The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Tuesday destroyed, by setting ablaze, the 1.8 tons of cocaine recovered from a warehouse in Ikorodu area of Lagos State last week.
The cocaine has a street value put at $278,250,000 (N194,775,000,000).
The...
A bill to whittle down powers of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, on Tuesday, scaled second reading in the Senate.
The bill was sponsored by the lawmaker representing Kwara North Senatorial District, Senator Sadiq Suleiman Umar.
The lawmaker sought...
A Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, on Tuesday, sentenced a dethroned monarch (Baale) in Shangisha in Magodo area of Lagos State, Mutiu Ogundare, and his brother, Opeyemi Mohammed to 15 years imprisonment each for faking their abduction.
The court...
Abidemi Rufai has been sentenced to five years imprisonment for stealing more than $600,000 in pandemic relief benefits in the United States.
Rufai, until his arrest in 2021, was an aide of Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun.
He was sentenced on...
The Board of Directors of Guinness Nigeria Plc. has appointed Mr. John Musunga as its Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer.
In a Notice to the Nigerian Exchange Limited on Tuesday, the Board said the appointment will take effect from 1st of...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council has postponed the commencement of its campaigns earlier scheduled to hold on Wednesday, September 28.
The Director-General of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, disclosed this...
The acting leader of Afenifere, a Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has said the support of the presidential aspiration of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi, was in line with ideological and equitable principles...
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has said he was not in support of the removal of National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Iyorchia Ayu.
Ortom said it is impossible for him to advocate the removal of someone...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned political parties against abusive language and acts likely to provoke violence or emotions in their campaigns for the 2023 general election.
The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, gave the warning while speaking...
Tyson Fury has said his proposed heavyweight showdown with Anthony Joshua is off after a deadline set by his camp expired without a deal on Monday.
Fury set an ultimatum on Friday night, insisting if the deal could not be...
