The police in Sokoto on Thursday said two suspects have been taken into custody in connection with the lynching earlier in the day of Deborah Samuel, a student of Shehu Shagari College of Education. Sokoto police spokesman Sanusi Abubakar said in a statement Thursday evening that the mob overpowered campus …

Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday joined the Peoples Democratic Party as 3rd Defendant, in a suit filed by the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele against the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, and the Independent National …

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has openly declared his support for the presidential aspiration of the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. El-Rufai made the declaration at the Murtala Square in Kaduna where the national leader of the APC, accompanied by the former …

IN RENEWED FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING, TERRORISM AND OTHER FINANCIAL CRIMES, PRESIDENT BUHARI SIGNS THREE BILLS INTO LAW President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja signed into law, three bills aimed at improving the anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing/proliferation financing framework in Nigeria. The bills are: the Money Laundering …

Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade, has ordered the immediate withdrawal of the certificate of recognition of the paramount ruler of Calabar South Local Government Area, Prof Itam Hogan Itam, for dabbling in partisan politics. The order was contained in a letter addressed to the embattled paramount ruler dated 11th …

A Nigerian female pilot, Adzuayi Ewuga, has died in a plane crash in Central Cameroon, Newsextra24 reports. The late pilot is the second daughter of Senator Solomon Ewuga, a stalwart of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Nasarawa State and former Minister of State for FCT. The pilot reportedly dier …

The Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu, has said the South-East cannot get the ticket of any party in an open contest as it is today without a gentleman agreement to concede it to the South-East. Kalu, in a statement personally signed by him and shared on his …

“There is no official pronouncement of what it means to breach sanctions,” Draghi said. “Nobody has ever said anything about whether rubles payments breach sanctions or not.” Draghi said it’s “such a gray zone.” He said Germany’s biggest company has already paid in rubles and that most gas importers have …

Sokoto College Closes School Indefinitely Over Killing Of Female Student For Allegedly Insulting Prophet Muhammad The management of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto has directed the immediate closure of the school due to the killing of a female student. This was announced in a circular dated 12th May, 2022, by …

2023 Presidential hopeful, Adamu Garba had joined the Young Progressive Party (YPP) hours after leaving the All Progressives Congress (APC), Newsextra24 reports. Adamu Garba who was seeking for the presidential ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC withdrew from the party on Wednesday stating that he can no longer …