President Bola Tinubu is under pressure to release the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, the separatist group, who has been in the custody of the federal government since June 2021. Sources within the government indicated that Kanu may be released soon. However, the sources did not indicate the terms…
A clergyman and Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has warned President Bola Tinubu to be wary of people he called Saboteurs in his government Addressing journalists during the launch of his 30th Warning to The Nation in Lagos, Primate Ayodele also warned that the 2023 presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic…
The management of the Plateau State Tourism Corporation, PSTC, has announced the disappearance of a hyena that escaped its cage at the Jos Wildlife Park. This is contained in a statement issued by the corporation on Monday in Jos after the animal was discovered missing. NAN reports that the Jos Wildlife Park is known as…
The Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission, ODIEC, has announced the indefinite postponement of local government election scheduled to take place this year While disclosing the development at the commission’s headquarters in Akure, the state capital, the Chairman of the commission, Dr Joseph Aremo, revealed that the decision to postpone the election was due to the…
Daughter of the renowned novelist, late Chinua Achebe, Maureen Achebe, has received the Brigham and Women’s Hospital 2024 Faculty Development and Diversity Awards. Her brother and chairman of the African Integrated Development Enterprise Public Benefit Corporation, Chidi Achebe, made this known in a LinkedIn post l Chidi stated that the hospital, a premier teaching hospital…
Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, the state capital, has issued an exparte order of interim injunction barring the Chief Judge of the state and the Clerk of the state House of Assembly from dealing with the Martins Amaewhule-led state House of Assembly. The order issued by Justice Jumbo Stephen also prevented them…
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command said a man identified as Shuaibu Yushau has been arrested and detained for attempted suicide. Yushau climbed a broadcast mast owned by Aso Television and Radio in the Katampe area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Monday. The man had climbed the mast to protest against insecurity and…
Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has sworn in Barrister Emmanuel Frank-Fubara who was screened and confirmed as a commissioner by the Victor Oko-Jumbo-led assembly earlier on Monday. The swearing ceremony was held at the Executive Council Chambers of the Government House in Port Harcourt Giving his charge after the oath-taking ceremony, Governor Fubara defended his…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt has dismissed two appeals instituted by Local Government Chairmen loyal to the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. The appeals, marked CA/PH/137M/2024 and CA/PH/145M/2024, were filed by Enyiada Cookey-Gam and six others. They were challenging the decisions of the High Court regarding the elongation of their…
Nigerian football star, Kayode Olanrewaju, has slammed a ₦1 billion lawsuit on controversial UK-based Pastor, Tobi Adegboyega for emotional trauma, financial loss and loss of goodwill occasioned by his alleged adulterous affair with his wife Dora Ezinne Kayode, and asking the court for an official divorce. The cross-petition marked Suit Number PET/304/2024, citing several allegations…
