The Edo State Government clarified that it is not involved in any legal dispute with Oba Ewuare II, the revered Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo. Despite circulating rumors suggesting otherwise on social media, Crusoe Osagie, the Special Adviser (media projects) to Governor Godwin Obaseki, dismissed these reports. He urged residents of the…
In a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court session held on Thursday, May 9, a 23-year-old student named Rabiu Garba was sentenced to 12 strokes of the cane for the theft of a laptop and two cell phones. Magistrate Ibrahim Emmanuel handed down the sentence to Garba, a resident of Badiko in Kaduna, after he pleaded guilty…
Former Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika, entered a plea of not guilty to the N2.7 billion corruption charges brought against him by the Federal Government. Sirika, along with his daughter, Fatima, his son-in-law, Jalal Sule Hamma, and a firm – Al Buraq Global Investment Limited, were arraigned before Justice Sylvanus Oriji at the Federal High Court…
The Senate has passed the 2024 NDLEA Act (Amendment) Bill, which includes the death penalty as a punishment for drug traffickers in the country. This decision was reached during the third reading of the bill. According to Channels TV, the proposal was adopted on Thursday when the Senate convened into a committee of the whole…
NAFDAC enforcement officers, in collaboration with intelligence provided by the Nigerian Army’s 15 Field Engineering Regiment in Badagry, have dismantled the operations of Mr. Chinedu Okafor, an illegal drinks manufacturer operating from his residence at No. 24, MTN Road, Badagry. According to a statement from NAFDAC, Okafor’s suspicious activities drew the attention of the Nigerian…
