Month: March 2024

Detained leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra  (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu yesterday said that violence in the Southeast would end if he regains freedom. Kanu spoke shortly after Justice Binta Nyako of the  Federal High Court in Abuja denied him bail. An […]

Members of the Edo State House of Assembly yesterday directed the state’s Chief Judge, Justice Daniel Okungbowa, to set up a seven-member panel to investigate the allegations of gross misconduct and perjury, among others, levelled against Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu. Speaker […]

Detained leader of the proscribed separatist group, the Indigenous People’s of Biafra (IPOB), Nnmadi Kanu, has pledged to work to stop the current spate of violence in the southeast once he regains freedom. Kanu, who was denied bail on Tuesday […]

The House of Representatives on Tuesday, March 19, passed the N1.28 trillion budget of the Federal Capital Territory Administration presented to the National Assembly by the president last week.  Out of the total amount approved by the House, N l140.915 […]

President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday, March 19, asked the National Assembly to consider and pass a new bill seeking to provide new salaries and allowances for judicial officers in the country.  In a letter read at plenary in Tuesday by the Speaker, […]

The Delta state governor, Sheriff Oborevwori has just briefed President Bola Tinubu on the incident that led to the killing of 16 soldiers in Okuoma community, Ughelli South council area of the state last week. Governor Oborevwori, who briefed journalists […]

Mr Ayoola Fatai Executive Chairman of Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Government, says Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu does not joke with the council, in extending facilities to the people. He said this on Tuesday, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in […]

AFederal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a fresh bail application brought by the detained leader of the proscribed separatist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Justice Binta Nyako, in a ruling on Tuesday, March 19, held that the court […]

Prof. Cyril Ndifon, the suspended Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL), has told a Federal High Court, Abuja that Osuobeni Akponimisingha, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC)’s counsel, was not qualified to practice as lawyer. […]

Kaduna state governor, Uba Sani, has said that state police must be established to combat banditry and other criminal activities in Nigeria. He said that vigilantes are ill-prepared to deal with bandits who possess sophisticated weaponry. The governor’s remarks were prompted […]