•Nigerian Senate The Senate today passed for second reading a bill seeking to amend the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Act to provide for single non-renewal term of six years for the governor and the deputy governors of the apex bank. The bill, sponsored by Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru (APC, Lagos) and all the 41 […]
•Duoye Diri takes his oath of office Bayelsa State governor, Duoye Diri, has been sworn in for a second term in office. He took his oath of office at 1:58 pm today at the Samson Siasia Sports Complex in Yenagoa, the state capital, reports Channels TV. Both Diri and his deputy, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, took their […]
Jalaludeen Zakari, a head teacher in Burra village, Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State, has been sentenced to 11 years imprisonment for fingering one of his pupils. The sentence was pronounced by the Presiding Judge of Bauchi State High Court No. 11, Justice Nana Fatimah Jibrin while delivering judgment on the case brought against [&h...
An Abeokuta Magistrates Court today, sentenced a teenager, Adeola Saheed, for attempting to rape a 35- year-old woman. The defendant, 19, who resides at Brewery area in Abeokuta, is facing a three count charge of conspiracy, indecent assault and attempt to rape, reports The Guardian. The magistrates, Mrs O.O Odumosu, said that the prosecution ...
•Philip Shaibu The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, yesterday claimed he was duped while supporting his principal, Godwin Obasek’s second term bid. He said while he staked his long term relationship with Obaseki’s predecessor, Adams Oshiomhole, to fight apparent godfatherism and back his principal’s ambition, he later found out tha...
•Prison A Nigerian identified as Olugbenga Lawal was on Monday sentenced to ten years in prison in the United States for conspiring to launder money derived from internet fraud schemes. Lawal, 33, of Indianapolis, Indiana, has also reportedly been ordered to pay over $1.46 million in restitution. In a statement, the U.S Department of Justice [...
•Fubara Barely 24 hours after the House of Assembly Speaker loyal to him resigned both as a Speaker and a lawmaker, the Rivers State governor, Siminilayi Fubara has assured that no amount of political crisis can truncate the tenure of his administration. Fubara assured that he is not pretentious about his commitment to providing quality [&hell...
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