War In Ukraine: Russia Launches New Attacks After Peace Promise
The governor of Ukraine’s Chernihiv region says there is no let-up in attacks by Russia, despite its pledge to reduce military activity there. The governor, Viacheslav Chaus, told the BBC that he did not believe Russia’s promise. “We’ve already seen that there wasn’t even a single time when their military forces kept their word,” he […]
Anambra Assembly Begins Screening Of 20 Nominees For Commissioner
Anambra Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo has urged the State Assembly to confirm the nominations of 20 commissioners. Soludo also urged the Assembly to confirm 15 special advisers in a letter to the House. Hon. Uchenna Okafor, the Assembly’s speaker, has directed the committee on appointments to begin screening the nominees. Those who made the list […]
Two SSS 3 Students Sentenced To Seven Years In Prison For Theft
Two Senior Secondary School (SSS 3) leavers, Udochukwu Anyanwu and Udo Chibike (also known as Lasis) were sentenced to seven years in prison each by a Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square, TBS, yesterday for breaking into a church and stealing a piano. They were sentenced by Justice Yetunde Adesanya after they pled […]
Mother Of An Internet Fraudster Receive Five-year In Prison
Justice M. S. Shuaibu of the Federal High Court in Benin City sentenced Debest Osarumwense, the mother of an online fraudster, to five years in jail on Tuesday. The accused was charged with one count of assisting her son in receiving N91,296,150 (Ninety-One Million, Two Hundred and Ninety Six Thousand, One Hundred and Fifty Naira) […]
Kaduna Train Attack: 8 Bodies Recovered, 26 Injured, Survivors Narrate Ordeal As Hospital Runs Short On Blood
At least eight out of the 398 passengers, who boarded the ill-fated Kaduna-bound train from Abuja around 6pm on Monday, have been confirmed dead by the federal and state governments, while 26 are currently hospitalized and several others still unaccounted for. The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, who confirmed […]
Biden To Host Singapore’s Prime Minister At White House
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will visit President Joe Biden at the White House to highlight a strategic relationship that administration officials hope will pay dividends as Biden faces challenges in both hemispheres. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Biden and Lee would discuss several issues when they meet Tuesday, including the war in Ukraine […]
Russia-Ukraine War: Abramovich Spotted In Istanbul Peace Talks
Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich has appeared at peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in Turkey. He was seen talking to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is mediating in the talks in Istanbul. Reports surfaced hours earlier that Mr Abramovich and two Ukrainian negotiators had shown poisoning symptoms after talks in early March. Mr Abramovich […]
Court Orders The Transfer Of Abba Kyari, Six Others To Correctional Center
Abba Kyari, the former head of the IGP Intelligence Response Team, and six others were transferred to the Kuje Correctional Center by Justice Emeka Nwike of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday. Six others, including the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, are presently facing drug trafficking allegations. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency […]
Abuja Court Clears Jonathan’s Minister Turaki Of Misappropriation Of N715m
Kabiru Turaki, a former Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs was discharged and acquitted by a Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday of charges of unauthorized and criminal misappropriation of N715 million brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission against him and three others. Turaki was a minister during former President Goodluck […]
Eko Bridge Fire: Lagos Traders Resist Quit Order, Seek An Alternative Place
Traders at the Oke Arin Market in Ebute-Ero, Lagos Island, petitioned the Lagos State Government to reconsider the seven-day quit notice they were given on Monday. The state government had shut down the bridge after a fire destroyed several makeshift shops and containers in the open space beneath the Eko Bridge on Wednesday. The state […]
