The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, and the Police Service Commission to maintain status quo on the ongoing recruitment of 10,000 officers. Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order at the hearing of the case brought by the PSC against the IG. …
Read More »
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on his election victory. The President, according to a statement by the Special Adviser on Media and publicity, Chief Femi Adesina, also felicitated with the Liberal Party of Canada and Canadians generally on the outcome of the Federal election in …
Read More »
The National Assembly Joint Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions on Tuesday asked anti-graft agencies to probe a contractor who abandoned a project since 2015 after collecting N1.5bn mobilisation fee. The contractor was said to have abandoned the construction of the headquarters of the Code of Conduct Bureau in …
Read More »
KINGSLEY Unekwe is 18 years old. He sat for the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). Ordinarily, by now, Unekwe ought to either have written the post-UTME examination in his university of choice or concluded his admission processes in the …
Read More »
At least one person has died in a multiple-car crash on the Otedola Bridge section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The accident, which occurred on Wednesday morning, involved a containerised truck and several cars. READ ALSO: Russia aims to double trade with Africa in five years, says Putin The Lagos State …
Read More »
President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia would aim to double trade with Africa over the next five years, at the opening of a summit aimed at reviving Moscow’s ties with the continent. “We currently export to Africa $25 billion worth of food — which is more than we …
Read More »
A judge of the Federal High Court, Akure, Justice Abdul Dogo, has been kidnapped. Justice Dogo was abducted on Tuesday by unknown gunmen while he was returning to Akure from Abuja. The Nation learned that the kidnappers have made contact and demanded N50 million to release their abductee. It was …
Read More »
A Federal High Court in Lagos has fixed November 5 for hearing in a suit filed by a Nigerian musician, Olumuyiwa Danladi a.k.a Danny Young, against a fellow musician, Tiwatope Savage, over alleged copyright infringement. In the suit, labelled FHC/L/CS/230/2019 and pending before Justice Mohammed Liman, Young is claiming N205 …
Read More »
The Nigerian Citizens Association in South Africa has condemned fresh attacks on Nigerian-owned businesses located in Witbank Mpumalamga in South Africa, saying it is worrisome. The President of NICASA, Mr Ben Okoli, who made this known in a telephone interview with News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday, described the attack as a …
Read More »
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday presided over the Federal Executive Council meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. President Muhammadu Buhari is in Sochi, Russia, attending a three-day Russia-Africa Summit holding from Oct. 23 to Oct. 25. READ ALSO:Energy experts want market forces to determine price of power Osinbajo had …
Read More »
