A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, was on Tuesday re-arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) within the premises of the Federal High Court in Lagos over alleged forgery. The scenario played out after Justice Daniel Osiagor adjourned further hearing in his trial over alleged N4.6 billion …

Presidential Candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, in the 2011 elections, General Muhammadu Buhari, Thursday, declared that the party is completely opposed to the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government. He made the disclosure just as the Governorship candidate of the CPC in Adamawa State; General …

An FCT High Court presided over by Justice Hamza Muazu has sacked the All Nigeria Progressives Congress, APC exco loyal to the state governor, Abdullahi Ganduje. Delivering the ruling on Tuesday, the judge granted all the reliefs sought by the Senator Ibrahim Shekarau faction, seeking a declaration that Ganduje-led group …

Controversial Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh, has described herself as a gold digger who pities no one, Newsextra24 reports. In an Instagram post on Monday, the movie star also warned her admirers not to “come near me if your gold is weak”. “I’m digging goals and gold now. Don’t come near …

Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos and club legend Iker Casillas have led criticism of the decision to hand Lionel Messi this year’s Ballon d’Or, with the German claiming ‘it’s absolutely not deserved’. The Paris Saint-Germain forward saw off competition from Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski and Chelsea midfielder Jorginho to …

“Assurance” crooner and music executive, David Adeleke otherwise known as Davido Davido has announced the opening of application for his N250million orphanage support fund, Newsextra24 reports. Davido made took to his Instagram account Monday evening to make the announcement. Only government-approved orphanages are qualified to apply for the fund, the …

Manchester United have confirmed Michael Carrick will remain in caretaker charge for the Premier League game against Arsenal on Thursday. Our former midfielder has overseen the 2-0 win at Villarreal and 1-1 draw with Chelsea since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s departure. Ralf Rangnick was announced as interim manager on Monday but, while …

Details of the mining hack are contained in a report by Google’s cybersecurity action team, which spots hacking threats against its cloud service – a collection of remote computing services which can include storage of customers’ data and files off-site – and gives advice on how to tackle them. Other …

Police rescue soldier, 15 others abducted by insurgents A team of policemen patrolling Maiduguri-Damaturu road, on Monday, prevented the abduction of a soldier and 15 travellers by insurgents. The soldier, a Lance Corporal, is attached to 4 Battalion, Marte. Borno Police Command spokesman, ASP Sani Kamilu said the incident occurred …

Hundreds of federal civil servants especially in Abuja are rushing to hospitals and designated centres to take the COVID-19 vaccine ahead of tomorrow’s deadline, Daily Trust reports. This is in the wake of the ravaging effect of another COVID-19 variant named Omicron, which puts the world on red alert as …