A court in Osun state has convicted five men for cyber-stalking and defrauding former Speaker of Osun State House of Assembly, Timothy Owoeye, of the sum of N38 million. The convicts reportedly blackmailed the speaker with his 13-second nude video which was leaked on the internet in 2018. However, an investigation carried out by Osun…
PDP Presidential candidate in the February Presidential election Atiku Abubakar has been advised to retire from active politics A faction of Ohaneze Ndigbi led by Chidi Ibeh in a statement urged the former Vice President to embrace the role of a statesman. In a statement on Tuesday through its Secretary-General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, the group advised…
The President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Festus Osifo, has responded to comments by Imo state governor Hope Uzodinma that NLC President Joe Ajaero’s visit to Imo state was for political reasons Speaking on a television programme, said his colleague in the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, was in Imo State on November…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that over one hundred and thirty seven thousand polling agents have been registered for the November 11, 2023 governorship poll in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states. In a list of polling and collation agents released on Tuesday, INEC said at the close of the deadline for uploading…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) today produced the former Governor of the Central Bank Godwin Emefiele in court for the hearing of his bail application Emefiele, who has been in the custody of Security agencies for over 149 days, was ordered by Justice Olukayode Adeniyi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, to…
Nigeria has been included as one of the most dangerous countries for Christians in the world In a report by a non-partisan Christian organisation, International Christian Concern, extremists and militants have been killing Christians in the country and dispossessing them of their lands in the last 20 years. The Organisation’s 2023 report on Christian persecutors…
Various traders in Lagos markets are crying out because of the multiple levies they pay to government; they lamented on the near extortion they go through everyday especially traders in Balogun Market in the Lagos Island Local Government Area. When interviewed by news correspondents, some traders (names withheld) revealed that they were forced to pay…
Ohio voters have approved a ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana, making it the 24th state to embrace legalization in a push that’s expanding into more conservative parts of the country. The “yes” vote on Issue 2 means people age 21 and over in the state will be able to use, grow or sell marijuana…
On Tuesday morning, the residents of Iyi-Owa Odekpe community located in Ogbaru local government area of Anambra state cried out in agony as miscreants largely suspected to be thug invaded their community. Following the attack, one unidentified man has been confirmed dead and an unconfirmed number of people reportedly sustained gunshot wounds. Eyewitnesses reported to…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities have described the plan by the Federal Government to automatically deduct 40 per cent from the Internally Generated Revenue of universities in the country as an attack on the university system. The Federal Government , in a letter dated October…
