by Oluwatomisin Amokeoja Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE) said yesterday that it is working silently to secure the release of the self-acclaimed Yoruba freedom fighter, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho. It said it supported Igboho’s agitation, but cautioned him to do […]
By Robert Egbe A Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday granted bail to a 22-year-old man, Joshua Adeyinka Kayode, was alleged to have defrauded 170 people of N10.7 billion via a Ponzi scheme. Justice Nicholas Oweibo admitted Kayode to bail […]
By Omon Okhuevbie The Coalition of Northern Groups has organized a group of 31 lawyers from northern Nigeria to render free legal services to the former commander of the Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari. The group of […]
by Bolanle Olabimtan The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has instituted a suit seeking the removal of Mai Mala Buni from office as Yobe governor. In the suit dated and filed August 12, the PDP submitted that Buni violated Section 183 […]
by Jesupemi Are A Bauchi state high court has sentenced Sarita Aliyu, identified as the managing director of Workman Microfinance Bank in Bauchi, to five years imprisonment. She was convicted on a two-count charge bordering on misappropriation and forgery. The charge was […]
By Leo Sobechi and Osiberoha Osibe The Court of Appeal, Kano Division, has dismissed the judgment of Jigawa High Court, which declared Chukwuma Umeoji and Jude Okeke as candidate and national chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) for […]
By Jide Oyekunle ABUJA – The Federal High Court in Abuja has awarded between ₦2 million to ₦4 million in favour of six women that were arrested and sexually abused during a 2019 raid by officers of the Abuja Environmental Protection Board […]
By Innocent Oweh The Federal Government on Wednesday hinted that it may soon lift the suspension imposed on Twitter. This follows the agreement reached between both parties to shift ground on a number of the contending issues. Twitter’s activities in Nigeria […]
By Abdullateef Salau The Jude Okeke-led faction of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has rejected the judgment of the Court of Appeal sitting in Kano on the leadership crisis rocking the party. APGA has been engulfed in intra-party crisis, […]
Agency Reporter An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Wednesday remanded a 43-year-old businessman, Emeka Orisakwe, who allegedly defiled his three daughters. The police charged Orisakwe, who resides at Maza Maza, Amuwo-Odofin, Lagos State, with sexual assault. Magistrate Ejiro Kubeinje, […]