President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to swear in Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as the new Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) today following the resignation of Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad over health challenges. Newsextra24 had earlier reported that Justice Tanko resigned on Sunday night, citing ill-health as the reason for his decision. …

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, has resigned, according to Channels Television. The station quoted some sources as saying that the CJN resigned on Sunday night, citing ill-health as the reason for his decision. According to Channels Television, the arrangements are ongoing to swear in the next most senior …

Alhaji Aminu Achida, Speaker, Sokoto State House of Assembly, and three gubernatorial aspirants have resigned their membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC). They have now defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State. Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State and the PDP Vice Presidential Candidate received the …

Four people, Babangida Amodu (25), Oluwafemi Ibrahim (20), Ojo Ayodele (25) and Okunato Dada (20), have been sentenced to death by hanging by an Ekiti State High Court in Ado Ekiti. A three-count charge of conspiracy, armed robbery, and murder was brought against the convicted individuals. The four defendants were …

A former Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima has said the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, will stop the gale of defection of senators from the ruling party. Sources recalls that the APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, has lamented the gale of defections of senators …

The governor of Lagos, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has attributed the rise in crime rate, kidnapping, cultism and other social vices in the country to bad parenting. The minister of inister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, also shared Sanwo-Olu’s sentiment. The duo noted that the societal anomalies can be stamped out with effective parenting. …

Residents of Mada district under Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara State, have fled their homes to safer communities like Kwatarkwashi following incessant attacks by bandits. The latest attacks in Mada and surrounding villages started on Thursday, June 23, when the bandits killed one local vigilante and abducted about seven people. …

A former Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Farouk Aliyu has explained the reason why the ruling All Progressives Congress, presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has not picked a running mate yet. Aliyu said the delay in finding a vice presidential candidate for the former Lagos State Governor …

A middle-aged passenger, whose name was yet to be identified, has died after a bus somersaulted at Piri village, along Abuja-Lokoja road. The accident happened around 9:35am last Friday, when a Toyota Sienna bus number AAA 813 DH lost control and crashed into a ditch. According to Daily Trust, a …

Tyson Fury has claimed that he sought to set up a scrap with Anthony Joshua six times in the last five years — but insisted they will never meet because he is retired and his ‘diva’ rival scuppered the proposed bouts. Heavyweight rivals Fury and Joshua signed terms in March …