Charges of attempted rape and assault against Manchester United forward, Mason Greenwood, have been dropped by the prosecutors. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), on Thursday, said the withdrawal of key witnesses and new material coming to light were factors in...
The Lagos State Police Command has declared a man, Tajudeen Bakare, wanted for wielding a pump action rifle and threatening public peace in the state. The command declared Bakare, whose picture frame has the inscription “Oba Tajudeen Bakare (Oba Ogboni...
The Director, New Media sub-committee of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, Femi Fani-Kayode, says he was in the “People’s Pigs Party” when he wrote an article against the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, some years ago. Fani-Kayode, a...
Several people were on Thursday, February 2, trapped as a building under construction collapsed in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. No fewer than 22 persons have so far been rescued in the ongoing efforts to evacuate those trapped in...
President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria’s fragile nature of entry points into various countries enhance terrorism, economic sabotage, and illicit flow of arms. Buhari, however, said Nigeria and her neighbours must place higher premium on the effective policing of borders to...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it is working with the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to prosecute hawkers and abusers of naira notes. The CBN...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed commercial banks in the country to start paying N20,000 new notes to customers over the counter. The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, gave the directive via a statement issued on Thursday. Emefiele stated that...
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has no opposition ahead of the March 11 governorship election in Lagos State. What he has, according to his spokesman, Gboyega Akosile, are "comedians, jesters, and boys who just want people...
Justice P. I. Ajoku of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Wednesday February 1, 2023 remanded a Director of a Nigerian Gas Company, Charles Rudolf Epelle, in the custody of the Economic and Financial...
Former Governor of Osun State, Gboyega Oyetola, has survived the legal battle against his nomination as the flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the July 16, 2022 governorship election. The nation’s highest court, the Supreme Court, on Thursday,...