Lawyers to the detained leader of the indigenous people of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, have filed a Preliminary Objection at the Federal High Court Abuja, asking the trial judge, Justice Binta Nyako, to decline jurisdiction to proceed with the trial against him. The bone of contention is whether the court has the jurisdiction to try Kanu…
The Federal Government has proposed to pay N54,000 as minimum wage, as the Tripartite Committee on the New Minimum Wage returned to the negotiation table after the Organised Labour pulled out of the negotiations last week. At the reconvened meeting this week, the Federal Government made a fresh proposal to pay N54,000 as against the…
Detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, caused an uproar at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday when he refused to submit himself for trial in the terrorism charges against him. The development eventually forced Justice Binta Fatimat Nyako to adjourn the trial to June 19, in order…
Manchester City Striker Erling Haaland has emerged as the English Premier League top goal scorer for a second consecutive season as Manchester City beat West Ham 3-1 to win a fourth consecutive title. The Norwegian striker was absent for two months of the season through injury and struggled to match the heights of his debut…
Veteran Nigerian singer Daddy Showkey has recounted how he was almost lynched to death when he was involved in gang activities in Ikorodu, Lagos State. According to him, he and some young men found a gun at a refuse dump and started terrorising people with it until one fateful day, when they were caught and…
A helicopter carrying Iran’s President and Foreign Minister, Ebrahim Raisi and Iranian Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has been involved in an accident Reports say the helicopter – one of three travelling in a convoy – made a “hard landing” after it got into difficulties in heavy fog in the north of the country. Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi…
Arsenal Beat Everton 2-1 in their last league game of the season but missed out on a first Premier League title since 2004. To be crowned champions, the Gunners needed to beat Everton and hope City failed to win against West Ham. Arsenal suffered a setback when Idrissa Gueye’s deflected free-kick put Everton in front,…
Manchester United ended their season with a win with Rasmus Hojlund and Diogo Dalot scoring to help the Red Devils finish their worst Premier League season with a 2-0 victory at Brighton. Despite the win, Erik ten Hag’s side end the campaign eighth – their lowest top-flight finish since 1989-90. Brighton, meanwhile, failed to give…
Manchester City beat West Ham 3-1 at Etihad Stadium to become the first team to win the English league title four seasons in a row. With City needing a win to be sure of holding off Arsenal, who started the final day two points behind but with a better goal difference, Phil Foden put Pep…
Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo, has asked all transition committee chairmen across the 21 local government areas of the state to hand over to the Head of Local Government Administration (HLGA), in their respective Local Government Councils The state Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Community Affairs, Collins Nwabunwanne, disclosed this in a letter titled…
