archiveJuly 17, 2023

An Osun State High Court sitting in Ikire has convicted Prophet Philip Segun and Owolabi Adeeko for the murder of one Favour Duleye Oladele a final-year student of Lagos State University. The convicts are one Prophet Philip Segun 42 years, and Owolabi Adeeko 23 years while another convict simply identified...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reacted to an alleged threat by the All Progressives Congress (APC) of chaos if the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) rules that President Bola Tinubu did not meet the constitutional requirement of winning 25% of the vote in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). PDP...

    President Bola Tinubu has returned to Abuja after attending the 5th Mid-Year Coordination Meeting of the African Union (AU) in Nairobi, Kenya. During the meeting, Tinubu announced plans to strengthen the ECOWAS Standby Force to deter coups and combat terrorism in the sub-region. He also reaffirmed Africa’s unity...

The Arewa Council of Chiefs in Lagos State has sought for the immediate release of the Sarkin Hausawa of Lagos allegedly detained by the Department of State Services (DSS). The demand for his released was contained in a statement issued in Kaduna by the Jarman Lagos; Alhaji Yerima Shettima, stating:...

  says President’s threat to judiciary documented The Labour Party (LP) has taken issue with the news making the rounds that President Bola Tinubu and his legal team purportedly warned the Presidential Election Petition Court (PREPEC), against interpreting the law as provided for in the constitution with regards to the...

Osun Assembly on Monday, passed a Bill reverting the name of the state to ‘Osun State’ from the ‘State of Osun’. It would be recalled that the state’s name was changed to ‘State of Osun’ in 2012 during the tenure of former Governor, Rauf Aregbesola. The Assembly, through a Bill...

A Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed July 21 for the arraignment of Sen. Stella Oduah and others by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date after EFCC’s counsel, Hassan Liman, SAN, prayed the court to allow the defendants to take their plea, having...

  The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, has confirmed the first case of anthrax in Nigeria on a farm in Suleja, Niger State. Chief Veterinary Officer of Nigeria, Dr Columba T. Vakuru, made this known in a statement, said a Rapid Response team comprising federal and state Health...

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has alerted the public that it was not currently recruiting. Head, Media & Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, in a statement on Monay, advised to disregard information circulating in the social media purporting the commencement of EFCC’s 2023 online recruitment from July 4th, 2023....

  The Deputy National Chairman (North) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Abubakar Kyari, has assumed the position of acting National Chairman of the party. The development comes after the confirmed resignation of the party’s national chairman, Abdullahi Adamu. According to the party’s constitution, when a national chairman resigns,...