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For dumping waste indiscriminately in different parts of the state, 26 persons have been sentenced to community service by a magistrate court sitting in Ikoyi area of the state. The Environmental Special Offences Court of Lagos State District, presided over ...

The Deputy President of the Senate, Jibrin Barau, has sworn in Amos Yohanna, as the new Senator representing Adamawa North Senatorial District   Yohanna (PDP, Adamawa), replaces Senator Elisha Abbo (APC) who was sacked by the Court of Appeal Court on Monday last ...

Atiku, Obi’s Appeals: Supreme Court to deliver judgement tomorrow The Supreme Court is scheduled to deliver judgement on Thursday, October 26, 2023, in the cases of the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi; the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ...

  Pastor Isaac Oyedepo, second son of Bishop David Oyedepo has dumped his father’s Living Faith Church Worldwide to begin his ministry. Isaac was formerly a pastor of Living Faith Church in the United States before he was asked to return to Nigeria by ...

The organised Labour has expressed dissatisfaction with the slow pace of implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding it signed with the Federal Government to avert its planned nationwide strike. The state chapters of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade ...

A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Malam Dr. Adamu Fika (Wazirin Fika), has passed away. He was aged 90 The elder statesman, who had been battling with a health related challenge for some time, died mid-flight while ...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has removed the names of the Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Timipre Sylva, and his deputy, Mr Joshua Maciver, from the list of qualified candidates for the November 11th Governorship ...

  Gunmen suspected to be bandits terrorising Kaduna State have attacked a mosque at the Ga Allah Babba village, near Sabon Layi in the Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that the attack, which was carried ...

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr Ola Olukoyede, has directed staff members of the commission to declare their assets Olukoyede gave the directive on Tuesday at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja. He advised the senior ...

Man kills wife over misunderstanding in Benue A middle aged man has reportedly killed his wife over a little misunderstanding. The incident, according to an eyewitness who pleaded to remain anonymous, happened in Korinya, Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue ...

A two-year and month-old baby whose name was given as David Etim has reportedly died after falling off a school’s building in Aba, the commercial nerve of Abia state The school located off Crystal Park Road, off Port Harcourt, in ...

The world’s oldest dog ever has died at the age of 31 years and 165 days Guinness World Record holder Bobi, a purebred Rafeiro do Alentejo, passed away at his home in Portugal on Saturday. His death was announced on social ...

Nigeria has been admitted as a member of Global Privacy Assembly (GPA) This is in recognition of its landmark achievements in the advancement of data privacy and protection. The Nigeria Data Protection Bill assented to by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was a ...

Russian premier Vladimir Putin suffered a “cardiac arrest” on Sunday evening according to a statement posted on a Telegram channel which regularly says the war-mongering leader is terminally ill. The channel – General SVR – suggests all recent appearances by the ...

A man identified as Mallam Umar Tasiu, in Minna, Niger State, has been beaten to death by his former in-laws Umar Tasiu had gone to see his two kids who are staying with his former wife in her father’s house. ...

Kenyan shilling hits record low of 150 to the dollar The Kenyan shilling sank to a new all-time low of 150 to the dollar on Monday, adding to the woes of people already battered by high inflation and a raft of new ...

FEC okays $5b annual fund for humanitarian and poverty alleviation A Humanitarian and Poverty Alleviation Trust Fund is to be established by the Federal Government for the purpose of providing relief to disaster victims and the vulnerable. The Federal Executive ...

Former President Donald Trump has mocked President Joe Biden for using the ‘children’s stairs’ to board Air Force One – while prodding the president over photos that showed him napping on the beach while at a Monday rally in New ...

The value of the naira continued its downward spiral at the opening of business activities on Monday crashing at the parallel market to N1,210 to the dollar as against N1,170 which it closed last week.   At the Nigerian Autonomous ...

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has suspended foreign trip for top government officials on a bid to direct expenditure towards achieving critical infrastructure development. He also directed that application virtual meetings for attendance and participation at international business and investment ...

Kate Henshaw storms court as judge gives judgement in defilement case of popular doctor Nollywood actress, Kate Henshaw, was this morning at the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence court to witness the judgment of the medical director of Optimal Cancer ...

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 ...

  The Ondo State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association has threatened to embark on industrial action if the state government fail to fulfil its promise to review the hazard allowance of its members. The NMA lamented that for a ...

The World Health Organisation has urged Israel to withdraw its evacuation order for hospitals in northern Gaza “There are patients who are there that cannot simply be moved, many there are on mechanical ventilators. “There are also newborns on incubators, ...

The Oyo State Chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress, on Monday, threatened to embark on a sit-at-home if the state government failed to honour its agreement by the end of October. That was one of the resolutions of the union ...