A member of the House of Representatives, Sada Soli, on Tuesday warned that the lifting of the ban on foreign exchange for 43 items by the Central Bank of Nigeria may ruin local economy This is just as the House invited the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Yemi Cardoso, to appear before it…
A High Court sitting in Enugu State has ordered the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to replace Senator Samuel Anyanwu as the party’s National Secretary. Anyanwu is the PDP governorship candidate for the forthcoming election in Imo State. The order was granted while ruling in a motion on notice filed by Nwabueze Ugwu seeking the court…
The European Court of Justice will deliver its final verdict on the validity of the European Super League on 21 December. It had been claimed by the ESL and its backers, A22, that Uefa and Fifa were breaking competition law by threatening to sanction clubs and players who joined the breakaway league. But in a…
Kenwright had surgery to remove a cancerous tumour from his liver eight weeks ago. He had been on the board at Everton since 1989, taking over as chairman at Goodison Park in 2004. Everton has since released a statement saying it was “in mourning” following the death of Kenwright, who was the club’s longest-serving chairman…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has called for a peaceful election in the November 11 governorship polls in Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo states. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu made the call at the quarterly meeting with political parties on Tuesday. Yakubu noted that free and fair elections can be conducted in a peaceful atmosphere, urging…
Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo state has called on members of the Imo State Council of Elders to join hands with him to ensure that the implementation of the Charter of Equity is realised. He assured that as Governor, he will deploy the machinery of Government to defend the document and its implementation. The Governor…
The Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence sitting in Ikeja on Tuesday sentenced the Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Doctor Olufemi Olaleye, to life imprisonment for the defilement of his wife’s niece. Justice Rahman Oshodi sentenced him after he found him guilty of the offence of defilement and sexual penetration of a…
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has banned state government officials from travelling abroad for the rest of the year. In a statement signed by the governor’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, the governor instructed that the state expenditure should henceforth be focused on implementation of critical projects across the sectors. The governor while announcing the suspension…
An 18-year-old nursing mother, Toyin Oluwagbemiga and her infant have been detained at the Trinity Hospital in the Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State for the past five months for her inability to pay her medical bills. Toyin, who is appealing to the Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, and other spirited individuals to…
A Christian cleric of the United Methodist Church identified as Oscar Mukahanana has reportedly committed suicide following the leakage of his adultery scandal on the church’s WhatsApp group. The cleric who was a Reverend at the Harare East District Superintendent in Zimbabwe, engaged in an extra-marital affair with a female youth in the church. There…
