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A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has arraigned 16 foreigners for offences bordering on conspiracy, stealing, attempt to deal in crude oil and false pretences. The foreign nationals were caught onboard a vessel, MT Heroic Idun. According to the charges, the foreigners had, in August 2022, at the Akpo […]
Due to the non-issuance of visas to Nigerians, Air Peace has suspended their flights to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Recalled that weeks ago the UAE authorities placed a visa ban. Emirates, the UAE carrier, had earlier suspended its flights, citing the inability to repatriate ticket funds in addition to the reduced passengers […]
Child rights activist, Amb. Wale Ojo-Lanre, has sued the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, for N50m as damages for allegedly involving an underage girl-child in his political rally in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Ojo-Lanre had on October 27 filed the originating motion on notice before a […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it will declare lecture-free day across tertiary institutions to express its reservations about non-payment of its salaries. Moyosore Ajao, chairman of ASUU in the University of Ilorin, confirmed the development to TheCable on Sunday. ASUU had embarked on strike in February, which was later suspended […]
Mike Ozekhome, the lead counsel of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of IPOB, has warned against the continued detention of the Biafra agitator. Ozekhome said Nigeria would disintegrate if Kanu is not released from custody soon despite the court order. He issued the warning during a meeting with Igbo leaders in Atlanta, the United States […]
Some Nigerian netizens have taken to social media to express their anger over the comment made by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), in which he denied having a house in the United Kingdom. Buhari had revealed while responding to a question in a 25-second Twitter video posted by his Special Assistant […]
The Federal Government says it is closely monitoring the activities of the popular micro-blogging, Twitter, following the recent ownership change of the platform. CrownFm reports that the acquisition of Twitter, by Musk began on April 14, 2022, and was concluded on October 27, 2022, after months of back and forth, lawsuits and verbal […]
Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle of Zamfara State has offered to allow the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to search the property it alleged to have found stashed with huge amounts of money for laundering through a cash payment of salaries. In a press statement signed by the state Commissioner of Information, Hon. […]
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has directed Multichoice to sublicense some of its channels to an indigenous digital broadcasting firm, Metro-Digital Limited, thereby putting an end to years of monopoly in the digital broadcasting industry. The NBC, in a letter dated October 25, 2022, addressed to the Chief Executive Officer of Multichoice, which […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reiterated its stance on the security of the bimodal voters accreditation system (BVAS). The reassurance comes a few weeks after the commission said it had fortified its portal and made it impossible for elections to be rigged. INEC, had in September, said its result viewing (IReV) portal came under […]
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