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Osun State Government has ordered a fresh selection process to fill the stools of Aree of Iree and Owa of Igbajo, having nullified the initial processes. The government also declared the stool of Akinrun of Ikirun, Oba Olalekan Akadiri vacant, calling on all parties to wait to determine a suit on the stool currently pending

A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, has sentenced three men to death by hanging for kidnapping and murder. The convicts were sentenced to death for the kidnapping and killing of Chief Abbot Ogbobula in June 2017. Four suspects were charged for the kidnapping and killing but the court discharged and acquitted

A Nigerian woman, Abigail Marshall Katung, has been elected as the Lord Mayor of Leeds in the United Kingdom. The councillor from the Labour and Co-operative Party grew up in Nigeria before moving to the UK to pursue her studies at Leeds University. She wrote on social media, “It’s with great pride that my family

Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, on Thursday, inaugurated the Abia Global Economic Advisory Council as part of his administration’s strategic plan to ensure the overall economic development of the state. Members of the 19-man team aimed at building Abia into a self-sustaining economic hub, include Ms. Arunma Oteh, Khaleefa Sanusi II and Mr. Bolaji Balogun,

Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Thursday, said Nigeria and the African continent are at the World Economic Forum 2024 not to beg but to negotiate with the West on an equal plane as the continent is “the richest in the world.” Shettima, who spoke on Arise News on the sidelines of the ongoing World Economic

There was a heated gunfire exchange on Thursday as police officers rescued an Abuja resident, Segun Akinyemi, who was kidnapped just as he was driving out of his home. The kidnappers were taking Akinyemi from Abuja to Kano State when the police swooped in on them, according to the Kaduna Command’s Police Public Relations Officer,

A video of how Nigerian carers Ame Tunkara, 33, Morounranti Adefila, 43, Danny Ohen, 39, and Bridget Aideyan, 49, who were sentenced to prison in December 2023 for physical abuse of an 89-year-old elderly patient suffering from dementia have surfaced online. In February 2020, the woman’s family had secretly installed a camera and recorded footage

The United Kingdom government has appointed Cynthia Rowe as the Development Director for the British High Commission, Nigeria. The British High Commission in Abuja made this known in a statement on Thursday. According to the commission, Rowe takes over from Mr Christopher Prycroft who recently concluded four years as Development Director, British High Commission, Nigeria.

The 6 Division, Nigeria Army, Port Harcourt, has uncovered 14 crude oil reservoirs containing about three million litres of stolen crude in Odagwa Etche in Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State. Also, the Army said the reservoir has 49 boilers used in refining stolen crude in the area, which is then moved out through

The Gombe State Independent Electoral Commission on Thursday announced that the state local government election has been scheduled for April 27, 2024. Chairperson of the state electoral body, Saidu Awak, confirmed this in a meeting with political parties on Thursday, saying the meeting was a sequel to Governor Muhammadu Yahaya’s approval for the conduct of

Vice President Kashim Shettima has stated that the African Continental Free Trade Area has the potential to increase the continent’s Gross Domestic Product by $450 billion in 2035. This was as the VP quoted the World Bank, stating that the free trade area will also increase exports by more than 81 per cent, according to

The Nigerian Super Eagles won their second Group A match against Cote d’Ivoire with a lone goal. The Eagles were awarded a penalty in the 54th minute after Victor Osimhen was brought down in the Ivorian defence box. Defender William Troost-Ekong converted the spot kick to earn the Eagles three points.

The internet went into a frenzy late Wednesday over the news that one man held a joint baby shower for five different women after getting them all pregnant at the same time. As reported by Daily Mail, Lizzy Ashliegh, a 29-year-old Brooklyn musician, took to TikTok to make the startling revelation about the unconventional event,

Emilio Nsue scored the first Africa Cup of Nations hat-trick since 2008 as Equatorial Guinea beat Guinea-Bissau 4-2 on Thursday to close in on a place in the last 16. Nsue opened the scoring midway through the first half before a sparse crowd at the Ebimpe Olympic Stadium and added two more goals in the

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission and the Federal Inland Revenue Services have opened talks on three crucial areas both agencies could explore to mitigate financial tax frauds and other corrupt vices. During a visit to the FIRS Headquarters in Abuja on Thursday, the ICPC Chairman, Dr Musa Aliyu, SAN stressed the

Mabel Makun, the spouse of renowned comedian Ayo Makun, popularly known as AY, has raised concerns about an alleged threat to her life.   In a post on her Instagram page, the interior designer expressed that she could no longer tolerate the threats and declared her intention to report the issue to the police.  

A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Gudu, Abuja, has ordered the Inspector General of Police to pay N50m damages to the wife of late Chief M. K. O Abiola, Prof Zainab Abiola, for violating her fundamental rights.  The court, in the judgment that was delivered by Justice Modupe Osho-Adebiyi, also ordered the police to

The Kogi State House of Assembly has passed the social investment programme bill. The bill is one of four bills passed at Thursday’s plenary session in Lokoja, the state capital Other bills passed by the lawmakers are a bill for a law to provide for the retirement of judiciary staff in Kogi State and other

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Student Engagement, Sunday Asefon, has said the Federal Government has been in talks with the security agencies and other relevant stakeholders to ensure tertiary institutions are safe and secure for students. School abductions are prevalent in the northwestern and north-central regions of Nigeria, where bandits frequently seize

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday held closed-door talks with a delegation comprising the leadership of the Kano State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. Leading the delegation was the APC Chairman and former Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, who arrived at the Villa in the company of his

The United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Nigeria, Angola Cabo Verde and Cote d’Ivoire next week. In a press statement released by the US Mission in Abuja on Thursday, Blinken’s trip will commence from January 21-26 2024. Throughout the trip, the Secretary will highlight how the United States has accelerated the

The Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr Ola Olukoyede, has lamented the craze for gratification, and quest for bribes by some of the commission’s investigators. He cautioned the perpetrators to discontinue such immoral acts or face sanctions. Olukoyede stated this on Thursday in his New Year address to staff members of the anti-graft agency

The Federal Capital Territory High Court has granted the request of a former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, to travel out of Abuja. Emefiele, through his lawyer, Mathew Bukka, SAN had requested for a variation of the terms in his bail conditions. On November 22, 2023, Justice Hamza Muazu of the FCT

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