A Lagos High Court has restricted protesters taking part in the proposed August 1 nationwide protest to the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park in Ojota, and Peace Park in Ketu area of Lagos State. The court presided over by Justice Emmanuel Ogundare gave the restriction on Tuesday following a preemptive exparte …
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A legal Consultant in Edo state, Samson Osagie, has rated the performances of the state governor, Godwin Obaseki, poorly over the seven years. Osagie, a guest at “Let’s Talk Show”, a talk programme organized by The Standard Gazette in London, United Kingdom, alleged that most of the projects executed by …
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Sen. Monday Okpebholo, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Sept. 21 election in Edo State, has pledged to prioritise security, education, health and economy, if elected. Okpebholo disclosed this during an interactive session with the members of the Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), …
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THE Nigeria Police Force said it had arrested a young man with a Tik Tok account, Dan_Mallam68, who in a viral video called on the public to attack petrol stations, security operatives and destroy critical state and private infrastructure. The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this during a …
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THE Federal Government has declared all its 256 custodial centres across the country as “red zones” ahead of the Aug. 1 planned nationwide protests. Controller General of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), Haliru Nababa, said this in a statement issued by the Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO) Abubakar Umar on …
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THE representative of Borno South Senatorial District, Mohammed Ali Ndume, on Tuesday, rejected a new office allocated to him by the Senate Services Committee. Ndume, who was removed as Senate Chief Whip, said this in a letter to the Chairman, Senate Services Committee. He said the office given to him …
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THE Federal Government says it hopes to achieve conversion of one million petroleum vehicles in the country to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) by 2027. Mr Michael Oluwagbemi, the Programme Manager of the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas (Pi-CNG) Initiative, made this known at the ”Park to Park” CNG Mobilisation Programme and …
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THE Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has arrested a woman over the alleged murder of her husband in Pegi Area of Abuja. The Police Public Relations Officer in the FCT, SP Josephine Adeh, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. She said that operatives from …
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LEGENDARY Nigerian singer and actress, Onyeka Onwenu, has reportedly died at the age of 72. She was said to have died on Tuesday night at the Reddington Hospital in Lagos after slumping at the birthday party of Mrs Stella Okoli. A report by TheNiche quoted a witness at the party …
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Novak Djokovic recently reached his first major final of the season at Wimbledon. ● Serbian is sixth in the PIF ATP live race to Turin Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from the National Bank Open Presented by Rogers in Montreal, the tournament announced on Monday. The Serbian owns a 25-7 record …
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