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Vice President Kashim Shettima and northern governors have emphasized that corrupt governance directly contributes to the insecurity plaguing the North and Nigeria overall. The leaders disclosed this while making presentations at the 10th Annual Sir Ahmadu Bello Foundation lecture and award hosted by Borno State governor, Prof Babagana Umara Zulum...

The Nigerian Navy (NN), has denied the involvement of the Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Adm. Emmanuel Ogalla in any fraud or shady deal. According to navy spokesman, Rear Adm. Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, the allegation is a coordinated effort by disgruntled elements feeling the heat of the navy’s renewed...

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA on Saturday announced the suspension of the Permit for Non-Commercial Flight (PNCF) of Mattini Airline Services Limited. The is coming after Friday’s incident where the airline’s Challenger CL 601 aircraft, carrying 10 persons, experienced a runway excursion at Ibadan Airport. The Director of Public...

The Candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in November’s disputed Governship Elections, Alhaji Muritala Yakubu Ajaka has urged the people of Kogi State not to be disillusioned by today’s swearing in of the APC Candidate, one Ahmed Usman Ododo as governor. Ajaka in a statement by the Party’s Campaign...

An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced a Lagos bishop, Oluwafeyiropo Daniels to life imprisonment for raping his 23-year-old assistant (name withheld). Delivering judgment on Friday, the trial judge, Justice Rahman Oshodi held that the prosecution established the ingredients of the two offences against the cleric. Justice...

The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed the Seven-year jail term sentence handed the Former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Finance, Farouk Lawan after he was convicted of corruption. Delivering a unanimous judgment by a five-man panel of Justices of the apex court, the court affirmed that the...

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has affirmed Barrister Kenneth Udeze as the authentic National Chairman of Action Alliance, AA, thereby put to rest a prolong legal tussle that has rocked the political party. The three Man panel of justices presided over by Hon. Justice H. A. Barka dismissed...

Justice Edward Okpe of High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Nyanya, has admitted in evidence, several documents tendered by Bablink Resources Nig. Ltd against Brentex Petroleum Ltd and China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering Co. Ltd. At a resumed hearing on Thursday, Michael Aondoakaa SAN, who appeared for the...

A high court in Ghana has sentenced six people to death, including three soldiers, after finding them guilty of plotting to carry out a coup against the country’s government in 2019. The case which has been in court since 2021 has drawn significant attention due to the severity of the...

Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, CON, on Thursday Presented the Staff of Office to His Royal Majesty, Alhaji Ahmed Tijani Muhammed Anaje, the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland. The history-making event which took place at the grand Palace of the Ohinoyi in Okene on Thursday was witnessed by a diverse array...