A Federal High Court sitting in Minna, the Niger State Capital, has ordered that the Chief of Army Staff, General Farouk Yahaya, be arrested for contempt.   Justice Halima Abdulmalik, who issued the warrant and presided over the case, said the order followed notice brought before the court in pursuant …

A 41-year-old trader, Nnabueze Chibuike, on Wednesday, was arraigned before a Federal High Court sitting in Benin, Edo State on two-court charges of alleged possession and importation of large quantities of Mivina Chicken seasonings.   The case between the Federal Republic of Nigeria as (Complainant) and Nnabueze Chibuike, as the …

Traditional Religious Worshippers Association of Osun State has described the emergence of the state governor, Ademola Adeleke, as divine, urging him to carry on with his predecessor’s good ideas and consult before modification, where necessary.   The president of the group, Dr Oluseyi Atanda, said this in its congratulatory message …

The National Boundary Commission and its Benin Republic counterpart, have embarked on  joint campaign  towards cementing the bond between both countries, prior to the colonial rule. The campaign took place at Kosu Bosu, Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara section of the Nigeria-Benin International Boundary. This is contained in a …

Best-selling Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie gives the first of four 2022 Reith Lectures inspired by Franklin D Roosevelt’s “Four Freedoms” speech. Is freedom of speech under attack? Cancel culture, and arguments about “wokeness” have produced a febrile atmosphere. Meanwhile, autocrats and populists have undermined the very notion of a …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, chapter, on Tuesday, vowed to commence the “mother of all strikes,” if the Federal Government refuses to pay members of the Union their withheld eight months salary arrears. The ASUU-UNN Chairman, Comrade Christian Opata, who addressed pressmen before …

Akure—A hunter, Sunday Olubusade, has reportedly killed a 30-year-old palm wine taper, identified as Kehinde, who he mistook for an antelope in  Ondo town, Ondo State. Newsextra24 gatheredthat the victim, after the day’s work, went to a river to bathe when the hunter shot him. A police source said when …

Nigerian Navy has handed over a vessel MT Morris, arrested for suspicious illegal activities around the Excravos offshore Waters in Delta state to the management of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA for thorough investigation and prosecution. Commander Nigerian Naval Ship, NNS Delta , Commodore Abdulhamid Baba-Inna, who spoke …

Bauchi Police Command said it has arrested a student of Adamu Tafawa Balewa College of Education Kangere-Bauchi LGA, Bauchi State for killing his friend and a fellow student of the same school. The spokesperson of the Command, SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil in a statement on Wednesday stated that detectives attached …

With increasing misuse of antimicrobial drugs, medical experts have raised the alarm over increasing deaths associated with antimicrobial resistance, AMR, across the world and Nigeria inclusive. Currently, findings by the World Health Organisation, WHO, show that Antimicrobial Resistance, AMR, otherwise known as drug resistance is currently posing a threat to …