Bandits kill 13 farmers in Niger
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed 13 persons on their farms at the Ijuwa fringes of the Alawa community of the Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. The…
Chinese investors Zhongshang seize another $57m Nigerian jet in Canada
A Chinese firm, Zhongshang Fucheng Industrial Investment Ltd., has finalised the repossession of a luxury jet owned by Nigeria in Canada. Peoples Gazette reports that Zhongshang recently received a change…
Olukayode Ariwoola retires as Chief Justice of Nigeria
The 22nd Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola has retired from service. Ariwoola’s retirement followed his attainment of 70 years. Justice Ariwoola was born on 22 August 1954.…
You can’t get 50% of husband’s properties after divorce under Nigerian laws – Lawyer tells women
Activist lawyer, Madubuachi Idam, on Thursday said Nigerian laws frown at a woman getting 50 percent of her husband’s properties during divorce. Idam warned that women who push their husbands…
Court restrains APC from conducting congresses in Rivers
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has granted an ex parte order restraining the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, led by Abdullahi Umar-Ganduje and…
Alleged fraud: Anti-graft Agency arrests Kwankwaso, Perm Sec, ALGON Chairman, others
The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission, has arrested Garba Musa Kwankwaso, a nephew to the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP, presidential candidate, Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the Permanent…
Nigerian workers threaten National grid, telecoms shutdown Thursday over plan to arrest Ajaero
Nigerian workers in telecommunications and electricity sectors have threatened to shut down the National grid, and telecom services at midnight Wednesday if the President of Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero…
Presidential jet: Tinubu, NASS, political class now bandits against Nigerians – Ezekwesili
Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has said President Bola Tinubu, the National Assembly, and the political class have decided to become bandits against Nigerians. Ezekwesili made the remark on…
Rivers: Fubara should face the crisis – Wike replies Edwin Clark
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike has reacted to claims by elder statesman, Edwin Clark, that he is using his relationship with President Bola Tinubu to…
Wike declares Abuja Park and Pay scheme illegal
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has declared the Park and Pay scheme in the nation’s capital as illegal. The minister made the declaration during a parley…