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Seven persons, including an eight-month-old baby, have been reportedly killed by gunmen during an attack on Farin Lamba village in the Vwang area of Jos South LGA in Plateau. NAN reports that Rwang Tengwong, national publicity secretary of Berom Youth Movement (BYM), a socio-cultural group, confirmed the development in a statement on Monday. […]

Afe Babalola, senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), says sitting judges should not preside over election petition tribunals. Babalola spoke on Monday in Ado-Ekiti at an event to mark his 60th anniversary at the bar. The legal luminary said election tribunals should be handled by retired judges and senior advocates, adding that with […]

Former President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated President Bola Tinubu on his election as the chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Tinubu was elected on Sunday at the 63rd ordinary session of the ECOWAS heads of state and government in Bissau, the capital of Guinea-Bissau. The Nigerian president succeeded […]

The federal government has filed an eight-count charge against Stella Oduah, former minister of aviation, for a felony. The suit marked FHC/ABJ/CR/275/23 was filed before a federal high court in Abuja on June 26. All the charges against the former minister bother on the allegation that she lied on oath which amounts […]

The joint military task force has intercepted a vessel laden with 150,000 tonnes of crude oil in Ondo state.  Speaking with journalists on Monday, Warredi Enisuoh, operations manager, Tantita Security Services Limited, said his organisation provided intelligence that aided the arrest of the vessel by security operatives.  Although the vessel was arrested […]

Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, has condoled with the families of passengers who died in a road accident along Badagry expressway on Sunday.  On Sunday, 14 persons, including a four-month-old baby, died when a bus and a truck collided on the Lagos-Badagry expressway. Road safety authorities said nine other persons sustained […]

Rotimi Akeredolu, Ondo state governor, has forwarded a letter of extension of his medical leave to the state house of assembly. Akeredolu embarked on a 21-day leave on June 7 and was expected to return on July 6. The Ondo house of assembly received a letter to the effect from the governor. […]

Foreign investors overlooked 28 states as the value of capital importation into Nigeria grew by 6.78 percent in the first quarter of 2023, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The total capital imported stood at $1.13 billion, up from the $1.06 billion recorded in Q4 2022. According to the NBS report, the […]

A federal high court in Abuja has restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from prosecuting Hudu Yunusa-Ari, suspended resident electoral commissioner (REC) in Adamawa state.  Yunusa-Ari had stirred controversy by declaring Aisha Binani Dahiru of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the Adamawa governorship election, when the collation of […]

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has faulted the list of nominees of commissioners by Ademola Adeleke, governor of Osun state. On Friday, the Osun house of assembly received the list of nominees for commissioners and special advisers from Adeleke. Adeleke’s list is coming seven months after the governor was sworn in. […]