Benin Traditional Council Suspends 5 Chiefs For Pledging Alliance To Ooni Of Ife
Five Benin traditional functionaries have been suspended from their roles for engaging in what the palace described as sacrilegious conduct against Benin customs. The Benin Traditional Council announced their suspension in a statement signed by the Iyase of Benin, Chief Sam Igbe, on Saturday. The statement noted that the affected functionaries visited the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, where they...
Yahaya Bello: Kogi Court Summons EFCC Chairman Over Alleged Court Contempt
A Kogi State High Court sitting in Lokoja has ordered the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, to appear in court on May 13, 2024, to show cause why an order of committal should not be made against him for allegedly disobeying court order. The EFCC boss is facing a contempt charge for carrying out...
N121 Billion Abuja-Lokoja-Benin Expressway Contract Terminated
The Federal Government has terminated the 18-year contract for the N121 billion Abuja-Lokoja-Benin Expressway and offered the original contractors the right of first refusal to sign a new contract. The contractors have until tomorrow to accept the new terms or leave the project. Minister of Works, Engineer Dave Umahi, announced the decision during a meeting with the contractors in Abuja....
Court Sets Aside Warrant Of Arrest Against Rivers Chief Of Staff
The Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja and presided over by Justice Emeka Nwite today, has set aside the warrant of arrest it earlier issued on the 31st of January, 2024 against the Chief of Staff to Rivers State Governor Edison Ehie and five others. The court agreed with the submissions of Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana & Oluwole...
Panic As Over 100 Inmates Escape Suleja Prisons
No fewer than 119 inmates of the Medium Security Custodial Centre located in Suleja, Niger state, have escaped after hours of heavy downpour which destroyed parts of the facility on Wednesday night. Spokesman of the FCT Command of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), Adamu Duza disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, April 25. “A heavy downpour that lasted for several...
Reps Summons 35 Oil Companies, NNPCL Over Environmental Degradation, Warns Against Dishonouring Invitation
The Joint Committee of the House of Representatives, on Wednesday, summoned 35 oil companies, as well as the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, for questioning over environmental degradation caused by the activities of oil companies across oil-producing communities in Nigeria. The oil firms and the NNPCL boss are to appear before the...
Road Crashes: FRSC Recommends Prison Sentence For Erring Drivers
The Federal Road Safety Corps Marshal, Dauda Biu, has recommended the imposition of jail terms on drivers responsible for road accidents across the country. He made the recommendation yesterday in Abuja while reacting to recent avoidable crashes in Oyo, Kano, and Kaduna states during a press conference on the outcome of the 2024 Easter and Sallah special patrol operations. Road crashes...
UNN Suspends Lecturer For Allegedly Harassing Female Married Student
The management of the University of Nigeria (UNN) Nsukka has suspended Mr. Mfonobong David Udoudom, a lecturer in the General Studies division, caught in a video allegedly harassing a female student. Uduodom’s victim is alleged to be someone’s wife. It was gathered the lecturer had vowed that the female student would never pass his course unless she had sexual intercourse...
Bobrisky Asks Appeal Court To Set Aside His Conviction Over Naira Mutilation
Controversial cross-dresser and socialite, Idris Olanrewaju Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, has filed a notice of appeal challenging his conviction on a four-count charge of Naira abuse. In his Notice of Appeal filed by his lawyer, Bimbo Kusanu, Bobrisky is asking the court to set aside the six months imprisonment sentence imposed on him and replacing same with the option...
Kano Court Makes U-turn, Reverses Judgement Suspending Ganduje As APC Chairman
A Kano State High Court presided over by Justice Usman Na’Abba has vacated the order suspending ex-Kano governor Umar Ganduje as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Justice Na’Abba vacated his earlier order upon reading a Motion Ex-Parte together with an affidavit and a written address dated the 22nd day of April, 2024 sworn to by one...
