A Kaduna Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday sentenced a 27-year-old farm manager, Israel Tony, to eight months in prison for stealing 30 crates of eggs. Tony, a resident of Barnawa Kaduna, was charged with stealing. In his ruling, the Magistrate, Ibrahim Emmanuel, sentenced Tony to eight months imprisonment without an optionContinue Reading
The youngest son of Zimbabwe’s late former leader Robert Mugabe is to deported from South Africa immediately, a court in Johannesburg has ordered. Bellarmine Mugabe has also been in trouble with the law in Zimbabwe. The youngest son of Zimbabwe’s late former leader Robert Mugabe is to deported from SouthContinue Reading
The Katsina State Government is set to commission a series of major infrastructure and education projects executed under the administration of Governor Malam Dikko Umaru Radda. Briefing journalists on the programme of events scheduled for May 1, 2, and 6, 2026, the Commissioner for Information, Dr. Bala Salisu Zango, revealsContinue Reading
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has condemned, in its entirety, the extrajudicial killing of 28-year-old Mene Ogidi by police officers attached to the Effurun Area Command, Delta State, on April 26, 2026. The act violates Nigerian laws and international humanitarian standards, including the International Humanitarian Law; the Constitution of theContinue Reading
In keeping with its commitment to impact positively on the lives of Nigerians, NNPC Limited has commissioned and handed over three units of 100-bed capacity wards it rehabilitated as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility to the management of the National Orthopedic Hospital, Igbobi, Lagos. The intervention carried out byContinue Reading
The Federal Government has declared Friday, 1st May 2026, a public holiday to celebrate this vear’s International Workers Day. The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Oio, announced this on behalf of the Federal Government. This was contained in a statement on Wednesday by Dr. Magdalene Ajani, Permanent Secretary in theContinue Reading
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Mr Ola Olukoyede has disclosed that the Commission places a premium on commending upright Nigerians for upholding anti-corruption values as well as holding fraudulent ones accountable for their criminal engagements. He made this disclosure in Abuja onContinue Reading
The Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), has re-arraigned one Barrister Benjamin Chukwuemeka Nwobodo before Justice F. O. Giwa-Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court sitting in Independence Layout, Enugu on a 20-count charge bordering on forgery, possession of forged documents and obtaining by false pretenceContinue Reading
President Bola Tinubu, has approved the removal of Mr Saidu Mohammed as the Authority Chief Executive of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), in the public interest. The President has also approved the nomination of Mr Rabiu Abdullahi Umar as the new Chief Executive of the NMDPRA.Continue Reading
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu as Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, following the resignation of Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, who stepped down to participate in the 2027 elections. Ambassador Odumegwu-Ojukwu previously served as Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This was contained in a statementContinue Reading
