NNPP leader calls for unity, prayer among Christians as Lent begins
By Adeola Badru As the Lenten season commences, the southwest chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo, has encouraged Christians across Nigeria to embrace the sacred period as a time for prayer not only for themselves but also for the nation and its political leaders. Ajadi, in a heartfelt appeal to […]
Supreme Court rejects Trump’s bid to freeze $2bn in foreign aid
The court, in its first significant ruling on a legal challenge to the Trump administration, voted 5-4 to uphold a lower court order
Rivers Assembly summons RSIEC chairman over 2024 LG Poll
*As Electoral Body Fixes August 9 For Council Elections By Daniel Abia, P/Harcourt The Rivers State House of Assembly on Wednesday summoned the Chairman of the State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, Justice Adolphus Enebeli (retd) to appear before it within 48- hours over the conduct of the October 5, 2024 local government elections. Recall that […]
Police arraign 3 in Anambra for alleged sale of children
The Anambra State Police Command on Wednesday arraigned a 72-year-old doctor and two women for allegedly stealing and selling children. The defendants appeared before the state’s Children, Sexual and Gender-based Violence Offences Court in Awka. The defendants are Dr Daniel Ikebuilo, Ifunanya Ogbonna, 24, and Odinaka Okorie, 27. They were arraigned on five counts bordering […]
Senate dismisses Natasha’s petition as invalid
The Senate has dismissed a petition filed by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP, Kogi Central) against Senate President Godswill Akpabio, in which she alleged sexual harassment.
New Admiralty University VC, Prof. Ogbogbo assumes office Monday
By Joseph Erunke, Abuja The newly appointed substantive Vice Chancellor of Admiralty University of Nigeria, ADUN, Prof. Christopher Ogbogbo, will assume office Monday. The governing council of the Nigerian Navy established university, in a declassified report of the council meeting as directed by the Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, also reaffirmed Ogbogbo’s appointment in line […]
5,029 civil servants abscond screening in Yobe – Official
No fewer than 5,029 civil servants out of 32,140 were conspicuously absent at the just concluded screening, meant to ascertain staff strength in Yobe. Alhaji Bukar Kilo, the Committee Chairman, made this known while presenting the committee’s report to the Head of Civil Service in Damaturu on Tuesday. Kilo, who also the Permanent Secretary, Public […]
US pauses intelligence sharing with Ukraine
Ratcliffe confirmed that intelligence sharing had also been frozen as Ukraine seeks to beat back the Russian invasion.
Ex-Gov Udom Emmanuel was never detained by EFCC – Nwoko, SAN
Former Attorney General of Akwa Ibom State and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Uwemedimo Nwoko, has dismissed reports that the immediate past governor of the state, Udom Emmanuel, was detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Court adjourns Portable’s case until March 26 for substitution
An Abeokuta Magistrate’s Court has adjourned the case against popular Musician Habeeb Okikiola a.k.a Portable, to March 26 to enable the prosecution merge his charges with those of his workers. When the case against the artist resumed on Wednesday after his earlier arraignment on Feb. 20, the prosecution told the court that it would be […]
Court orders INEC to recognise Njoku as NRM’s National Chairman
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA–The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to recognise Chief Edozie Njoku as Chairman of the National Rescue Movement, NRM. The court, in a judgement that was delivered by Justice Obiora Egwuatu, validated the outcome of an emergency national convention that the party […]
