unauthorised' trip to Saudi Arabia. The Saudi trip has led to his suspension by the French club. Messi, in an apology video on social media, said: "First of all, I want to...
A father of a quadruplet (two boys and two girls), Cisse Abdullahi, has appealed for financial assistance from the Lagos State Government for the children’s upkeep. Abdullahi, 38, a native of Ilorin in Kwara State, who lives at Kumapayi, Baale...
The Lagos State Government, on Friday, May 5, demolished a three-storey building under construction, sealed four others, and removed fences around new project sites for being without approval in the Banana Island area of the state. The General Manager of...
BY PROMISE ADIELE A new strand of neurosis seems to pervade Nigeria’s political sphere compelling victims to embrace bipolar conditions with relish. Indeed, political exchanges before and after the recently concluded general elections convey a degree of rational deficiency...
An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun State, on Friday, May 5, ordered the remand of nine suspects (students) for allegedly beating a student of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Okoli Ahize, to death for phone theft. The Star had reported...
The Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) has commenced the disbursement of a N100,000 and Dignity Packs to each of the Nigerian returnees from Sudan. The money and the Dignity Packs were given out to the evacuees upon arrival at the airport...