Monday, 23 December, 2024

Month: May 2023


The Lagos State Police has detained Afrobeats singer, Seun Kuti over alleged assault on a police officer over the weekend. The  Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Command, Benjamin Hundenyin confirmed this in a statement via his official Twitter handle on Read more…


The Naira depreciated against the dollar on Monday, exchanging for N464 at the investors’ and exporters’ window. The rate represented a decrease of 0.36 per cent when compared to the N462.33 it exchanged at the close of business on May Read more…


Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, restrained the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and its Director, Corps Certification, Ibrahim Muhammad, from issuing, publishing or continued to issue, publish disclaimer to the effect that the Read more…


Further speaking on the notorious armed robbery gang led by ” Odumodu” recently neutralised in Anamabra State,he said “The criminal gang led by Odumodu, who was murdered by the Nigeria Security Agents recently in Anambra State, were not IPOB members Read more…


Moscow “categorically disagrees” with French President Emmanuel Macron’s assessment that Russia is becoming a vassal to China, Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said on Monday. His comment was in response to a Sunday interview in the newspaper L’Opinion, in which Read more…


The head of Russia’s Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, has revealed he paid Ukrainian intelligence services to get his racehorse back. The horse, named Zazou, had been held in the Czech Republic since 2014, having fallen victim to sanctions imposed on Read more…


The United States has imposed entry restrictions on more Nigerians for undermining the democratic process during the African nation’s 2023 election cycle, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday. “These individuals have been involved in intimidation of voters Read more…


The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission ( NERC ) has stopped electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos ) from billing any customer already disconnected for non-payment. It is prevalent in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI ) for DisCos to keep billing customers Read more…


President-elect, Bola Tinubu’s spokesman in the south east, Dr. Josef Onoh, has charged the Department for State Security (DSS) to ensure Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN) Dr. Godwin Emefiele does not leave Nigeria for any study leave abroad. Read more…


Various groups in the North-west geopolitical zone under the aegis of Northern Business Roundtable have insisted that their zone must produce the next Senate President. The groups demanded the reversal of the zoning arrangements released by the  leadership of the Read more…


The Anambra State Government has arrested a nursing mothers, Mrs Chinyere Ifesinachi for allegedly brutalising her house help. Ifesinachi was arrested in Nnewi on the order of the Anambra State Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Mrs. Ify Obinabo. Ifesinachi’s Read more…


The Police Service Commission(PSC), has condemned the assault of a Police Officer by one Seun Kuti.The PSC, has equally commended the Inspector General of Police(IGP), Usman Baba, for his prompt action in ordering the arrest and prosecution of the musician Read more…