The Kwara state governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, governorship candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) , Alhaji Shuaib Yaman, and that of Social Democratic Party (SDP), Alhaji Hakeem Lawal, Wednesday attended fidau (prayer) for the repose of the soul of the vice chancellor of Kwara State University, Malete, Professor Muhammed Akanbi. Akanbi died Sunday at a Medical facility in Lagos from where his Read More
The media office of Obi/Datti presidential council has called on the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to defend himself in the allegation that he was convicted on drug and money laundering related offences in the United states. The media office in a statement, Wednesday, noted that there is a column in the Independent Read More
Few hours after receiving the report on the activities of the embattled Zamfara state Deputy Governor Mahadi Aliyu Gusau and his consequent impeachment by the state legislature Wednesday, a serving lawmaker, Senator Hassan Mohammed Nasiha was sworn in as his replacement. The impeached deputy governor is the son of General Mohammed Gusau (retd), a powerful military operative and influential Nigerian Read More
An Abuja based lawyer, Dr. Kayode Ajulo, has confirmed that a Court of Appeal sitting in Ado Ekiti Judicial Division has discharged and acquitted a teenager Adeolu Bamiteko, who was sentenced to death by a High Court for stealing phone. Bamiteko with one Ayobami Ojo were arraigned in Charge No. HAD/15C/2014 before the High Court presided over by Justice J.O Read More
Justice Peter Lifu of a federal high court sitting in Osogbo, Osun state, Wednesday, sentenced a 64-year-old man, Folorunsho Olayanju, to one year jail for impersonating lawyer. The convict who was said to be a political stalwart in Osun, was charged with six count charges bothering on fraud, impersonation and stealing. He was said to have defrauded one Hammed Bamidele, Read More
Ebonyi Police command Tuesday, paraded two suspects for trafficking teenage girls for prostitution. The suspects Ivi Chukwu Chinecherem, age 20yrs and Ogbonna Justice, age 19 yrs were said to have been involved in the trafficking of five Ebonyi female teenagers to Ghana for Akaeze community in Ivo local government area of Ebonyi state. While parading the suspects, the commissioner of Read More
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) said it has ratified the expulsion of the party’s Caretaker Chairman of Yola South Local Government Area, Adamawa state, Alhaji Sulaiman Adamu. Recall the viral video in which Alhaji Sulaiman Adamu made unwholesome utterences on President Muhammadu Buhari, the leader of the party. In a statement signed Thursday in Abuja Read More
A criminal area court II presided by Hon. Nuhu Musa Garta, has remanded a 27-year-old trucker, Usman Bello, for intentionally blocking the ever busy Jimeta bridge that links the state capital with northern parts of the state. The trucker had on August 5, 2021 completely blocked the Jimeta bridge for hours leading to a prolonged traffic gridlock which lasted for Read More
An Osun state magistrate court sitting in Osogbo, the state capital, Tuesday remanded six persons for alleged murder and unlawful possession of human parts. The defendants, Ifaseun Afolabi (40), Ifadare Afolabi (38), Badmus Shakiru (29), Adeleke Kabiru (38), Oloyede Maruf (39) and Oseni Mukaila (32), were arraigned by the police on six count charges of conspiracy, murder, unlawful possession of Read More
Delta State Police on Wednesday arrested two fake Assistant Superintendent of Police, Mr Bankole Odusi, and Samuel Idowu on their way to Imo state. They were conveying a Tokumbo vehicle from Lagos to Imo state when police operatives intercepted them in Asaba. The police impersonators were arrested alongside 17 suspected criminals for different offences. Briefing journalists in Asaba, Commissioner of Read More
After standing down the matter for two hours now, the fate of the 12 detained Igboho’s aides appears to have hanged as the presiding judge, Justice Obiora is yet to resume sitting as at the time of filing this report. Blueprint reports that Justice Egwuatu stood down the matter for ruling shortly after counsel to the 12 associates of Yoruba Read More
A Magistrate Court presided by Abdullahi Ilelah in Zuba, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Monday ordered Solomon Adodo to be remanded in Suleja Correctional Centre, while his trial for alleged impersonation, inciting public disturbance and forgery continue. Adodo who was charged to court for impersonating the President of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Amb. Sukubo Sara-Igbe Sukubo declined Read More
The Kano-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Abduljabbar Nasiru Kabara, famous for his controversial religious commentaries and statements that are regarded as statements mortifying the companions and sacrilegious to the Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) has been charged to court for blasphemy. A statement issued by the commissioner for information, Malam Muhammad Garba said that the development followed the receipt of the First Read More
Embattled actor Omiyinka Olanrewaju popularly known as Baba Ijesha has been granted bail by an Ikeja sexual offences Court. The bail was granted the actor on Thursday after he pleaded not guilty to alleged sexual defilement charge preferred against him. ×× Baba Ijesha has been in custody since April 22, 2021. Details loading…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has launched a National Ethics and Integrity Policy to resuscitate the nation’s lost values and integrity. The Commission also disclosed that the policy was geared towards the promotion of human dignity, voice and partnership, patriotism, personal responsibility, national unity and professionalism. The chairman of the Commission, Bolaji Owasanoye, made the Read More
Gimba Yau Kumo, the son-in-law of President Muhammadu Buhari, has been declared wanted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). The spokesman of the ICPC, Azuka Ogugua, in a press statement announced that Kumo, alongside two other suspects, Tarry Rufus, and Bola Ogunsola, were allegedly involved in the diversion of national housing funds to the tune Read More
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed the call by the call to sack the Minister of Transportation Rotimi Ameachi by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the alleged corruption in the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). The ruling party, however described as a “routine administrative probe” the scandal rocking the NPA. In a statement signed Tuesday in Abuja by Read More
Oyo state Commissioner of Police, CP Vivian Ngozi Onadeko, Thursday said the command has arrested 30 suspected secret cult members and three suspected kidnappers. CP Ngozi Onadeko stated this during a press briefing held at the Oyo state Police Command headquarters in Eleyele area of Ibadan on the activities of the command in the past few days. The Commissioner of Read More
Residents of Iragbiji, the hometown Governor of Adegboyega Oyetola, in Osun state, Thursday barricaded roads in the town, protesting mysterious death of a popular herbalist. The herbalist, it was gathered, died of food poisoning. According to the protesters, the herbalist attended the naming ceremony of one man where he ate, thus leading to his death. They alleged that the naming Read More
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Akwa Ibom state Sector Command has deployed no fewer than 687 personnel across the state to ensure safety on the roads during the Easter celebration. The sector commander, Mr. Oga Ochi, who disclosed this in a statement issued in Uyo on Friday, warned drivers and all road users to avoid over-speeding. Ochi said the Read More
The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal Thursday discharged founder DAAR Communications Plc, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, of the N2.1 billion money laundering charges instituted against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In the seven-count criminal charge preferred by the EFCC, the Appeal Court upheld the no case submission filed by Dokpesi and DAAR Communications. While delivering Read More
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