The Saturday October 16 state congress of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will put to test the domineering influence of the party’s National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in Lagos State politics.
Tinubu, a former governor of the state, is...
A former Vice Chancellor of Federal University Gusau, Prof. Magaji Garba was on Tuesday arraigned before Justice Maryam Hassan Aliyu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Jabi, Abuja on a five-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false...
Nigeria has restated its commitment in going after the assets of drug barons and traffickers in any part of the country.
Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa (Retd), made the pledge in...
The Senate on Tuesday rescinded its position on clause for voting, transmission of electronic result which empowered Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) to determine suitability of transmission of results, subject to approval of National Assembly.
The Senate’s decision followed consideration and...
The Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned the duo of Ukhuriegbe Glory Irekpitan and Onyekwa Joshua Chinedum before Justice S. M. Shuaibu of the Federal High Court sitting in Benin, Edo State...
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday ordered that a 29-year-old civil servant, Gabriel Awaye, be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old girl.
The police charged Awaye, who lives on Agbawaye Street, Command, Agbado Oke-Odo, Lagos State,...
A Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC) officer, Nkechinyere Adesegun, told an FCT High Court in Kubwa that her colleague, Ngozi Oboh, allegedly defrauded nine job seekers of N2.7 million.
Adesegun was led in evidence by the Prosecution Counsel,...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has registered 284 additional COVID-19 infections with nine related deaths across 19 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Tuesday.
The fresh cases indicate...
Low-income countries’ debt rose by 12 per cent to $860 billion in 2020, the International Debt Statistics (IDS) 2022 report of the World Bank says.
The report was released on Monday at the World Bank/International Monetary Fund (IMF) Annual Meetings...
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has appointed 28-year-old first class graduate, Khalil Nur Khalil, as the Executive Secretary of Kaduna Investment Promotion Agency (KADIPA).
Khalil's appointment was contained in a statement issued on Monday and signed by the governor’s...
