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…

BUHARI RECEIVES BRIEFING ON MALI CRISIS FROM ECOWAS SPECIAL ENVOY JONATHAN

Former President Goodluck Jonathan, who is the Economic Community of West African States’ Special Envoy to the Republic of Mali, on Tuesday, met with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari…

WHO DIRECTOR GENERAL’S OPENING REMARKS AT THE MEDIA BRIEFING ON COVID -19

The Director-General of the World Health Organisation, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says though every new disease outbreak presents new challenges, however, from a logistics perspective, COVID-19 has been one of…

COMMISSIONER SEEKS POLITICAL POSITIONS FOR YOUTHS

The Lagos State Commissioner for Youth and Social Development, Mr Segun Dawodu, has called for the engagement of the youth in formal political processes. In a statement on Monday, he…

CARRINGTON LEAKED INFORMATION OF MY ARREST DURING ABACHA REGIME -OBASANJO

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has revealed how the late former American Ambassador in Nigeria, Amb. Walter Carrington, leaked the information of his pending arrest by late head of state,…

WAEC FAULTS RUMOURED PAPER LEAKAGE, EXAM SUFFERS DELAY

AS the West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination began across the country on Monday, the West African Examination Council has dismissed claims in some quarters that the Mathematics questions…

NGE MOURNS ITS EX -PRESIDENT WADA MAIDA

The Nigerian Guild of Editors has expressed shock about the death of one of its former presidents, Mallam Wada Maida. Maida died in his home in Abuja on Monday, August…

FAYEMI SAYS : GOVERNORS IN SUPPORT OF JUDICIAL AUTONOMY

The Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum and the Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Monday, expressed the support of the 36 governors of the federation for judicial autonomy in the…

ANYONE INSULTING ME IS WASTING HIS TIME -OYEDEPO

The Presiding Bishop of the Living Faith Church Worldwide aka Winners’ Chapel, David Oyedepo, has said anyone insulting him is wasting his or her time. He also disclosed that his…

COURT SENTENCES TEACHER TO 28 MONTHS IMPRISONMENT FOR STEALING N28,000

An Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama in Jos on Tuesday sentenced a 30-year-old teacher, Thomas Joshua, to 28 months imprisonment for stealing N28,000. The Judge, Malam Lawal Suleiman,…