Edo council boss redeems N20m pledge to soldier’s family
By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY — The Chairman of Etsako East Local Government Area and Chairman of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Edo State, Hon. Sunny Ekpeson, has redeemed his N20 million pledge to the family of late Lance Corporal Fahad Sani of the 195 Battalion, Nigerian Army, Agenebode. Sani died on […]
Court orders Globacom to vacate base station, pay N32m to landowners
A Bayelsa High Court sitting in Sagbama on Tuesday ordered Globacom Nig. Ltd. to vacate a piece of land belonging to the Agbereowei family of Bolou-Orua in Sagbama local government.
ECOWAS Court declares Dasuki’s detention illegal, asks FG to pay N15m compensation
The Economic Community for West African States, ECOWAS, Court, Tuesday, ordered the Federal Government to immediately release the erstwhile National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki, retd, from detention and asked that the Federal Government to pay him N15 million damages.
He derives pleasure in beating the hell out of me, wife tells court
An Ibadan-based farmer and mother of seven, Idayat Adekunbi, has asked a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve her 22 year-old marriage to her husband, Wasiu.
IDPs: Senate begins N5bn, food items diversion probe
THE Senate has begun the probe into the diversion of over N5 billion Funds that was made available by the Federal Government for use by the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs in the North East.
Sierra Leone slashes spending in huge austerity drive
Sierra Leone has announced it will slash spending across the board and freeze all government projects to stabilise its finances following a prolonged economic slump.
