A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ikorodu, Lagos State, on Wednesday, ordered the remand of one Adejoh Musa, 45 and Adamu Sule, 60, for allegedly defiling a six-year-old girl. The defendants, whose addresses were not provided, are facing a count charge […]

The family of the late Prof. Ben Nwabueze (SAN) has announced former Commonwealth Secretary-General and Chairman of The Patriots, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, as well as President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, as Chairpersons of the National Burial Committee […]

A pro-democracy group, the Coalition For A Better Nigeria, has lauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for appointing Chief Pius Akinyelure to the board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). President Tinubu had, on Monday, appointed Pius Akinyelure as […]

Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun has approved the payment of wage awards to civil servants and pensioners in the state to mitigate the impact of subsidy removal. Adeleke made this known in a statement by his spokesperson, Mr Olawale Rasheed, […]

Abia State Coordinator of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), Mrs Ufuoma Dick-Iruenabere, has decried the increasing rate of demands for relocation to other states by Corps members deployed to Abia. Dick-Iruenabere registered her displeasure addressing corps members at the swearing-in ceremony […]

The Lagos State Government has charged Local Governments in the State not to give room for touts and unauthorised personnel to establish illegal markets which contribute to littering the environment. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, Dr. […]

A Rivers State High court sitting in Port Harcourt on Tuesday granted bail to two first-class traditional rulers, Cassidy Ikegbidi and Ngozi Anugwor and five others out of more than 50 defendants arraigned before it in the murder case of […]

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday presented his first full-year National Budget to the National Assembly since he was sworn in on 29 May 2023. The President arrived at the National Assembly for the presentation of the 2024 budget at about […]

Mr Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice has said the Federal government is making efforts to develop standard operating procedures to create a legal pathway for the prosecution of school-related Gender-based violence. Fagbemi […]

African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has attributed the resurgence of military coups in Africa to bad governance. Mahamat who, nevertheless, expressed grave concern about the resurgence of military takeover of government in the continent, said the AU […]