•Emefiele Justice Adegbola Adeniyi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, has ordered the unconditional and immediate release of the immediate-past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. Justice Adeniyi made the order after Emefiele filed a Motion Ex-parte, seeking his release from the custody of the Economic and...
•Lagos PPRO Hundeyin A 34-year-old man identified as John has died after drowning in the Elegushi Beach, in Lagos State, on Saturday, during a church hangout. It was gathered that the unnamed Ikorodu-based church had organised a picnic for its youths which the late John was a part of, reports The PUNCH. It was gathered […]
•Tinubu The Peoples Democratic Party in Akwa Ibom State has dragged President Bola Tinubu to court for allegedly appointing a member of his party, the All Progressives Congress as Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission. The suit was filed by the Chairman and Secretary of the state PDP, Aniekan Akpan an...
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, yesterday, assured Nigerians of sufficient stock of currency notes for economic activities in the country. It was earlier reported that as the December 31 deadline for the use of the old N200, N500 and N1000 banknotes approaches, scarcity of cash has hit Kano and Borno states as well as […]
•Pam (center) with Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board members The Executive Secretary, Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission, Reverend (Dr) Yakubu Pam, has informed that the commission would commence the 2023 main pilgrimage exercise to Rome by the third week of January 2024. He made this known in Abuja recently, during a meeting with members of ...
A bus driver and his passengers were, yesterday, injured after his unpainted commercial bus, FKJ 366 XT, rammed into a loaded containerised trailer on outer Marina Road. They were, however, rescued by operatives of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), to a nearby hospital, reports The Guardian. Director, Public Affairs and Enligh...
•Yaba overpass bridge, Lagos Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has opened the Yaba Overpass Bridge. He promised that the other three on the Red Line route -Ikeja, Mushin and Oyingbo- will be opened before the end of the year, reports The Nation. Sanwo-Olu, who expressed joy about the bridge’ completion, noted that it would improve [&hell...
The Court of Appeal in Abuja, has affirmed the elections of Senators Ali Ndume representing Borno South and Kaka Lawan, representing Borno Central. The three-member panel headed by Justice Biobele Georgewill held that the two appeals against the lawmakers lacked merit, reports Channels TV. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) h...
•Tinubu The House of Representatives has rejected the N4.79bn budgetary allocation for a presidential yacht contained in the N2.176trn supplementary budget for the 2023 financial year transmitted to it on Tuesday by President Bola Tinubu. In passing the supplementary budget on Thursday, the House moved the sum proposed for the yacht to student...
•Etekamba Umoren The Peoples Democratic Party has rejected the appointment of Etekamba Umoren as a Resident Electoral Commissioner. The Senate yesterday confirmed the appointments of seven out of the 10 RECs forwarded to it by President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday, reports The PUNCH. The RECs whose appointments were confirmed are Umoren (Akwa Ibom)...

