A former Chairman of Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State, Alhassan Yahaya Bagudu, has been sentenced to one-year imprisonment for making false statement to an investigator.
Justice M. AbdulGarfa of Ilorin High Court gave the verdict.
Bagudu was charged to court...
Scores of people were reportedly injured while many houses were burnt following a violent clash between the Tiv and Jukun communities in Makurdi, the Benue State capital on Wednesday.
The clash, it was gathered, occurred between the two communities in...
NOVA Merchant Bank, a leading merchant bank in Nigeria, has announced that its N20 billion Series 1 & 2 Commercial Paper issuance under the Nova Merchant Bank Limited N50 billion CP Programme is now open.
The company said the offer which...
A centenarian, Mrs. Nonye Josephine Ezeanyaeche, has declared her intentions to vie for Nigeria’s presidency ahead of the 2023 general election.
Popularly called 'Mama Africa’, the 102-year-old woman explained that she has good plans for Nigeria should she be voted...
Popular Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie, has called for the release of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, who has been facing trial before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.
Edochie, who made the...
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Thursday ruled in favour of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje over the leadership crisis rocking the Kano State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The appellate court quashed the judgement of the Federal...
The Police Service Commission has suspended Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP Sunday Ubua and Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP James Bawa.
They are barred from the exercise of the powers and functions of their respective offices with effect from Monday, 14th February,...
Jasmine Okafor, daughter of popular Nollywood actor, Charles Okafor, fondly called Mr Ibu, has gotten engaged to her United States-based lover whom she met barely after two months on social-blogging site, Tik Tok.
Disclosing her engagement, the daughter of the...
The Chief Imam of Kafanchan Central Mosque, Adam Tahir, has died at the age of 130.
Confirming his demise, the Deputy Chief Imam of Kafanchan, Muhammad Kassim, said Sheikh Adam died on Wednesday evening after a brief illness.
While praying to...
Former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has said declared that Nigeria is spending 90% of her revenue servicing debts.
He noted that the mismanagement of funds by Nigerian leaders has been contributing to economic challenges bewildering the country.
Obi...
