Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has ordered the payment of N5 million compensation to an Uber driver, Adedotun Clement, who was assaulted on October 20, 2021, during a rally to mark the one-year anniversary of the #EndSARS protest in the state. The governor in a statement on Saturday said he had “directed the Honorable…
An Egyptian referee, Mohamed Farouk, has been suspended indefinitely by the country’s FA, for allegedly disallowing a goal after looking at footage on a spectator’s phone, Daily Mail reports. Mohamed Farouk took charge of an Egyptian Second Division clash between Al-Nasr and Suez on Friday and in the absence of VAR, relied on an alternative…
No fewer than 25 people lost their lives in Udubo along Hadeja-Potiskum road in Gamawa Local Government Area of Bauchi State following a fatal crash. Ten others sustained varying degrees of injuries in the lone crash involving a Toyota Hummer Bus. The crash occurred on Thursday at 4.30 pm. The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has hailed the decision of the House of Representatives to step down a bill to decriminalise cannabis cultivation, sale and use in Nigeria. NDLEA chairman, retired Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa, gave the commendation in a statement issued by the agency’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi on Friday in Abuja. The…
The former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Mr. Pius Anyim, on Friday, said he is disappointed in the action of the National Working Committee, NWC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Recall Anyim, who is a member of the PDP Board of Trustees, BOT, and three other prominent stakeholders of the party,…
The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has welcomed the judgement of the Court of Appeal affirming his election, describing it as a vindication by God. Adeleke’s reaction comes after the appellate court sitting in Abuja on Friday set aside the decision of the Osun State Governorship Tribunal and has upheld the election of Senator Ademola…
Police in Ogun State have arrested four young men who are allegedly members of a robbery gang based in Lagos. The suspects were alleged to have been terrorising the people of Ode-Remo, Remo North Local Government Area of Ogun State. The Ogun State police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, identified the suspects arrested on March 13 as…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has set aside the decision of the Osun State Governorship Tribunal and has upheld the election of Senator Ademola Adeleke as the governor of the state. Following the governorship polls in the state, an Election Petition Tribunal had sacked Adeleke from office, saying that the Peoples Democratic Party…
APC Suspends SGF Boss Mustapha Boss Mustapha, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, has been suspended by the All Progressives Congress (APC). Mr Mustapha was suspended by the Adamawa (his home state) chapter of the APC, according to a suspension letter issued on Wednesday. The letter was signed by Muazu Kabiri (APC chair…
INEC Declares PDP’s Mbah Enugu Gov-Elect The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State, Dr Peter Mbah, has won the March 18 governorship election in the state. He scored 160,895 votes to defeat his closest rival, Chijioke Edeoga of the Labour Party (LP), who polled 157,552 votes. Frank Nweke Jnr of the…
