UgamatvEMPEROR OGBONNA GETS N2M BAIL AFTER BEING DETAINED FOR FIVE MONTHS BY DSS
A lawyer, Emperor Ogbonna, who has been detained by the Department of State Service for about five months, was granted bail by the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday.…
ECOWAS SUSPENDS MALI, TO IMPOSE SANCTIONS
The West Africa bloc ECOWAS on Tuesday condemned a military putsch in Mali and pledged a range of retaliatory actions, including financial sanctions. Rebel soldiers arrested Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar…
GUNMEN ATTACK : MILITARY ARREST ANOTHER FLEEING INMATE IN PLATEAU
Troops of the Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven have arrested another of the six inmates, who escaped after gunmen attacked personnel of the Nigerian Correctional Service in Plateau. The…
STRANDED NIGERIANS IN UAE CAN RETURN FROM AUG 29 FG
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said Nigerians in a viral video who claimed to have been compelled to flee to the desert by the United Arab Authorities could return…
US ELECTION : TRUMP TO DELIVER CONVENTION SPEECH FROM WHITE HOUSE
US President Donald Trump will use the White House to deliver a partisan political speech to the Republican National Convention next week. Trump will be formally nominated by the party…
COLOMBIAN EX-PRESIDENT RESIGNS AS SENATOR AFTER HOUSE ARREST
Colombian ex-president Alvaro Uribe, who is being held under house arrest accused of fraud and witness tampering, announced on Tuesday he is resigning as a senator. In a letter to…
KILLINGS IN SOUTHERN KADUNA MUST STOP
The Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria, Lagos State Area Unit has lamented the killings in Southern Kaduna. The Amir (President) of MSSNLagos, Miftahudeen Thanni, made this known at a press…
FG OWES RETIRED ELECTRICITY WORKERS N25B PENSION ARREARS NUP
The Nigeria Union of Pensioners has demanded the payment of N25.3 billion pension arrears being owed retired electricity workers by the Federal Government. It stated that the arrears comprised N14.5b…
BLASPHEMY : SHARI’AH COUNCIL WANTS KANO GOVT ,TO EXECUTE COURT JUDGEMENT
The Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria has urged Kano State Government to execute the court judgement that found a singer guilty of blasphemy. In a statement signed by its…
MOMPHA SUES EFCC FOR N5M OVER FRESH ARREST
Internet personality, Ismaila Mustapha, alias Mompha, who is facing money laundering charges, has asked the Federal High Court in Lagos to compel the anti-graft agency to pay him N5m for…
