A certificate forgery case filed by the All Progressives Congress and one its members, Mr Williams Edobor against Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, has been dismissed by a Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja. The three-man penal of justices of the court led by Justice Stephen Adah in a unanimous judgement, dismissed the lawsuit on…
Three policemen have been feared dead after being shot by unknown gunmen at Neni junction in Anaocha local government area of Anambra State. The Nation reported that their security vehicle was also burnt by the assailants. It was also learnt that three Naval officers were also killed at Awkuzu in Oyi local government area. It was…
Armed bandits, on Thursday March 18, invaded a market in Yar’ Tasha community, Dansadau district in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State, razed stalls, killed at least one person and injured many others. It was gathered that the armed men stormed the market on motorcycles and opened fired on traders. The market holds every Thursday…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the sum of N3.070 billion for acquisition of laboratory equipment by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire told reporters that the approval was made at the 38th virtual FEC meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Wednesday March 17. …
An official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority LASTMA, Obasu Segun Godwin, has been killed by a commercial bus driver along Anthony road on Tuesday, March 16. A statement released by the General Manager of the agency, Olajide Oduoye, says Obasu and his colleague, Adeniyi Hakeen, were attacked by the commercial driver while…
Players and officials of Ekiti United football club were involved in an auto accident in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday evening, March 16. The club’s Media Officer, Quozeem Oladapo, in a statement disclosed that the accident occurred while the players were returning to Ado-Ekiti from their evening training session Ikere-Ekiti. According to the statement, there were…
An appeal filed by the Attorney General of Imo State and forty others challenging the ruling of an Owerri Federal High Court which granted Senator Rochas Okorocha the leave to amend processes filed before the Court, has been dismissed by a Court of Appeal. The three man panel led by Justice Dattijo Yahaya on Wednesday March 17, dismissed the…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arrested a former Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Dibu Ojerinde, for allegedly misappropriating N900 million. Professor Ojerinde, who was arrested on 15th March 2021, in Abuja, by operatives of ICPC, is alleged to have…
Justice Bennett Ilaumo of an Akwa Ibom state high court has sentenced a 40-year-old-man, Aniekan John Udom, to life in prison for raping an 8-year-old boy in Uyo in August 2020. While being arraigned in court, the state prosecutor, Maria Akpan told the Court that Aniekan was caught by the victim’s lesson teacher while committing the…
US President, Joe Biden has labelled Russian president Vladimir Putin, a ‘killer’ and promised that the Kremlim will “pay a price” for interfering in the 2020 U.S. elections. Since Biden took over the White House in January 2021, he has pledged to take a hard line against the Kremlin, which has a history of attempting…
