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The Senator representing Delta North Senatorial District, Peter Nwaoboshi, on Sunday denied ownership of the 11 houses and 12 out of the 22 bank accounts frozen by the Federal High Court in Abuja. The court, presided over by Justice Taiwo Taiwo made the forfeiture order on July 2 but a certified true copy of the […]

Men of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a pastor, Pope Paul, for allegedly raping and impregnating a 15-year-old girl at his place of residence in the Igando area of the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, in a statement on Sunday, said the mother of the victim discovered that her […]

Call it dollar rain and you will be perfectly correct as Super Eagles look set to be rewarded with $175,000 (About N63million). The largesse is courtesy of Alteo boss Benedict Peters who had just before the match promised to give the team $100,000 if they beat Cameroon and addition promise of $25,000 per goal. Eagles […]

Barring any last-minute changes, the police will this week file criminal charges against Senator Elisha Abbo for allegedly assaulting a nursing woman at an adult toy shop in Abuja. The Senate on Wednesday condemned the Senator for allegedly assaulting  the woman in the Wuse area of Abuja on May 11. The red chamber subsequently set […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office, on Friday, July 5, 2019 secured the conviction of one Ismail Yunus over involvement in internet-related fraud. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Ibadan Division, found Yunus guilty of sending pornographic and indecent pictures through the e-mail: lindasc147@gmail.com, to defraud people, The News […]

A Federal High Court sitting in Jos, Plateau State, has quashed the remaining two counts charge preferred by the Federal Government against a former governor of Gombe State and serving senator, Danjuma Goje, over allegations of corruption. The Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation was said to have applied on Thursday evening for the […]

The pictures below show some pieces of jewellery and a customized gold iPhone, all valued at $40m belonging to Diezani Alison-Madueke, a former Minister of Petroleum Resources. Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos had on Friday (July 5, 2019) ordered the former minister to forfeit the items to the federal […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has accused Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja of exhibiting bias in favour of former Senate President, Bukola Saraki and the immediate past Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, in his handling of the cases they filed. The allegation is contained in two fresh […]

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has been urged to compel President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately appoint ministers as stipulated by law to kick-start the running of the government. In a suit filed by a Lagos lawyer, Mr Kabir Akingbolu, he was asking the court to declare that the failure of President Buhari to […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has bowed to pressure by suspending the establishment of Ruga settlements across the country. The suspension is coming on the heels of public outcry against the project which the Federal Government said would stem the tide of herdsmen/farmers clashes across the country. Sources told THISDAY that President Buhari has suspended the idea […]

Omoyele Sowore, presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2019 elections, met with Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), in New York on Tuesday. In a Facebook video, Sowore said the meeting which is one of many to come would send “shock waves down the spine of the […]

Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has warned the Federal Government against the proposed establishment of Ruga settlements across the country for herdsmen. He warned that the move, if not checked will set the country on fire. Speaking in Lagos on Tuesday at the launch of United Nations’ Solutions 17 SDG programme, Soyinka berated the federal […]

At least 50 people died, and 101 people were injured after they rushed to scoop fuel from an overturned tanker and the vehicle exploded in central Nigeria, officials said Tuesday. The incident happened on Monday afternoon after a fuel tanker trying to avoid a pothole overturned and fell off the road in Ahumbe village in […]

President Muhammadu Buhari’s aide on social media, Lauretta Onochie, has urged the police to investigate the senior pastor of COZA Church, Biodun Fatoyinbo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports this comes after Busola Dakolo, photographer and wife of singer, Timi Dakolo, accused Mr Fatoyinbo of allegedly raping her as a teenager. Ms Onochie commented […]