Monday, 23 December, 2024

Month: February 2024


The Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday quashed the N21.5bn money laundry charges preferred against a former Chief of Air Staff, Adesola Amosun, and two others by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The EFCC had on June 29, Read more…


The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has asked the opposition parties to stop complaining, but rather, they should offer lasting solutions to the country’s problems. The APC Spokesman, Felix Morka made this call in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Read more…


President Bola Tinubu has returned to the country after a two-week private visit to France. The President arrived at the Presidential Wing of the Airport at about 8:50pm was received by a delegation led by Secretary to the Government of Read more…


From Ifeoma Ejiofor Men of Anambra State Fire Service on Tuesday battled fire outbreak at Timber Market, Nnewi, industrial town of the State. The fire which started around 11. 30am on Tuesday, reportedly emanated from a gully heep of saw-dust Read more…


Former Senate Minority Leader and senator representing Abia South, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has blamed the arrest and continued detention of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, by the Federal Government for the rising insecurity in the South Read more…


Police operatives from the Federal Capital Territory command have arrested a 20-year-old kidnap kingpin, Buhari Muhammad, and five others in a hotel in Abuja. The suspects, who were arrested following intelligence on their activities were said to have kidnapped one Read more…


Well-wishers prayed quick recovery for King Charles III on Monday following the king’s cancer diagnosis. The king was diagnosed with a form of cancer and had begun treatment, Buckingham Palace said in a statement on Monday, just a week after Read more…


The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that the outstanding foreign exchange (Forex) backlog is US$2.2 billion, adding that this will be cleared soon.  In an Arise TV interview monitored in Lagos, the CBN governor Mr. Yemi Cardoso said Read more…


A Federal High Court in Abuja has refused the request for bail made by three out of the five supporters of Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers state charged with terrorism and murder. The five suspects are Chime Eguma Ezebalike, Prince Read more…


Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, to probe  the allegations that $3.4 billion loan obtained from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Read more…


Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky is planning a “serious” overhaul of his leadership team, he told Italy’s RAI TG1 news channel, when asked about a reported plan to fire military commander General Valery Zaluzhny. Tensions between the Ukrainian president and his top Read more…


An Iran-backed militia group in Iraq claimed responsibility Monday for a drone strike against a base in eastern Syria used by U.S. troops that killed six American-allied Kurdish fighters. The attack, which caused no American casualties, appeared to be the Read more…