PLATEAU LAWYERS CALL FOR HARSHER PENALTIES FOR MOTORCYCLE BAN VIOLATORS
By: Balogun Ibrahim The Plateau Lawyers Bar Forum has urged the enforcement of stricter penalties against commercial motorcycle operators who flout the ban within the...
DISMISSED POLICEMEN COMPLAIN OVER NON-REINSTATEMENT DESPITE COURT RULING
By: Balogun Ibrahim Five policemen from Akwa Ibom State, reportedly wrongfully dismissed from service in 2007, have appealed to Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Senator...
POLICE ARREST TWO RELATIVES OVER KIDNAPPING, MURDER OF NINE-YEAR-OLD IN BAUCHI
By: Balogun Ibrahim The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested two suspects, Yahaya Zubairu, 20, and Babangida Muhammad, 20, in connection with the kidnapping and...
EFCC ARRESTS ABUJA REAL ESTATE AGENT OVER N288 MILLION PROPERTY SCAM
By: Balogun Ibrahim The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested an Abuja-based real estate agent, Hajia Adama Adamu, over an alleged property fraud...
BAGHDAD CELEBRATES AS IRAQ SECURES WORLD CUP QUALIFICATION
Agency Report Music, fireworks and the occasional round of gunfire erupted across Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, early Wednesday after the national team qualified for the World...
EL-RUFAI APPEARS BEFORE COURT AS BAIL HEARING COMMENCES
By: Balogun Ibrahim Former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai arrived at the Federal High Court in Kaduna on Wednesday morning for the resumed hearing of...
FALANA WARNS AGAINST EARLY POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS, CITES RISK TO GOVERNANCE
By: Balogun Ibrahim Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has urged the immediate halt of ongoing political campaigns, warning that premature...
IRAN DENIES RESPONDING TO U.S. PROPOSAL, RULES OUT NEGOTIATIONS
Agency Report Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said there were no negotiations with the United States and that Tehran had not responded to a reported...
OGUN HEALTHCARE WORKERS WARN OF STRIKE OVER ASSAULT ON COLLEAGUE
By: Balogun Ibrahim The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has raised concerns over what it called a growing threat to the safety of healthcare...
KANO GOVERNOR RECEIVES EIGHT NNPP DEFECTORS INTO APC
Agency Report Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, has witnessed the defection of eight NNPP lawmakers to the APC at the National Assembly in Abuja. This...