Money laundering: Metuh gets N250m bail

THE Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday granted bail to a former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh, in the sum of N250m. Justice Nkeonye…

Drug baron bags 10 years in prison for smuggling cocaine

Justice Rilwan Aikawa of the Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced one Ejiofor Eliezer to 10 years’ imprisonment for smuggling 2.155 kilograms of cocaine to Nigeria. Eliezer was arraigned…

#EndSARS panel orders ex-AIG, police to release detained corpse

THE Judicial Panel of Inquiry on police brutality in Cross River State has ordered the State Police Command to release the corpse of a victim, Ayuk Etta for burial two…

Our kidnappers said they received N30m part-payment – Kankara schoolboys

Some of the Kankara schoolboys, who were abducted by bandits but later released, have said they were informed by their captors that N30m was paid as an initial ransom, while…

APC begins certificate forgery suit against Obaseki

The All Progressives Congress on Thursday opened its case of alleged certificate forgery against Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State at the Federal High Court in Abuja. The case opened…

COVID-19 warnings dominate Buhari, govs’ Xmas messages

Staying alive should be your watchword, President counsels Second phase deadlier, avoid crowded places, gov advises Nigerians UK’s deadlier coronavirus strain not in Nigeria yet, declares NCDC The President, Major…

ACF, others fume as Buhari declares Borno, Yobe safe

TWO socio-political groups; the Arewa Consultative Forum  and the Middle Belt Forum have expressed anger over the claim by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), that peace and stability…

Yuletide: Gov. Ugwuanyi salutes Christians as he prays for God’s divine intervention in nation’s challenges

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has called on Nigerians to utilise the significance of Christmas to offer sustained prayers for God’s divine intervention and abiding grace for the nation…

EKWEREMADU, WIFE CELEBRATES CHRISTMAS WITH WIDOWS

A Former Deputy President of the Senate, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu and Wife, Dr. Nwanneka Ekweremadu had on Thursday 24th December 2020 hosted the Widows of Enugu west in their Enugu…

NLC kicks against alleged deductions of Kano workers’ salaries

THE Kano State branch of the Nigeria Labour Congress, has called on Governor Abdullahi Ganduje to stop further deductions of workers’ salaries and pensioners’ allowances. The NLC State Chairman, Kabiru…