Bayelsa State Commissioner of Police, Alonyenu Iduh has ordered a discreet probe of circumstances surrounding the death of a 14-year-old girl at a popular Yenagoa hotel on Easter Sunday. According to investigations, the police attention was drawn to the incident by the management of the hotel located along Isaac Boro Expressway, Yenagoa, repor...
The Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University, Gashua in Yobe State Maimuna Waziri has directed the closure of academic activities in the school following a fire incident that ripped through a female hostel, killing one. A statement from the school’s registrar Abubakar Mamudo quoted the vice-chancellor as asking all students to vacate the camp...
The ongoing conflict between the Nigeria Labour Congress and the leadership of the Labour Party escalated today, as the labour union instructed its state councils and political commission to picket Labour Party secretariats across the country. This was contained in a letter obtained by this paper today and signed by the chairperson of the NLC ...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered Binance Holdings Limited to provide the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission with comprehensive information on all persons from Nigeria trading on its platform. The court handed down the order in an ex-parte motion filed by the EFCC demanding information about Nigerians trading on Binance, reports ...
The Nigerian Communications Commission has reiterated its directive to telecom operators to bar telephone subscribers not linked to their National Identification Numbers on or before today, Wednesday, February 28, 2024. The Executive Vice Chairman, National Communication Commission, Dr Aminu Maida, spoke at the NCC’s Special Day during the ong...
•Muritala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to show the total annual generated revenue from toll gates and parking lots fees in all federal government-owned airports and how much it remitted from January 2015 till January 2024. Justice Ibra...
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the National Population Commission (NPC) to release details of spending on the aborted 2023 Population Census to an Abuja-based lawyer, Opatola Victor within seven days. Justice Ekwo issued the order while delivering judgment in a suit instituted against the population commissi...
The National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, has directed operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, the Nigeria Customs Service and the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit, to clamp down on forex market speculators. This, he said, is part of efforts to safeguard Nigeria’s foreign exchange market and c...
•Late Dele Giwa A Federal High Court, Abuja, today, ordered the federal government (FG) to investigate, prosecute and punish perpetrators of the murder of founder of Newswatch Magazine, Dele Giwa, and other journalists in the country. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, also made an order directing the FG to take measures to prevent attacks [&...
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has directed the mandatory recitation of the National Pledge after the National Anthem at every official and public engagement. This is to ensure absolute respect for the national symbols, strengthen allegiance and fidelity to the country, and to preserve Nigeria’s ethos and defining character, reports Nigerian Tr...

