July 2024
Tinubu presides over FEC meeting at Villa
President Bola Tinubu is currently presiding over the Federal Executive Council meeting at the Council Chambers of the State House, Abuja; the 14th session since the council’s inauguration last August.Before the meeting commenced, the council observed a minute’s silence in honour of a deceased former member and former Deputy Governor of the Old Sokoto State, […]
Anambra judiciary workers begin indefinite strike
The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, Anambra State Chapter on Monday commenced an indefinite strike over the refusal by the state government to pay the Consolidated Judiciary Salary Structure. The News Agency of Nigeria correspondent, who visited the High Courts at Ekwueme Square, Chief Magistrate’s Courts and Customary Courts in Amawbia, Awka, reports that there […]
Enigie vs Oba of Benin: Court bars journalists, as hearing begins afresh Oct. 17
Journalists were barred from covering the case involving the suspended Enigie (Dukes) of Benin Kingdom and the Oba of Benin, Ewuare II when the hearing resumed on Monday at Court Six of the Benin High Court, Edo State. The case will also start afresh on October 17 with a new judge taking over the case […]
Rivers People to Tinubu: ‘You’ve brought fresh hope to Ogoniland’
President Bola Tinubu’s appointment of Dr. Olufemi Adekanmbi as the new Coordinator of the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) has been hailed by the people of Rivers State as a move that brings fresh hope to Ogoniland. Dr. Adekanmbi, an environmental scientist with a PhD in Environmental Science, is expected to lead the remediation efforts […]
NiMet predicts 3-day thunderstorms, rains from Monday
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted thundery and rainy weather activities from Monday to Wednesday across the country. NiMet`s weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja forecast morning thunderstorms over parts of Taraba, Adamawa, Zamfara, Kebbi, Katsina, Kano, and Kaduna States. According to the outlook, thunderstorms are expected over parts of Taraba, Kaduna, Yobe, […]
‘Remi Tinubu, save my farm’ – Abuja widow cries out over alleged persecution
ABUJA – An Abuja-based widow, Ebere Mogbo, has cried out to First Lady Remi Tinubu for help after her farming dreams were allegedly crushed by the management of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) Estate. Mogbo, who recently lost her husband, had invested heavily in a farm in the estate, hoping to win the […]
Why LG autonomy can’t work — Fayose
Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, has expressed concern over Thursday’s Supreme Court judgment affirming local governments’ right to receive monthly allocations directly from the federation account. The chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party emphasised that despite the court judgment, state Houses of Assembly and the governors will always be a clog in the wheel […]
Meet 20-year-old Thomas Crooks who shot Trump at Pennsylvania rally
Following an attempt on the life of former United States President Donald Trump at a political rally on Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Pennsylvania, authorities have identified the shooter as 20-year-old Thomas Crooks. “Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, is the subject involved in the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump on […]
Police confirm eight female bodies recovered from Kenya dumpsite
A total of eight bodies, all of them female, have been recovered so far from a dumpsite in a Nairobi slum, Kenya’s acting police chief, Douglas Kanja, said on Sunday. “They were severely dismembered in different states of decomposition and left in sacks,” Kanja told a press conference, adding that investigations into the gruesome find […]
Driver, motor boy killed in Ogun fuel tanker accident
A fatal crash involving a petrol tanker has resulted in the deaths of at least three people, including the driver, Salau Semiu, and his assistant, known as Saheed, at Imope Village in Oru Ijebu along the Ijebu-Ode-Ibadan Expressway in Ogun State. Our correspondent learnt from the state police command on Saturday night that the accident […]