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…
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…
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…
‘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…
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,…
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,…
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…
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…
S’Court judgment didn’t imply INEC should conduct LG elections – Lawyers
As reactions continue to trail the recent judgment delivered by the Supreme Court on local government autonomy, some lawyers have said the apex court verdict did not imply that the Independent National Electoral Commission should henceforth conduct LG elections in…
Kogi NMA suspends chairman
The Nigerian Medical Association, Kogi State Chapter, has suspended its Chairman, Dr Olusola Baoku, for alleged constitutional, administrative and financial infringements. At an emergency congress held in Lokoja, the state capital, on Saturday, a former Chairman of NMA Dr. David…