Tribunal dismisses HDP’s petition against Buhari’s victory
ABUJA---The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, dismissed the petition the Hope Democratic Party, HDP, and its candidate, Chief Ambrose Owuru, filed to nullify the outcome of the February 23 presidential election and remove President Muhammadu Buhari from office.
Just in: 131 Nigerian refugees from Cameroon received
Minister of Humanitarian Services, Disaster Management and Internally Displaced Persons, Sa’adiya Faruk, on Thursday received 133 Nigerian refugees who returned home from Cameroon.
Breaking: Landlady raped to death by tenant in Ekiti
A commercial motorcyclist has reportedly raped his landlady to death in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti state capital.
Tenant allegedly rapes landlady to death in Ekiti
By Rotimi Ojomoyela A commercial motorcyclist, Abraham Tumise, has reportedly raped his landlady, Bukola Olarewaju to death. The shocking incident occurred on Thursday at Olorunda area of Ado Ekiti. Vanguard gathered that the mother of three, described by a family member as a middle-aged woman, was at home alone after her husband had gone to […]
I’ll sanction banks that sack workers indiscriminately – Ngige
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, has threatened to sanction banks, who sack workers indiscriminately, saying they ought to declare redundancy before taking such decisions.
Lightning strike kills five in Polish, Slovak mountains
At least five people, including two children, were killed and more than 100 others were injured Thursday during a sudden thunderstorm in Poland and Slovakia’s Tatra mountains, according to rescuers and officials.
CIN warns Nigerian banks against transactions with Korea, Iran
The Compliance Institute, Nigeria (CIN) has advised banks in the country against doing business with countries like North Korea and Iran that have been placed on economic sanctions by the U.S.
Erdogan says Turkey to press ahead with gas search off Cyprus
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday hit out at EU measures to punish Ankara for drilling activities in the eastern Mediterranean and vowed to press ahead with gas search in the region.
Yoruba elders elect new leader
By Ola Ajayi To fill the vacuum created by the deaths of Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Pa Adekunle Ajasin, Chief Bola Ige and Senator Abraham Adesanya, some Yoruba leaders converged in Ibadan yesterday to elect a new leader, Prof Adebanji Adetoye. Before the election of the new 84-year-old Yoruba leader by a 135-year-old man, Pa Olamilekan […]
Businessman in court over alleged N4.2m visa scam
A businessman, Opara Ekenze, on Thursday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court over alleged N4.2 million visa fraud.
Sexual violence means Rohingya can’t return to Myanmar: UN
Sexual violence by Myanmar’s military against Muslim Rohingya amounts to war crimes, a UN report said Thursday, adding that conditions are not favorable for refugees to return to the country.
