News as it breaks
A Nigerian-British Mayor of Southwark in London, Michael Situ, has urged Nigerians coming into the United Kingdom, particularly youths and students, to be aware of the laws of the country before travelling. The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission revealed this in a statement by the Head, Media, Public Relations and Protocols…
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday, launched a palliative scheme, Lagos Market Trader Money, to support low-income traders. The governor disclosed this during the unveiling of a middle-level Fresh Food Agro Hub in the Mushin area of the state. According to a post on his X handle on Sunday,…
The Kano chapter of All Progressives Congress on Sunday dismissed a viral report that it had a clandestine meeting with President Bola Tinubu and the leadership of the party to influence the outcome of the Supreme Court appeal filed by the New Nigerian People’s Party. The development comes two months…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project said it has filed a lawsuit against the Independent National Electoral Commission over its failure to arrest and prosecute suspected electoral offenders during the governorship elections in Kogi, Imo and Bayelsa states.” This was contained in a press release made available on Sunday. The suit,…
Music star, Tiwa Savage, has announced the purchase of a luxurious residence in London, United Kingdom. Sharing glimpses of her stunning new home in several Instagram posts on Saturday, the elated Ma Lo crooner wrote in broken English, “copped my first key(sic) in London Town. “With the best team. My…
The organised labour in the country will soon come up with a strong position on the suspension of the payment of the wage award to civil servants and has warned the federal and state governments to prepare to increase the minimum wage from the current N30,000 monthly. It also warned…
The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra; the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo; and a former Senate Minority Leader of the Senate, Enyinnaya Abaribe, have described as unfortunate the non-release of the leader of IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. This was as the Supreme Court on Friday set aside a judgment…
At least, 1,317 inmates were pardoned by the federal and state governments between January 2022 and December 2023, Saturday PUNCH reports. This figure was obtained from media reports compiled by our correspondent on Friday. The number of inmates in the various custodial centres across the country rose by 2,937 between…
Governors of the 19 Northern states under the aegis of the Northern Governors Forum have donated N180 million to the victims of the accidental bomb at Tudun Biri village, in Igabi Local Government Area of the Kaduna State. The forum’s Chairman and Governor of Gombe State, Muhammad Yahaya, who made…
The Supreme Court has set aside a judgment by the lower court that dismissed the terrorism charges against the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The apex court held that the court of appeal was wrong and that the trial court couldn’t try him because the prosecution…
