A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Maitama has issued a public summons against immediate past Kogi Governor, Yahaya Bello, to attend court and answer to a fresh 16-count charge pending against him. Bello is to attend court on October 24 in response to the summons and for his arraignment along with two other…
Legendary American actor, Denzel Washington reportedly got into a heated argument with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs following a night of partying back in 2003. A source revealed to Us Weekly that the Oscar winner, 69, once got into an argument with the disgraced rapper, 54, that resulted in shouting. The insider claimed that ‘Denzel screamed, “You don’t respect anyone”‘…
Liverpool superstar, Mohamed Salah is now the highest-ever African goal scorer in the Champions League with 45 goals. The 32-year-old Egyptian forward fired home a goal in the 75th minute as Liverpool defeated Bologna on Wednesday, September 2. Salah’s landmark goal came in style, as he helped Liverpool secure a vital victory in their latest group-stage…
Justice Sylvanus Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has granted former Governor of Taraba State, Darius Ishaku, bail to the tune of 150 million Naira and two Sureties in like sum. The two sureties must be residents in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, with their house addresses verified by the registrar…
A long-serving Champions League referee has reportedly been suspended from European action for allegedly threatening to kill a player. Italian referee, Fabio Maresca was accused of making the threat by Kuwait Premier League star Khaled Al Murshed during a match on Friday.Al Murshed claimed that Maresca said ‘see you next time, I’ll kill you,’ though…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, on Monday, September 30, raided some supermarkets and open shops in some parts of Abuja and seized counterfeit items worth N37 million. The agency said in a statement posted on its X handle on Tuesday that during the operation which was based on…
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has announced that candidates will now be required to pay N50,000 for the reprinting of certificates. This was disclosed by NECO Registrar Dantani Wushishi in a statement released in Minna, Niger State. “The N50,000 fee for certificate reprints is subject to periodic review,” Wushishi emphasized in the statement.…
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested at least five persons in connection with the m8rder of a fisherman named Segun Sikiru in the Iwopin town of the Ijebu-Ode Local Government Area. It was gathered that the suspects allegedly k!lled the victim with a bamboo stick and discarded his body in a…
The Niger state Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) said it has so far rescued 150 out of about 300 passengers involved in a boat mishap in Gabjibo community of Mokwa Local Government Area of the state. The Director -General of NSEMA, Alhaji Abdullahi Baba-Arah, made this known in a statement in Minna on Wednesday,October 2.…
A Kwara State Magistrate Court has sentenced a teenage boy to one year imprisonment for arson and theft. It will be recalled that the teenage boy, Olawumi Ayomide, set a building on fire in Ilorin after stealing items belonging to the occupants. The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kwara State Command, arraigned Ayomide…
