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News reaching us confirms that on Tuesday 23 April 2024, Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered that the charges on alleged N80 billion fraud filed by the Federal Government against former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Adoza Bello, are to be served through his lawyer, Abdulwahab Mohammed. This order […]
What started at Columbia University is fast becoming widespread. Reports reaching us is that the fire has spread across five states and a dozen top American universities where students pitched tents and set up “liberated zones” on campuses. Protests over the war in Gaza have taken hold at a handful of elite American university, as […]
The senate president, Godswill Akpabio, has pledged the full cooperation and support of the National Assembly for better policing of Nigeria. This was while calling on the police, particularly the inspector general, Kayode Egbetokun, to weed out bad officers from the force. Akpabio said this at the maiden edition of the Nigeria police awards and […]
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has sealed the Chinese supermarket located within the China General Chamber of Commerce in Abuja. Recall that Nigerians had expressed outrage over a discriminatory policy implemented by the Chinese Supermarket for barring Nigerians. According to the facility manager of the complex, Shaibu Sanusi, Nigerians from outside […]
Former military head of state, Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar, rtd, ex-president, Goodluck Jonathan and retired catholic archbishop, John Onaiyekan, are currently deliberating on state policing. The dialogue, organised by the office of the speaker of the house of representatives, is the beginning of deliberations on the constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria (alteration) bill […]
Today, 22nd April 2024, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is set to declare open the African counter-terrorism summit in Abuja The event is organised by Nigeria, with support from the United Nations office of counter-terrorism. It will hold from April 22 to April 23, 2024. The presidency announced that the summit aims to enhance multilateral counter-terrorism […]
Considering the sustained increase in the price of jet fuel over the last four years, indigenous carriers were forced to enhance operations by raising ticket prices. However, due to the imminent supply of aviation fuel, otherwise known as Jet A1, by Dangote Refinery, there are strong indications that domestic airlines operators may reduce ticket prices […]
On Friday, April 19 at about 9:20 pm about eight gunmen dressed in black invaded Ajadeh Event Centre in Iperu Remo along Sagamu road, killing a lecturer from Babcock University Ilisan Remo, Yinka Olowojobi while abducting two others during an invasion. The Spokesperson of Ogun State Police Command, Omolola Odutola, on Monday, confirmed the […]
This year the naira plunged to an all-time low of 1,800/$ on the black market in February. In its attempt to save the naira, the CBN under the leadership of Governor Olayemi Cardoso raised interest rates by a combined record 600 basis points in its two meetings in February and March. The CBN […]
The Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, has withdrawn all police officers attached to the embattled former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello. The order for the withdrawal was contained in a police wireless message seen by our correspondent on Friday. The document with reference number: “CB:4001/DOPS/PMF/FHQ/ABJ/VOL.48/ 34 read in part, “IG has ordered the […]
