News as it breaks
The Bauchi state Police Command, have arrested a 23-year-old man, who allegedly gained access in to the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, orientation camp in Bauchi, with a fake call-up letter and different stolen items, of corps members. Confirming this to newsmen, the spokesperson of the state police command, said, the…
Will Smith will not be allowed to attend the Academy Awards for the next 10 years, as a result of him slapping comedian Chris Rock on stage during this year’s Oscar ceremony, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences announced in a statement obtained by news men. “The Board…
Legendary rock band Pink Floyd is releasing a new single “Hey Hey Rise Up” today in support of the people of Ukraine, the band said in a statement on Thursday. It’s the first new music from the band since 1994, and all proceeds will go to Ukrainian humanitarian relief, the…
European leaders have agreed to phase out Russian coal imports as part of a new package of sanctions triggered by evidence of atrocities in Bucha, Ukraine. An oil embargo could be next. All forms of Russian coal will be banned from the European Union, a move that the European Commission…
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the House of Representatives to increase the 2022 budget deficit to be financed through borrowing from the domestic market. In a letter read by the Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila during plenary, the President also requested the review of the 2022 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework upon which the…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has discharged and acquitted Former minister of Interior, Senator Abba Moro in respect of the fraud charges arising from the conduct of the botched Nigerian Immigration Service recruitment in 2014. The judge, Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, who had, in 2020 quashed seven out of…
A 16-year-old girl has told an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court how her 43-year-old father, Emmanuel Odega, allegedly defiled her on several occasions. While being led in evidence by a State Prosecutor, Ms Bukola Okeowo, the survivor said her father had sex with her since she was. 14.…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has dismissed the suit the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, filed to declare the seat of Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State and his Deputy, Ivara Esu, vacant, following their defection to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Delivering judgment, the judge, Justice Taiwo…
13 Universities in the country have been presented with grants worth over 172 Million Naira for various professorial endowments and telecom based innovation research efforts by the Nigeria Communications Commission, NCC. Presenting the cheques, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Professor Umar Danbatta said the grants were in consonance…
… except when the Chief Judge of the court grants permission for media coverage The federal high court of Nigeria says there will be no more media coverage for cases bordering on terrorism. This is contained in a statement signed by the court’s Chief Information Officer, Dr. Catherine Christopher. According…
