The Benue State High Court in Makurdi, on Thursday, acquitted Andrew Ogbuja, a lecturer at the Benue State Polytechnic, Ugbokolo, of raping and causing the death of Ochanya Ogbanje, a 13-year-old schoolgirl in 2018. The decision contradicts another Thursday’s verdict of Read more…
The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has warned Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State and other political leaders in the South East against sabotaging the region’s chances of producing Nigeria’s president next year. The Read more…
The police in Rivers State have arrested Farah Dagogo, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant in the state, as directed by Governor Nyesom Wike. Mr Dagogo is a federal lawmaker representing Degema/Bonny Federal Constituency, Rivers State. He was arrested while appearing for Read more…
Terrorists, who attacked the Abuja-Kaduna bound train on the March 28, 2022, have released the photograph of a new born baby girl delivered by one of the abducted passengers in their captivity. The photograph of the baby was released on Read more…
It is up to Ukraine to decide whether to expand the conflict with Russia beyond their own borders, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told the Senate on Wednesday. His comments come after Moscow condemned a senior British official who Read more…
McDonald’s is poised to take a bigger financial hit from the war in Ukraine and shuttered locations in Russia than any other major global restaurant chain, with investors watching on Thursday when it reports first quarter earnings to see how Read more…
The Senate has amended the Terrorism (Prevention) Act, 2013, thereby prohibiting the payment of ransom to kidnappers in Nigeria. The passage of the Terrorism (Prevention) Act 2013 (Amendment) Bill, 2022, followed the consideration of a report by the Senate Committee Read more…
A wire fraud suspect, Adedunmola Gbadegesin, was on Monday, April 26, 2022, extradited to the United States where he is wanted in a case of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering. The offences contravened Title 18, US Code, Read more…
The Central African Republic (CAR) has become the first African country and the second globally to approve Bitcoin as a legal tender. This was disclosed in a statement released by the office of the country’s president Wednesday. “This move places the Central Read more…
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence, Ibrahim Kana, has said the federal government had concluded plans to create a brand new Ministry of Defence, with a view to repositioning the sector. Mr Kana gave the hint when he Read more…
Presidential hopeful and Minister of Labour and Productivity, Dr Chris Ngige, on Wednesday in Abuja, said he would not bow to a new directive issued by the National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress mandating all political appointees who Read more…
Former Senate President and presidential aspirant, Anyim Pius Anyim, has stated that due to his experience in politics, he isn’t going to learn on the job if elected President. The meeting which was held on Tuesday night in Abuja was Read more…