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IGP Appeals Acquittal Of Bolanle Aseyan On Four-count Charge
The Nigeria Police Force has filed a notice of appeal challenging the judgment of Honourable Justice Lifu of the Federal High Court, Lagos Division, which discharged and acquitted Bolanle Aseyan on a four-count charge bordering on alleged offensive publication, criminal intimidation and cyberstalking against Doctor Olufunmilayo Ogunsanya. The appeal, dated October 2025, was filed by the Office of the Inspector...
Group Carpets Buhari, APC For Plunging More Nigerians Into Poverty
The Middle Belt Movement for Justice and Peace, MBMJP, yesterday raised concern over the steady slide in the value of the Nigerian currency, lamenting that at an exchange rate of about N630 to a Dollar, the All Progressives Congress, APC, led adminis...
Blackout Hits Abuja Over Faulty 33kV Feeder
Electricity consumers are experiencing a power outage in some parts of Abuja due to a technical fault on its 33-kilovolt feeder in the Central Area of the Nation’s capital. Abuja Electricity Distribution Company disclosed this in a notice on Tuesday through its official X account. The firm said areas affected are Dakibiyu, Kado Estate, part of Life Camp, Efab estate Life...
Buhari Has Finished Destinies Of Future Generation With Borrowing — Rev. Odutemu
THE Archbishop of Bendel Ecclesiastical Province and Bishop of Ughelli Diocese, Anglican Communion, Most Revd. Cyril Odutemu, weekend, lamented that President Muhammadu Buhari’s led Government has borrowed the destinies present and future generations of Nigerians away. Odutemu who stated this in a sermon at the funeral service of Mama Hannah Victoria Macaulay, mother of erstwhile Secretary to Delta State, SSG,...
Japa: Resist Temptation To Abandon Nigeria, Fashola Begs Youths
Babatunde Fashola, former Minister of Power, Works and Housing, has asked Nigerian youths to stay back in the country rather than seeking green pasture abroad amid the economic hardship. Fashola, who said youths must be able to do something better for themselves, noted that an end must be put to the mass exodus of the country. The two-term Lagos governor spoke...
Abia LP Reps Caucus Condemns Deputy Speaker Kalu Over ‘Arrogant, Divisive’ Remarks Against Gov. Otti
The Abia State Labour Party (LP) Caucus in the House of Representatives has lashed out at the Deputy Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu, accusing him of arrogance, recklessness, and attempts to incite political tension in the state through what it described as “unguarded and inflammatory” statements. In a statement signed by members of the caucus and made...
COVID-19: Advise Your Kinsmen, Abia Gov’t Tells Northern Community Leaders
Abia State Government has called on the leadership of northern communities in the state to strongly advise their members against inviting or receiving their kinsmen from other parts of the country into the state until the ongoing war against COVID-19 is won. Secretary to the State Government (SSG) and Chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on COVID-19, Barr Chris Ezem, made...
NECO Gives Update On Extension Of 2024 SSCE Internal Registration
The National Examinations Council, NECO, has clarified that it has not extended the registration deadline for its 2024 Senior School Certificate Examination, SSCE, Internal Registration. Azeez Sani, the acting Director of the Directorate of Information and Digital Communication at NECO, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. He noted, “The Registration, which started on Monday, December 18th 2023, will close on...
FG Disburses ₦192bn To Support Primary Healthcare As Cost Rises
The Federal Government states that it has disbursed more than N192 billion to strengthen primary healthcare facilities across Nigeria since the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) commenced disbursements in 2019. Dr Muyi Aina, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
Fubara, South-south Stakeholders Calls for Decentralised Approach To Address Insecurity
Amid rising security concerns across the country, stakeholders in the South-South geo-political zone have called for a decentralised security approach, improved community–government collaboration, and more robust intelligence sharing to better address insecurity in the region and beyond. Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara urged stronger cooperation among stakeholders to enhance peace and stability. The governor, represented by the Secretary to the...
