Alleged N1.4bn Fraud: Co-defendant in Kogi Assembly Candidate’s Trial Once Investigated for Multi-Million Naira Fraud – Witness
The first prosecution witness, PW1, Olusegun Falola, in the ongoing trial of Ismaila Yousouf Atumeyi, a Kogi State House of Assembly candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, on Friday, February 3, 2023, told Justice Tijani Ringim of the…
Actress In EFCC Net For Spraying, Stepping On New Naira Notes
Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have commenced investigation of Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, an actress and cosmetologist, for allegedly tampering with the redesigned Naira notes, an offence contrary to Section 21 (5) of…
Unknown Gunmen Invade Court Premises, Shoot Sitting Judge Dead
It was a black Thursday as unknown gunmen invaded a court premises while the court was in session and shot dead Nnaemeka Ugboma, the chairman of Ejemekwuru Customary Court in Oguta local government area of Imo State. According to eyewitnesses,…
2023: Court Orders INEC To Accept LP Candidates In 24 States (Full List)
As Nigeria’s 2023 general elections draws nearer, Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accept the nominations of candidates of the Labour Party (LP) in 24 states of…
Participation In Osun Guber Election: S/Court Dismisses Suit Against Oyetola
The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking to restore the nullification of the participation of Osun’s ex-governor Gboyega Oyetola and his deputy Benedict Alabi in the July 16, 2022 governorship election. A five-member…
Court Okays Kanu’s Request to Apply for Access to Doctors, medical Records
The Abuja division of the Federal High Court has granted an application by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, to apply for an order of mandamus compelling the Department of State Service (DSS) to…
Etsako West Constituency 11: Iyalomhe Welcomes Supreme Court Judgement, Calls For Unity Against Common Enemy
Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), seeking to represent the people of Etsako West Constituency 11, into Edo State House of Assembly in the forthcoming general election, Dr Felix Iyalomhe (DFI), has welcomed the judgement of the Supreme court…
CNG Condemns Killing Of Pastoralists In Nasarawa, Calls for Investigation
The Nasarawa state chapter of the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has strongly condemned the recent killing of those it described as innocent pastoralists in the state, near the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. About 50 herders were reportedly killed…
Media Rights Agenda Releases Sensitisation Video to Commemorate Data Privacy Day
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has released a sensitisation video to commemorate the global Data Privacy Day, which is celebrated yearly on January 28, and called on all Nigerians to educate themselves about the importance of data privacy while taking appropriate…
Osun Tribunal Verdict: Adeleke Reacts As Protests, Jubilations Rock State
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has reacted to the judgment of the Osun State Election Petition Tribunal nullifying his declaration as the winner of last year’s governorship polls in the state by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He…
Dark Forces And Champions Of Barbarism Are Taking Over Public Institutions In Nigeria — Intersociety
…Says Appointment of Former IGP Arase as PSC Chair a Reward for 2015/2016 Massacre of 250 Unarmed Easterners as IGP There has been a floodgate of whimsical and capricious presidential appointments into Nigeria’s federal public institutions; done without recourse to…
