Category: Politics

Two 'armed robbers' arrested at Lagos bar watching Super Eagles' match — Police

Missing Delta varsity student spotted in lover’s residence

A 19-year-old 200-level student of Delta State University, Abraka, (DELSU) Faith Omodon, reported to have disappeared on her way to farm in Edo State has been allegedly...

Police Invite LP Gov Candidate, Akpata Over UNIBEN Attack

Police Invite LP Gov Candidate, Akpata Over UNIBEN Attack

The candidate of the Labour Party, in the forthcoming September 21, 2024 governorship election in Edo State, Olumide Akpata has been invited by the State Police Command...

You may meet Bobrisky in prison, PDP chieftain tells Yahaya Bello

Court fixes April 23 for ruling on substituted service on Yahaya Bello

A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, adjourned till April 23 for ruling on the application by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), seeking a...

Court To Serve Wunmi DNA Test Application Through Alternative Method

Court To Serve Wunmi DNA Test Application Through Alternative Method

The Chief Magistrate Court in Ikorodu has ordered that Wunmi, the late singer’s wife, Ilerioluwa Aloba aka Mohbad, be served with notice of the pending DNA test...

My husband is impotent, I want divorce —Wife

Alleged cybercrime: Police to arraign blogger, Ofoegbu, before Federal High Court

The case of alleged Cybercrime against a social media content creator, Mr Chizorom Harrison Ofoegbu, by the Police is to shift from the Chief Magistrate Court, sitting...

Army Detains Soldiers Involved In Cable Theft At Dangote Refinery

Army Detains Soldiers Involved In Cable Theft At Dangote Refinery

The Nigerian Army, on Wednesday, ordered the arrest of two soldiers implicated in the theft of armoured cables at the Dangote Refinery in Lagos State. Major Gen. Onyema...

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PDP govs united, committed to support party officials — Gov Bala

Bauchi State Governor and Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, has said that Governors under the umbrella of the PDP are united and...

Edwin Clark Backs Peter Obi For 2023 Presidency

‘Set Up Disciplinary Committee To Investigate Wike, Those Who Have Hijacked PDP For Selfish Gains’ — Clark Advises

Edwin Clark, elder statesman and Ijaw leader, has called for creation of a disciplinary committee that will probe the anti-party activities of Nyesom Wike, former...

sanctions on Iran,

US, UK extend sanctions on Iran after attack on Israel

The US and UK have imposed a new wave of sanctions against Iran, following its drone attack on Israel. Washington targeted 16 people and two entities that produced...

NSCDC arrests 19-year-old for raping minor

NSCDC arrests 19-year-old for raping minor

Kwara state command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a 19-year-old boy, Jamiu Akande, for allegedly raping a nine-year-old girl at...

Anyigba Robbery: Police deploy tactical teams in Kogi

Police intercept 1,040 wraps of Indian hemp in Lagos

The police in Lagos State have recovered a total of one thousand and forty wraps of Indian Hemp in the Alaba area of the state A 43-year-old man Nwagha Obiefule has been...

Man Bags Nine Months Jail Term For Assaulting KAI Officer In Lagos

Man Bags Nine Months Jail Term For Assaulting KAI Officer In Lagos

A mobile court in Oshodi area, in Lagos state, has sentenced a man, identified as Paul to nine months imprisonment for not using a pedestrian bridge and assaulting...

Kenya's military chief,

Kenya’s military chief, Ogolla, dies in helicopter crash

Kenya’s military chief, Gen Francis Omondi Ogolla, has died after a military helicopter crashed in the west of the country, President William Ruto has announced....

FG needs N3.2trn for electricity subsidy in 2024 — NERC

FG needs N3.2trn for electricity subsidy in 2024 — NERC

Chairman of the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Mr Sanusi Garba, said on Thursday that the federal government needs the sum of N3.2 trillion in 2024 if...

Chess Master Tunde Onakoya Remains Undefeated After 20Hours, Receives N29M Donations

Chess Master Tunde Onakoya Remains Undefeated After 20Hours, Receives N29M Donations

Tunde Onakoya, a chess specialist, remains unbeaten after 20 hours of his Guinness World Record attempt. The Chess in Slum Initiative Africa organiser began his attempt...

"Submit Yourself To EFCC"- AGF Tells Ex-Kogi Gov, Bello

“Submit Yourself To EFCC”- AGF Tells Ex-Kogi Gov, Bello

Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has asked the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, to surrender...

Hoard Fuel, Lose Certificate Of Occupancy - Kwara Gov Warns Marketers

El-Rufai’s Claim On Return Of Fuel Subsidy False — FG

The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Petroleum Resources and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), have said that claims alleging that fuel...

Yahaya Bello wanted by EFCC

BREAKING: EFCC declares Ex-Kogi Gov, Yahaya Bello, wanted

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, wanted for offenses relating to economic and financial crimes...

Portable Confronts ‘Wife’, Queen Dami Over Refusal To Bear Him Child

Portable Confronts ‘Wife’, Queen Dami Over Refusal To Bear Him Child

Habeeb Okikiola often known as Portable, a controversial musician, addressed his lover, Queen Dami, the late Alaafin of Oyo’s wife, about her refusal to have his baby...

Flooding: Ekiti govt approves N88.3m for dredging of high-risk LGAs

Flooding: Ekiti govt approves N88.3m for dredging of high-risk LGAs

Ekiti State government has approved N88.3 million to facilitate the resumption of dredging across three high-risk Local Government Areas of the state. The government...