Judiciary Workers in Anahra state South East Nigeria have begun an indefinite strike over the refusal by the state government to pay the Consolidated Judiciary Salary Structure. A visit to the High Courts at Ekwueme Square, Chief Magistrate’s Courts and Customary Courts in Amawbia, Awka, reveals that there were no court proceedings. There were no…
Switzerland’s Xherdan Shaqiri has called time on his international career on Monday The 32 year old former Liverpool player won 125 caps with the Swiss national team. Shaqiri who now plays with Chicago Fire in the United States, is Switzerland’s second most-capped player after team-mate Granit Xhaka on 130 caps. The former Bayern Munich player…
The number of those who lost their lives in a cafe bomb blast in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu packed with football fans watching the the Euro 2024 final has risen to nine. Witnesses described scenes of panic and chaos after the powerful blast late Sunday, with people scrambling for safety and the main entrance to the…
The police in Kenya say they had arrested a suspected serial killer who has confessed to murdering 42 women including his own wife before dumping their dismembered bodies in a Nairobi rubbish tip. A total of nine butchered bodies trussed up in plastic bags have been pulled from the garbage site in the Mukuru slum…
A High court in Kano state has permanently restrained the deposed Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, and four other former Emirs from parading themselves as Emirs The Court presided over by Justice Amina Adamu Aliyu delivered the ruling on Monday. The judgement specifically prohibits the former Emirs of Bichi, Rano, Gaya, and Karaye, as…
Lagos State Government has said that there is no going back on the planned enforcement banning operations of all unregulated commercial bus operations, specifically “Danfos” and “Koropes” along Lekki-Epe corridor, scheduled to commence on October 1, 2024. This followed speculations making the rounds on the suspension of the plans by government. The state Commissioner for…
Delta state Command of the Nigeria Police have recovered the body of a young commercial motorcyclist, Nasiru Eneojo, from a soakaway in Agbarho axis of Warri. Eneojo’s body, already mutilated, was recovered from soakaway, following arrest of another commercial motorcyclist and a Delta State taskforce officer by the police in the state. The Guild gathered…
The Federal Government has assured Nigerians that the current economic situation in the country is being addressed and the prices of commodities will soon come down. Food inflation has reached over 40 per cent in recent months according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), pushing the prices of essential commodities beyond the…
The Martin-Amaewhule-led Rivers State House of Assembly has shut all expenditure by the Rivers State Government from the Consolidated Revenue Fund until Governor Sim Fubara presents the 2024 budget to the House for passage. They reached the decision during plenary on Monday in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. This is coming after the ultimatum…
Former world number one Novak Djokovic will take part in the tennis event at this summer Olympics in Paris The 24-time Grand Slam champion had surgery earlier this month to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee. The injury forced the 37-year-old Djokovic to withdraw from the French Open quarter-finals. However, Djokovic took part…
