July 2025
BREAKING: Senate Replaces Natasha, Names New Chairman Committee on Diaspora & NGOs
The Senate has removed Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan from her role as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Diaspora and Non‑Governmental Organisations, appointing Senator Aniekan Bassey (Akwa Ibom North‑East, APC) as her successor. Senate President Godswill Akpabio announced the development at Thursday’s plenary session. Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan, who was suspended for six months in March for disorderly […]
Lawyer, three Ghanaians face trial in FCT over alleged forgery
The Inspector General of Police has dragged an Abuja-based legal practitioner, Abu Arome, and three Ghanaians —Sam Jonah, a Knight of the British Empire, Kojo Ansah and Victor Quainoo, along with their company, Mobus Property Nigeria Ltd —before the Federal Capital Territory High Court over allegations of forgery. In a charge marked CR/402/2025, dated June […]
Man remanded for illegal firearm possession in Lagos
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday ordered the remand of a 30-year-old man, Ogunjimi Mayowa, at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre over charges of illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition. Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke issued the remand order following Mayowa’s arraignment by the Department of State Services on three counts bordering on conspiracy, unlawful […]
Coastal highway: Protesters demand justice for landowners, detained activist
A coalition of civil society organisations on Wednesday staged a peaceful protest in Lagos over the alleged wrongful displacement of residents and landowners in Okun Ajah, a community reportedly affected by the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project. The protest monitored by PUNCH Metro was held at the annexe office of the Federal Ministry of Works, Tafawa […]
Rescued Bayelsa judge says govt not involved in abduction
The rescued Bayelsa State judge, Justice Ebiyerin Omukoro, has absolved the state government of any involvement in his kidnapping in a “Thank-you” he made post on Facebook. Omukoro spent 12 days in captivity after gunmen seized him at an eatery on June 21 and was rescued on July 3 through collaborative efforts by the government […]
Abia man freed after 22 years jailed for robbery – Ogun AG
The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Ogun State, Oluwasina Ogungbade, has disclosed that an indigene of Abia State, Ogbonna Ogbojionu, who was recently freed after spending 22 years in prison, was jailed for robbery, not for buying a stolen generator, as speculated on social media. Ogungbade, in a statement he signed on Wednesday, […]
Edo Guber Tussle: Supreme Court betrayed me- PDP’s Ighodalo reacts to judgement
Mr Asue Ighodalo, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate in the September 2024 governorship election in Edo, says he feels a deep sense of betrayal in the Supreme Court judgment against his governorship bid.Ighodalo, in his reaction to the apex court verdict, on Thursday, said though he accepted the finality of the judgment, “I do […]
UNIOSUN Becomes First British Council Examination Centre in Osun, Set to Host Maiden IELTS
Osun State University has made history as the first institution in Osun State to be officially approved by the British Council as an accredited Computer-Based Test (CBT) centre for its global examinations, including the widely recognized International English Language Testing System (IELTS). According to a statement released by the University’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ademola […]
Just In: Supreme Court upholds Governor Okpebholo’s election
The Supreme Court, on Thursday, affirmed the election of Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State. In a unanimous decision by a five-member panel led by Justice Mohammed Garba, the apex court dismissed as lacking in merit, an appeal the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Asuerinme Ighodalo, filed to nullify the outcome of the […]
Supreme Court upholds Gov Okpebholo’s election
The Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State. In a unanimous decision delivered on Thursday, a five-member panel led by Justice Mohammed Garba dismissed, for lacking in merit, the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate, Asuerinme Ighodalo. The appeal sought to nullify the outcome of the […]