Senate Confirms 11 Justices For Supreme Court
The Senate has confirmed the appointment of 11 Supreme Court justices nominated by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to fill the vacancies on the apex court bench. The confirmation followed the consideration and adoption of a report by the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, during Thursday’s plenary. President Tinubu had asked the Senate to confirmed the nominees, who...
Lagos Begins Sales Of Form To Christian Pilgrims
The Lagos State government has commenced the sales of forms for the 2023/2024 pilgrimage exercise to intending pilgrims to the “Holy Land of Rome and Greece”. This was disclosed in a statement posted on the official X handle of the Lagos State government on Thursday. According to the statement, this follows the suspension of the holy pilgrimage to Israel and Jordan...
Port Harcourt Refinery Reopens After Years Of Closure
The Port Harcourt Refining Company in Rivers State has resumed operations, in line with the federal government’s commitment, aiming to produce refined goods at the plant by December 2023. The plant underwent turnaround maintenance and underperformance for many years prior to its development. The total processing capacity of four Nigerian refineries, located in Port Harcourt, Warri, and Kaduna, is 445,000 barrels per day...
Same-Sex Marriage: Catholic Teaching Doesn’t Change – Bishops
The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria have stated their stance on the recent pronouncement of the Pope on same-sex marriage, noting that it does not in any way change the Catholic Church’s teaching on marriage. According to Tribune, the President of CBCN, Bishop Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji and the Secretary, Bishop Donatus Ogun, made their stance known in a statement. The Bishops...
Three Dead As Amateur Driver Runs Over Tricycle In Ogun
Three passengers have reportedly died after an amateur driver ran over a tricycle in Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State. Our correspondent gathered that the incident occurred at the Maranatha axis of the Oru-Ijebu Igbo highway, on Tuesday. It was gathered that the crash, which happened around 11am, involved a Toyota Camry car with registration number SGM 88 AE, which ran over a commercial...
Friends Mourn As Man Dies Three Days To His Wedding
Friends of a groom-to-be, Abraham Basif, have been thrown into mourning after he died three days before his wedding. A Facebook user, Theophilus Baba, announced Basif’s death on his page on Wednesday. Sharing a picture of the deceased, Baba wrote, “Death of a young promising man hurt me to my bone but God knows it all. I never knew the day...
After Supreme Court Ruling, Nnamdi Kanu Says He’s Not Broken
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, yesterday, said he would not be broken by the last Friday Supreme Court verdict that he (Kanu) must face trial on terrorism allegations against him by the Federal Government. Kanu spoke just as the militia arm of IPoB, the Eastern Security Network, ESN, issued a warning to herdsmen, thugs...
Wike Set To Level Hundreds Of Houses In FCT Community For Construction Of Presidential Fleet
The FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has directed the Director, Department of Development Control to ensure that Nuwalege community, along the Airport Road gives way for the presidential fleet plot. The directive follows the request from the Nigerian Air Force. Speaking through the Director, Tpl Mukhtar Galadima during a community and citizen engagement on Tuesday in Abuja, the minister hinted that, it...
7-Month-Old Baby Dumped In Abia Street Rescued Alive
A baby suspected to be about seven months old has been rescued along BCA Road, Umuahia Abia State. She was rescued by good Samaritans in the early hours of Monday and was taken to Federal Medical Centre Umuahia for medical examination. She was later taken to Central Police Station Umuahia where an official complain was lodged. A police source told ABN TV...
Kano Governorship: Supreme Court To Decide Yusuf, Gawuna’s Fate Thursday
The Supreme Court will convene this Thursday to deliberate on the appeal filed by Kabiru Yusuf of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) following the Court of Appeal’s affirmation of the Election Petition Tribunal’s decision to overturn his election victory as governor of Kano State. Confirming this development, the Kano State Commissioner of Information, Baba Dantiye, affirmed the scheduled hearing,...
