THE Edo House of Assembly on Monday passed the state 2025 budget of N675 billion for assent. The passage followed the adoption of the report of the House Committee on Budget and Project Monitoring at plenary in Benin. Presenting…
NIGERIAN lawyer Afe Babalola (SAN) used the police to arrest and detain his former employee, Bridget Omon Emengo, in 2021. Emengo was arrested and detained simply because she instituted an action against him for wrongful termination of her employment,…
PRESIDENT-elect Donald Trump vowed to tackle what he termed “transgender lunacy” from the outset of his presidency, aligning with the Republican Party’s ongoing efforts to challenge LGBTQ rights. This stance has sparked controversy, with many interpreting it as a…
THE retail price of premium motor spirit popularly known as petrol has been reduced to N965 per litre in the Federal Capital Territory. Checks on Monday showed that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPC Ltd, effected the new…
LIKE Niger State Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago threatened to jail harmless residents in the past, his aide Shehu Bawa Bwari has threatened to bring down a Minna-based Facebook user, Muhammad Alfa Muhammad. Bawa’s threat follows an inquiry by Muhammad about…
IN an attempt to justify the conviction and death sentence passed on Olowokere Segun by the Osun State High Court, the learned trial judge, Falola J. has said that it was a case of armed robbery and not a…
Alhaji Bello Matawalle, Minister of State for Defence, says President Bola Tinubu has lifted the ban on mining in Zamfara to boost economic activities and raise the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of the state. The minister made the disclosure at…
A former presidential spokesman, Dr Doyin Okupe, says he has never, ever criticised President Bola Tinubu in his political career. Okupe made the assertion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos. He…
THE Special Adviser on Public Communication and Orientation to President Bola Tinubu, Sunday Dare, has slammed the former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, over his comments on the Ibadan, Anambra and Abuja stampedes. Naija News reports that no fewer than…
FORMER President, Muhammadu Buhari, has expressed profound sadness regarding the tragic stampedes that resulted in numerous fatalities across Nigerian states, including Oyo, Anambra and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. In a statement released on Sunday through his media spokesman, Garba…
