Worried by the obstinacy of the oil giant, Exxon Mobil, to remediate its environment, Ibeno, an oil-producing community in Akwa Ibom State, is considering dragging the company to an international court.
Ibeno, the host community of Exxon Mobil has repeatedly called on the company to have a comprehensive audit of the environmental, social, health and economic damage its extractive activities...
As Muslims commenced Ramadan fasting across the country, a Southern Kaduna senator-elect,
Sunday Marshall Katung, has urged Nigerians, especially Muslims, across the country to pray more for the progress of the country.
Katung, Senator-elect, Kaduna South Senatorial District, in a statement he personally signed and made available to newsmen in Kaduna on Friday, called on all to use the period for...
Jibrin Samuel Okutepa, SAN, a member of Peter Obi Labour Party’s legal team at the Presidential Election Tribunal, has described as fake the news alleging the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Olukayode Ariwoola disguised on a wheel chair to meet President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
He debunked Peter Obi’s involvement in the purported story.
On Thursday, online news media alleged that the CJN...
Alex Otti, the Abia State governor-elect, on Thursday claimed that he once won a gubernatorial election without the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi.
Otti, who spoke when he appeared on Channels Television, insisted that he won the 2015 election that produced Okezie Ikpazu as governor under the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA.
Otti was declared winner of the...
Super Eagles captain, Ahmed Musa says only head coach, Jose Peseiro can stop him from playing for the team.
Peseiro was widely criticised for including Musa in his 23-man squad for the upcoming 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying double header against Guinea-Bissau.
Musa stated at the start of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon that he would retire...
Senator Magnus Abe, Social Democratic Party (SDP) governorship candidate in Rivers State, has claimed that 15 people were reported dead across the state following the conclusion of the recent governorship and State House of Assembly elections.
Abe also claimed that a member of his party was also kidnapped right from the election grounds and Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, is...
The Federal Government will today, at the Federal High Court in Abuja, put the former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Prof Lawrence Adedibu Ojerinde on trial on fresh corruption charges.
Unlike the previous arraignment, Ojerinde would be docked along with three of his sons as well as a daughter-in-law.
The three sons are Olumide Abiodun Ojerinde, Adedayo...
The Western Security Network Agency, Amotekun Osun, has arrested two suspects who are notorious for unleashing terror attacks on inhabitants of Ita-Olokan area of Osogbo.
The security outfit also disclosed that the duo, 27-year-old Afeez Olaniyan and 23-year-old Ismail Wahab, who were nabbed after a tip-off by residents of the area were also in possession of a locally-made pistol.
Confirming their...
President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to 2 Bills recently passed by the National Assembly.
Nasiru Baballe Ila, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters at the House of Representatives disclosed this in a statement.
Ila said the President assented to the two bills on 17th of March, 2023.
The statement reads, “COPYRIGHT ACT 2022, this Act repeals the...
Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu has been found guilty of organ trafficking by a United Kingdom court.
His wife Beatrice and Obinna Obeta, a doctor involved in the case, were also found guilty.
The jury found that they conspired to bring the victim to London to exploit him for his kidney.
The Old Bailey heard the organ was for the couple’s...
