Justice Amina Adamu Aliyu of a Kano High Court on Monday, May 27, barred Aminu Ado Bayero from parading himself as the 15th Emir of Kano and also directed the police to evict him from the mini palace at the State Road. The judge ruled that the order is effective until 11th June 2024…
As Operation Lake Sanity II intensifies, the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) announced the surrender of a Boko Haram terrorist commander, Adamu Muhammad, and 5 other fighters to Sector 3 MNJTF in Monguno, Borno State. The terrorists, escaped from the ISWAP faction hideout in Jubillaram, situated in Southern Lake Chad, and surrendered to the…
A Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has ordered the interim forfeiture of $4,719,054, N830,875,611, and several properties linked to the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. Justice Yellim Bogoro issued the order today, Friday, May 14, after an ex-parte motion by EFCC counsel Bilkisu Buhari and C.C. Chineye…
Operatives of the Kogi State Police Command have rescued five victims who were kidnapped at Aresuare in Ajaokuta Local Government Area of the state. The victims were rescued by operatives attached to Adogo Division led by SP Yusuf Hantsi, in collaboration with the local vigilantes on Thursday, May 23, 2024. a Spokesperson of the…
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has revealed that Nigeria spends $25 billion per annum on the importation of petroleum products. Speaking at the Vanguard Economic Discourse themed ‘Reforms in the Era of Global Economic Uncertainties: Whither Nigeria’, which was held at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos, Shettima said the importation of fuel would soon be…
Justice C.A. Obiozor of the Federal High Court sitting in Benin City has convicted and sentenced one Osazee Kenneth Imagbenikaro to jail for spraying naira notes. Imagbenikaro was convicted on a two count charge for offence bordering on spraying naira notes on Thursday May 16, 2024 contrary to Section 21(3) of the Central Bank of…
Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye has announced scholarships and gave various gift items to 100 orphaned girls in Niger State, ahead of their mass wedding today, May 24. The minister who initially condemned the mass wedding of the young girls being sponsored by the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Abdulmalik Sarkindaji, had…
The 8-year-old pupil, Henry Chukwuemeka Okonkwo, who was beaten to coma by a teacher in Anambra State has passed away. LIB reported that the 30-year-old teacher at Landmark School Mgbakwu in Awka North Local Government Area of the state, Faith Nwonye, was arrested last weekend. The State Commissioner for Education, Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, confirmed the…
Rewrite Mauricio Pochettino has left Chelsea by mutual consent after just one season in charge. Pochettino led the squad to the Carabao Cup final and the FA Cup semi-finals, despite a season filled with struggles due to a young squad and injuries.Chelsea ended the Premier League campaign with five successive wins and secured European…
Africa’s richest billionaire, Aliko Dangote, has lamented difficulties faced by African investors travelling on the continent claiming he needs 35 different visas on his Nigerian passport. Dangote disclosed this recently at the Africa CEO Forum Annual Summit in Kigali, Rwanda. “I still complained to President Kagame. I told him that as an investor, I have…
