Thursday, 19 December, 2024

Month: July 2021


A Kaduna High Court on Wednesday discharged and acquitted leader of the proscribed Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and wife, Zeenat. Justice Gideon Kurada delivered the verdict in an eight-hour ruling on the no-case submission application filed by the Read more…


Ten Nigerian athletes have been disqualified from participating in the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics. This was contained in a statement in a statement from the Athletics Integrity Unit obtained by our correspondent on Wednesday. The Athletics Integrity Unit is an Read more…


Inspector-general of police (IGP) Usman Alkali Baba has ordered the immediate posting and redeployment of 24 of the newly promoted assistant inspector-generals of police to zonal commands and formations. Force public relations officer, Frank Mba, said the posting and redeployment Read more…


July has been a remarkable month for Russian rockets, with Moscow announcing a handful of successful missile tests, the country showing off its warplanes at the MAKS international airshow, and launching the new Nauka space module. Bringing together arms manufacturers Read more…


The Kremlin said on Wednesday that U.S. President Joe Biden’s assessment of Russia as only having nuclear weapons and oil was wide of the mark and betrayed a lack of knowledge about the country. Biden made the remark on Tuesday Read more…


Governors elected on the platform of the PDP met in Bauchi, Bauchi State on 26th July 2021. The meeting deliberated once again on the state of the nation, reviewed the deteriorating state of our democracy, the economic and security situation Read more…


By Ifeoma Ejiofor Iyom Chinelo Amechi, wife of first republic Minister of Aviation Chief Mbazulike Amechi is dead. She was 91 years old. Mrs Amechi died on July 23, 2021 at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH) after 10 Read more…


Retains interest rates at 11.5% The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said it will immediately stop sales of foreign exchange to operators of Bureau De Change (BDCs) in the country. The Central Bank said it has evidences that show Read more…


Kaduna State High Court presided by Justice Gideon Kurada would on Wednesday determine the fate of the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibraheem el- Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenah Ibrahim, who have been standing trial in Read more…


Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists, on Tuesday, released photos of two soldiers and a Yobe State Liaison officer they abducted along Damaturu-Maiduguri highway on Sunday afternoon.https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-2107026010242077&output=html&h=280&slotname=8166071575&adk=363461564&adf=3264790055&pi=t.ma~as.8166071575&w=750&fwrn=4&fwrnh=100&lmt=1627418866&rafmt=1&psa=1&format=750×280&url=https%3A%2F%2Fleadership.ng%2Fjust-in-terrorists-release-photos-of-abducted-soldiers-yobe-official%2F&flash=0&fwr=0&fwrattr=true&rpe=1&resp_fmts=3&wgl=1&uach=WyJXaW5kb3dzIiwiMTAuMCIsIng4NiIsIiIsIjkyLjAuOTAyLjU1IixbXSxudWxsLG51bGwsbnVsbF0.&dt=1627418862677&bpp=14&bdt=5582&idt=3585&shv=r20210722&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3Ddf78dbd8f92ab3ed-22b41ea745a6002c%3AT%3D1602742043%3ART%3D1602742043%3AS%3DALNI_MY9BBfv1UjUaOmGmIkdnD9gNI7Bzw&prev_fmts=970×90&correlator=6239890003689&frm=20&pv=2&ga_vid=1103229342.1602630049&ga_sid=1627418865&ga_hid=1760072341&ga_fc=0&u_tz=60&u_his=1&u_java=0&u_h=768&u_w=1366&u_ah=728&u_aw=1366&u_cd=24&u_nplug=3&u_nmime=4&adx=105&ady=1325&biw=1349&bih=657&scr_x=0&scr_y=0&eid=42530672%2C31060030%2C20211866&oid=3&pvsid=891503231595183&pem=110&wsm=1&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.latestnigeriannews.com%2F&eae=0&fc=896&brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C1366%2C0%2C1366%2C728%2C1366%2C657&vis=1&rsz=%7C%7CeEbr%7C&abl=CS&pfx=0&fu=128&bc=31&ifi=2&uci=a!2&btvi=1&fsb=1&xpc=UOqM0eAneQ&p=https%3A//leadership.ng&dtd=3656 The insurgents also released the identity cards of their abductees. Two of the cards belong to Read more…


The timber marketers were seen protesting along Owerri-Orlu road when they discovered that the road leading to the market has been barricaded by soldiers. Some of the protesting timber traders who spoke to newsmen in Orlu said they were demanding Read more…


•Orders DSS to produce him on October 21 •Igboho tried behind closed-doors in Cotonou •Afenifere lauds Ooni, Olubadan over Yoruba agitator, accuses FG of harassing freedom fighters Alex Enumah in Abuja and Kemi Olaitan in Ibadan Justice Binta Nyako of Read more…