The Court of Appeal in Abuja has rejected an application by detained leader of the proscribed separatist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu seeking to be allowed to challenge the order proscribing the group. In a judgment, the Court of Appeal upheld the argument by lawyer to the federal government, Oyin Koleosho,…
The Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says Nigerian youths “insulting people” on the internet risk imprisonment as they are committing crime. The chief superintendent of the EFCC, CSE Daniel Nwaka, warned that social bullying and cyberstalking are crimes that could land an accused person in jail. Nwaka issued the warning, according to a statement published…
Four campaign workers in Connecticut were charged with misuse of absentee ballots years after their involvement in the 2019 Bridgeport Democratic mayoral primary scandal. The charges were announced on Tuesday against Bridgeport City Councilman Alfredo Castillo, 52, vice chair of the city’s Democratic Party leader Wanda Geter-Pataky, 67, as well as two 2019 campaign workers,…
DEMOCRACY DAY, 12TH JUNE, 2024ABUJA My fellow Nigerians, let me begin by congratulating all of us for witnessing the celebration of another Democracy Day today, the twelfth day of June 2024. This year also marks our nation’s 25 years of uninterrupted democratic governance. On this day, 31 years ago, we entered our rites of passage…
Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Police Command in Lagos State have rescued an American citizen from committing suicide on the Third Mainland Bridge. RRS made this known in a post it shared on its official X handle, @rrsLagos767, on Monday. It stated that the American citizen, name withheld was at 1:23…
The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee, FAAC, on Monday shared N1.143 trillion among the federal government, states and local government councils for May. The revenue was shared at the June meeting of the FAAC, chaired by the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun. According to a communiqué issued by the committee…
President Bola Tinubu has sacked retired Inspector General of Police (IGP) Solomon Arase as chairman of the Police Service Commission.Arase was appointed PSC chairman in January 2023 by former President Muhammadu Buhari. The President also approved the appointment of retired Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Hashimu Argungu as a new chairman of the commission….
The Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has said the tenure of President Bola Tinubu as Lagos governor between 1999 and 2007 of Lagos would have been rough without his support. Atiku Abubakar was reacting to a statement made by Vice-President Kashim Shettima on Thursday. Speaking in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital, Shettima said before contesting…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) operatives intercepted five parcels containing drugs concealed in ladies’ clothes and synthetic hair, bound for the US and UK at a courier firm in Lagos, In Ibadan, Oyo State, a 57-year-old man, Oladimeji Samson, was arrested with 79 blocks of cannabis sativa and 48 grams of ecstasy hidden…
A political and civil rights activist, Aisha Yesufu, has called for the scrapping of the Nigerian Senate to reduce cost of governance. Yesufu, co-founder of the Bring Back Our Girls Movement, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos. She was reacting to calls in some…
