A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, granted a prayer by the Department of State Services (DSS) to detain the former terrorists’ negotiator, Tukur Mamu, for 60 more days. Justice Nkeonye Maha, in a short ruling on the ex-parte motion moved by counsel for the DSS, Ahmed Magaji, granted the motion as prayed. The security outfit, in the motion ... Read More »
Ms. Daphné Bouteillet-Paquet, the IOM Belgium, Project Lead for The Migration of African Talents through Capacity building and Hiring (MATCH) has commended the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, (NIDCOM), for the supportive, positive and corrective feedback to help evaluate the outcome of the Project. Bouteillet-Paquet, who led a delegation of IOM Belgium staff, stated this during a review meeting to the ... Read More »
Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, on Tuesday, prayed a Federal High Court, Abuja to dismiss an application filed by the kidney donor, David Ukpo, asking the court to set aside its orders made on July 1 and July 6. Ukpo, through his lawyer, Bamidele Igbinedion, had filed a motion on notice, urging Justice Inyang Ekwo ... Read More »
Anthony Joshua accepts terms to fight Tyson Fury December 3 Anthony Joshua has accepted terms set out by the team of Tyson Fury ahead of a potential fight on December 3. Joshua’s team, 258 Management and Matchroom, stated on social media that communication had been halted due to the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, and that they were waiting for ... Read More »
Aviation unions Monday paralysed activities at the nation’s airports following simultaneous protests over an alleged move to proscribe trade union activities as contained in… Aviation unions Monday paralysed activities at the nation’s airports following simultaneous protests over an alleged move to proscribe trade union activities as contained in the newly passed Civil Aviation Act. Thousands of passengers were stranded in ... Read More »
An Abuja-based lawyer, Pelumi Olajengbesi, has been cleared by the 2022 Electoral Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation to run for the Executive Committee Membership position at the NFF elections slated to hold Friday, September 30, in Benin City, Edo State. Before his clearance, Olajengbesi and 44 others were screened earlier at the Chida Hotel in Utako, Abuja, from September ... Read More »
All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has congratulated Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, on his election as the President of Forum of Regions of Africa (FORAF), saying the honour goes beyond him as an individual and is for the entire country. Tinubu praised Fayemi who is also Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum for enjoying the ... Read More »
Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, this morning, Monday, 12 September, 2022 expressed satisfaction at the level of work done at the project site of the 3,000 capacity Maximum Custodian centre in Karshi, Abuja. The Minister expressed his satisfaction while fielding questions from journalists at the project site. He said, “When compare with the amount released so far and what ... Read More »
PRESS STATEMENT BY THE ON THE OFFENSIVE VIDEO BY Mr. PETER OBI Our attention has been drawn to an offensive, hate-filled video made and circulated by the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, in which he accused an amorphous and non-existent “Tinubu’s Group” of spreading a Whatsapp message calling on the Yoruba not to vote for him. ... Read More »
As the nation is preparing for the 2023 general election, the Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, has called on the officers of the judiciary to be wary of antics of politicians who would use frivolous court injunctions to thwart the smooth running of the poll. Abiodun, a statement by his chief press secretary Kunle Somorin, made this call on Monday ... Read More »
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