archiveAugust 2022

Justice Ibrahim Yusuf of the Kwara State High Court,  Ilorin, Kwara State  has convicted and sentenced two fashion designers: Jatto Mujeeb,  Opeyemi Bhadmus Abdulsamad, alongside three other internet fraudsters:  Ipadeola Olawale,  Tomiwa Kingsley and Kolawole Segun to various jail terms. They were jailed on Monday, August 29, 2022 after pleading...

*VP to meet U.S. counterpart, Kamala Harris, World Bank Group, other partners Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, departs Abuja for the United States of America early Wednesday seeking global partnerships and support for Nigeria’s recently launched Energy Transition Plan. Prof. Osinbajo is leading Nigeria’s Energy Transition Implementation Working Group (ETWG)...

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says the latest figures of disappeared persons across Africa is 64,000 cases, with Nigeria recording over 25,000 missing persons. Head of Delegation for the Society in Nigeria, Mr Yann Bonzon, said this in a statement issued to newsmen to commemorate the International...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Monday, alleged that some politicians campaigning ahead of the 2023 presidential election do not mean well for the country. Wike said he was in a privileged position to know better, and promised to reveal the identities of the concerned persons at the appropriate time...

  The 2022 conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) will hold in Lagos on Thursday, October 6, 2022 at Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja. The theme for the conference is “2023 Elections: Managing the Process for Credible Outcome” and it will feature prominent stakeholders in the polity, civil society...

  Nigerians in diaspora to host Obi in U.S.   The Labour Party flag-bearer for the 2023 Nigeria presidential election, Peter Obi, has urged Diaspora Nigerians to play their roles in holding the Nigerian government accountable. He said aside from the constitutional rights of voting, the people’s sacred role is...

A former Kano State governor, Ibrahim Shekarau, has explained why he dumped the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) and returned to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Shekarau, who was received back to the PDP at a ceremony in Kano on Monday, said the decision to return to the party was...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has stated that for it to effectively prepare for the 2023 general election, “it would be involved in recruiting and training staff and managing the logistics for their deployment to 176,846 polling units, spread across 8,809 electoral wards, 774 local government areas, 37...

  Veteran Nigerian thespian, Joke Silva, on Monday dismissed reports on her husband, Olu Jacobs’s death. Reports emerged on social media on Monday that the movie star who has been battling Dementia had passed away. However, in a statement on her Instagram page, Silva threatened legal actions against the people...

The Deputy Governor of Katsina State, Mannir Takubu, has said that the Federal Government has released N6.25 billion for the establishment of cattle ranches in the local government areas affected by banditry in the state. Yakubu, who is also the commissioner for agriculture and rural development, spoke during the ranch...