Court orders upward review of judges’ salaries
The National Industrial Court, on Friday, ordered the immediate upward review of judges’ salaries. An Abuja court ruled that the minimum monthly salary
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#Osun Decide: Osun guber election holds today, residents commend early arrival of INEC, security
The election to elect the next governor of Osun State holds today even as residents of the State commend the Independent National Electoral
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Group demands fresh public hearing on amended constitution
The Akwa Ibom State chapter of the Civil Liberties Organisation has called on the State House of Assembly to conduct a fresh public
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Dembele agrees new 2-year Barcelona contract
FC Barcelona have confirmed that Ousmane Dembele has agreed a new two-year contract to stay at Camp Nou. The five-year contract that Dembele
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Udom picks hole in PIA, says it marginalises Niger Delta
Akwa Ibom State Government has expressed the disappointment over the obvious shortcomings in the much-expected Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) Governor Udom Emmanuel said the
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Anambra traders, tricycle operators protest new levies
TRADERS at the Eke Awka market in the Anambra State capital and trycycle operators popularly known as keke yesterday blocked the major streets
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Kogi court acquits two Buhari-Must-Go protesters
A Magistrate Court sitting in Kogi State has, on Thursday, discharged two humnan rights activists, who were being prosecuted by the state for
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Oyo Deputy Gov appeals judgement on impeachment proceedings
Oyo Deputy Governor Rauf Olaniyan has appealed the judgement dismissing his suit against plans by Oyo Assembly to begin an impeachment process against
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Fleeing Sri Lankan president arrives in Singapore
A plane carrying Sri Lanka’s president arrived in Singapore from the Maldives on Thursday, according to AFP reporters, a day after he escaped
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JUST IN: Kwankwaso picks Archbishop Idahosa as running mate
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) presidential candidate Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has picked Lagos cleric Archbishop Isaac Idahosa as his running mate. This
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BREAKING: Users denied access as Twitter suffers global outage
Millions of users of the popular social media website, Twitter, have been denied access to the service after the platform mysteriously shut down.
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Enugu community, Oruku petitions Ugwuanyi over traditional stool
A group, Concerned People of Oruku, in Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu State, has called on the state government to disregard
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Irate mob sets motorcycle robber ablaze in Anambra
A member of a robbery gang who specialises in robbing unsuspecting victims with motorcycles has been set ablaze by an irate mob. The
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Alleged tramadol importation: Court rules on Ukatu’s bail application July 18
After about three months detention of billionaire businessman, Mallinso Ukatu, for allegedly importing tramadol, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has finally produced
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Flood, windstorm kill 13 in Lagos, Ogun, Jigawa
The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, in its post-disaster updates, yesterday, confirmed that seven death were recorded, two in Ogun and five in Lagos,
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Lagos Assembly denies passing Sharia law
The Lagos State House of Assembly has denied reports that it had secretly passed the Sharia Bill into law to get northern support
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FRCN DG decries media self-censorship
The Director-General of Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Mansur Liman, has lamented what he described as self-censorship of media practitioners in government outfits.
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We’re ready to resume classes, say Southeast varsity teachers, students
After almost five months at home, lecturers and students of public universities in the Southeast have said they are ready to resume classes
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2023: Muslim-Muslim ticket is worse than another northern President
UNLESS there’s a miracle and a third force succeeds next year, Nigeria faces two disastrous choices. One is another president from the North succeeding
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IGP bans SPY vehicle number plates, orders seizure
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the ban on the use of Police SPY Vehicle Number Plates by vehicle
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I’m leaving no inheritance for my children, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday identified training and education as the best legacies he has given to his children while raising them. He foreclosed leaving
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No going back on Shettima, say Tinubu’s men
Loyalists of the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, have said the party’s vice-presidential candidate, Kashim Shettima, will not be dropped
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Insecurity: Plateau natives, Fulani sign peace agreement
Plateau natives of Irigwe Chiefdom and Fulani community in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State have signed a peace agreement to halt
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Morocco 2022: Super Falcons target FIFA World Cup ticket against Cameroon’s Lionesses
Ever-present Nigeria believe they will celebrate another FIFA Women’s World Cup ticket on Thursday night after a quarter-final clash with neighbours Cameroon in
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Outrage as Tinubu says Labour Party’s ‘Obidients’ will labour till death
Some aggrieved Nigerians have expressed their displeasure over the statements made by the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, that
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£223,000 ransom: Lawyer wants Evans produced from jail
Mr Amobi Nzelu, the new lawyer representing convicted kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, aka Evans, yesterday said he had applied to have him produced
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Fire razes major market in Afikpo, Ebonyi State
Tragedy struck in Afikpo town of Ebonyi State in the late hours of Tuesday when a section of the popular Eke market was
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Eagles’ Ahmed Musa slams politicians over ASUU strike
Super Eagles captain, Ahmed Musa, has slammed Nigerian politicians over the continued strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Musa slammed the
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World population to hit 8 billion on Nov. 15 — UN
The UN has announced that the world’s population is expected to reach eight billion on Nov. 15. The information is in a statement
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Okon Lagos begs international community for help
Actor Imeh Bishop Umoh aka Okon Lagos has fumed over the overwhelming insecurity bedeviling Nigerians,pleading with the international community to help Nigeria ‘by
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