Kanu’s co-defendants’ trial: Court orders Malami to pay N200,000 for absence of lead counsel
Feb. 2, 2022 Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the Prosecution Counsel, to pay N200, 000 for stalling the day’s proceeding in the trial…
INSURGENCY: YOU’LL WITNESS MASSIVE PEACE, STABILITY IN COMING MONTHS IN N/EAST – PRESIDENT BUHARI ASSURES
Feb. 2, 2022 Nigerians in the North East will, in the coming months, witness a change from the protracted insurgency to peace and development in their respective communities, President Muhammadu…
Court sentences fraudster to 8 months in prison, orders forfeiture of convict’s iPhone, $300 to FG
Feb. 2, 2022 A High Court in Kaduna on Wednesday ordered the EFCC to sell an iPhone 11 belonging to one Clement Jude and the proceeds paid into Federal Government…
NCAA announces FG’s approval of resumed passenger flights between Nigeria and UAE
Feb. 2, 2022 The Federal Government has approved the resumption of scheduled passenger flights between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), in a communique…
South African scientists to study link between COVID variants, untreated HIV
Feb. 2, 2022 Leading South African scientists are set to investigate COVID-19 and HIV in tandem, amid mounting evidence that the collision of the two pandemics could be generating new…
Six abducted as gunmen attack residence of Gusau University ASUU Chairman
Feb. 2, 2022 Gunmen have attacked the residence of the ASUU Chairman of the Federal University of Gusau (FUGUS), Mr. Abdurrahman Adamu. According to Channels Television report 6 persons were…
2 die in tanker explosion on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
Feb. 2, 2022 The Ogun Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said on Wednesday that two persons died in a tanker explosion on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The Sector…
Nigeria’s Sawyerr appointed as UNISFA
Feb. 2, 2022 UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday announced the appointment of Maj. Gen. Benjamin Sawyerr of Nigeria as the Force Commander for the United Nations Interim Security Force…
Guinea-Bissau president: Failed coup may have been linked to drug trade
Feb. 2, 2022 Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo survived an attempted coup on Tuesday but said many members of the security forces had been killed repelling an attack on democracy…
2023: Jettisoning zoning not a good idea for now in Nigeria – Ohuabunwa
Feb. 2, 2022 A presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Sam Ohuabunwa, says Nigeria is not yet ripe to jettison zoning system. Ohuabunwa, who is the Convener…