Senate leader and Senatoer representing Ekiti Central in the National Assembly, Opeyemi Bamidele, has testified in favour of President Bola Tinubu and Vice-President Kashim Shettima, before the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC). At the Tribunal session on Wednesday, Bamidele testified as the sole witness of the president and vice-president in …

The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned one Isyaku Ibrahim on one count amended charge of criminal misappropriation to the tune of N12m. Ibrahim was yesterday arraigned before Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court.   The charge reads: “That you, …

The Labour Party (LP) gubernatorial candidate for the 2023 Governorship Election in Imo State has been affirmed by a Federal High Court in Owerri, Imo State. Chief Ukaegbu Ikechukwu Joseph’s candidacy was declared valid in a judgment delivered by Justice B. O Quadri.   The court considered the evidence presented …

A Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidate Ejikeme Mmesoma has admitted that she was graded to have scored 249 by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and not 362. “It’s not my fault that I printed my result like that and they said that I forged my result. It’s …

President Bola Tinubu is currently meeting with the former Senate President and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Chief Pius Anyim and a one time spokesman of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Both Anyim and Metuh, who was a former …

A prosecutor in Brazil fined soccer star Neymar 16 million reais ($3.3 million) for building a lake at his mansion on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro without an environmental license, authorities said Monday. The town council in Mangaratiba issued four fines for “environmental violations in the construction of an …

Gov. Mohammed Umaru-Bago of Niger has condemned the robbery attack on the cashier of the Emir of Minna, Ibrahim Sani at the palace. Bago said this in a statement issued in Minna on Wednesday by his Chief Press Secretary, Bologi Ibrahim. He described the incident as unfortunate and the height …

A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kano, on Tuesday, ordered the remand of a former Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Engr. Idris Wada Saleh, in Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission custody over alleged N1 billion fraud. The defendant, a former Commissioner to Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, is standing trial …

A Coalition of Civil Society Organisation has called for an immediate probe of Zamfara State governor Mr. Dauda Lawal to know how he acquired the houses he declared in his declaration form that he has in France, USA, and United Kingdom. Addressing a press conference in Lagos, the convener of …

Governor Agbu Kefas of Taraba state has failed to deliver his first promise to the people of the state after spending a month and some days without appointment of his executive cabinet. Kefas earlier made announcement to the people during a paley with journalist working in the state on his …