In Niger Republic, hundreds of inmates, including Boko Haram terrorists now on the loose
A violent uprising at the Koutoukalé prison in the neighboring Niger Republic, situated near the capital city of Niamey, has resulted in the...
ASUU gives N400,000 scholarships to two Ebonyi varsity indigent students
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ebonyi State University (EBSU) chapter, has given scholarships worth N400,000 to two final-year medicine and surgery...
Court orders trial in absentia for Ganduje, wife, others, declines bench warrants for defendants
Justice Aminu Adamu Aliyu, presiding over a Kano State High Court, has decided not to issue a bench warrant for the arrest of...
Updated: Ex-Power minister remanded in prison over alleged N33bn fraud
A Federal High Court in Abuja has remanded Saleh Mamman, a former Minister of Power, in Kuje Correctional Centre (prison), Abuja, pending his...
EndSARS Crackdown: Buhari’s govt. guilty of human rights abuses, ECOWAS Court rules
The ECOWAS Court of Justice has delivered a landmark judgment, condemning the Federal Government under President Muhammadu Buhari for infringing on the basic...
Akpabio, Lawan spat over sitting time, prompting Senate’s emergency executive session
The Senate abruptly went into a closed-door emergency session on Thursday after an intense argument erupted among senators over the official sitting hours...
Reps denounce arbitrary detention of journalists
Members of the House of Representatives have unanimously denounced the persistent harassment and unlawful detention of journalists in the country, noting that they...
Breaking: Appeal Court affirms Ododo’s victory in Kogi governorship election
A three-member panel of the Abuja Appeal Court has upheld the election of Gov. Usman Ododo as the duly elected governor of Kogi...
Reps launch probe into Hajj commission’s handling of 2024 pilgrimage
The House of Representatives voted to inaugurate a special investigative committee to look into the National Hajj Commission’s management of the 2024 pilgrimage....
N22bln Fraud: Arraignment of Buhari’s Dismissed Power Minister Stalled
Due to his alleged poor health, a Federal High Court in Abuja adjourned the scheduled arraignment of Mr. Saleh Mamman, the former Power...
Updated: Supreme Court orders allocations from federation account paid directly to 774 councils
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has directed the Federal Government to pay all of the allocations due to them from the Federation account...
Breaking: Supreme Court grants local governments financial autonomy
The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that it is unconstitutional for state governors to withhold or tamper with funds allocated to local government...
Ahead of Supreme Court’s ruling on councils’ autonomy, NULGE calls for prayer, fasting.
As the Supreme Court rules on the contentious issue of local government autonomy on Thursday, the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE)...
Agriculture minister predicts significant drop in food prices within 180 days
Sen. Abubakar Kyari, Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, declared on Wednesday that he expects food prices to significantly decrease within the next...
Reps grill minister over N45m expenses on new year’s party, unpaid N1.5bln to contactor
The House of Representatives has asked the Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs. Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, to explain various unrelated expenses, including N45 million for...
CJN swears in 22 new Appeal Court justices, urges them to uphold integrity, justice
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has sworn in the 22 newly appointed justices of the Appeal Court, urging them to...
