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Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue, says his Rivers counterpart, Nyesom Wike, has been unfairly treated by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).  Ortom spoke on Monday at a PDP caucus meeting in Makurdi, the Benue capital. Wike had contested the PDP presidential primary in May, but lost to Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president. […]

An Ikeja special offences court in Lagos has sentenced Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, kidnap kingpin better known as Evans, to 21 years imprisonment. Oluwatoyin Taiwo, the presiding judge, also sentenced Victor Aduba, co-defendant, to 21 years in prison. The convicts were charged with plotting to kidnap Sylvanus Ahanonu, a businessman, on June 23, 2014, […]

A federal high court in Abuja has dismissed a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking the disqualification of Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party. In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1016/2022, the PDP had challenged the propriety of the […]

Undergraduates under the auspices of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) have continued their protest against the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Source: Top Stories

The federal government says it is proposing legislation to ban the consumption of animal skin, locally known as ponmo, in the country to revive tanneries. Muhammad Yakubu, director-general, Nigerian Institute of Leather and Science Technology (NILEST), Zaria, said this in Abuja on Sunday. Yakubu said the litigation was necessary to revive the […]

The media office of Peter Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign says it is untrue that the former governor of Anambra did not fix the security challenges in the state when he was governor. TheCable had reported how Adams Oshiomhole, former national chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), said Obi cannot solve Nigeria’s security challenges because […]

The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) says organised businesses are faced with over 50 different taxes, levies and fees at all tiers of government.  Wale Oyerinde, director-general, NECA, said this in a statement on Sunday. Oyerinde said the national assembly is working on five bills, which sought to impose taxes on organised […]

Femi Falana, human rights lawyer and senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has called on Olumuyiwa Adejobi, spokesman of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), to withdraw his statement on how civilians should react to assault by officers. Reacting on Saturday to a viral video where two men were seen wrestling with an armed officer, […]

Chukwuma Soludo, governor of Anambra, says all the gunmen caught in the state so far are indigenes of the south-east. Soludo said this on Sunday when he featured on Sunday Politics, a programme on Channels Television. Anambra, in recent months, has been targeted by gunmen who attack residents, security operatives and public […]