News as it breaks
The Department of State Services has arrested some members of an organised syndicate selling the new Naira notes in parts of the country. Although the DSS did not disclose the names and locations of the suspects, the agency said in a statement on Monday that some commercial bank officials were…
The Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Osogbo has sacked Governor Ademola Adeleke as the duly elected governor of the state. The tribunal in a split document of two to one is declared that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, should withdraw the Certificate of Return issued to…
The West Africa Democracy Solidarity Network, WADEMOS, has charged the Federal Government and other stakeholders to ensure that the 2023 elections are credible and conducted in a violence-free atmosphere. The successful conduct of peaceful, credible, inclusive, free and fair elections in the country, it said, would not only set a…
The House of Representatives yesterday directed the Clerk to the National Assembly to transmit the 35 bills on Electoral Act Amendment to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent. The bills were said to have fulfilled the provisions of Section 9(2) of the Constitution and have been considered by 27 State Houses…
A 62-year-old man, Alhaji Bamuwa Umaru has landed in the police net in Kano for attempting to secure the release of a suspected kidnapper, Yusuf Ibrahim. The spokesperson, of Kano Police Command, SP Abdullahi Haruna who confirmed the development, said the man was arrested after he offered a bribe of…
As the January 31 deadline given by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, for withdrawal of the old naira notes draws nearer, the former Senate Leader, Senator Ali Ndume has lamented the absence of the newly redesigned notes in circulation, saying that as a serving member of the upper legislative…
The Kano State Chief Judge, Hon. Justice Nura Sagir and the President of the International Federation of Women Lawyers, FIDA, Amina Agbaje have expressed worry over the position or place of Nigeria on the ranking table in the fight against corruption. The duo frowned at the ranking during a validation…
No fewer than seven people were killed in a mass shooting at two locations in Half Moon Bay city, in coastal northern California, the United States on Monday. The suspect identified as Chunli Zhao was arrested after driving to a police parking lot, apparently attempting to turn himself in, officials…
Thousands of supporters of the All Progressives Congress APC have angrily left the venue of the presidential campaign rally as the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu could not address them over an audio malfunction at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium in Bauchi. The disappointed supporters from various states of…
An Assistant General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Prof. Folagbade Aboaba has died aged 90. According to a statement by Prof Folarin Alonge, the national chairman of the Nigeria Institute of Agricultural Engineers, Aboaba passed away after a brief illness. Aboaba was one of the closest allies…
