President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Musa Abaji as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. He announced the appointment in a letter he sent to the Senate yesterday. The letter was read by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki. Buhari said the appointment was based on the advice of the National Judicial Council. “In line […]

Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, has criticised the book, ‘My Transition Hour’, written by former President Goodluck Jonathan, describing it as an “elementary book of tales”. Shettima was particularly miffed by the fact that the former president did not disclose all that he knew about the abduction of the Chibok schoolgirls in 2014 in the […]

A lawyer has narrated how he was beaten up and nearly killed on a busy road in Yaba area of Lagos yesterday by a jealous husband who falsely accused him of sleeping with his wife. The lawyer, whose Twitter name is Underrated, recalled his unpleasant experience in a tweet on the handle, @Agbejoro_ According to […]

Police have declared that the alleged gang leader of the Offa Bank Robbers, Michael Adikwu, who died in custody was not among the suspects that have been linked with some prominent politicians in the country. Adikwu, who was a dismissed police constable, had reportedly fell ill and died while awaiting the commencement of the trial […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the governorship and State Assembly elections will hold on March 2. Area Council elections in the FCT will also hold on the same date. The commission said the list of candidates for elections will be published in its Federal Capital Territory office and also at the […]

The prime suspect and gang leader in the Offa bank robbery, Michael Adikwu, is dead. Kwara State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Kamaldeen Ajibade, SAN disclosed this at a Kwara State High Court on Wednesday, when five of the six principal suspects were brought to court. The five suspects arraigned were Ayoade Akinnibosun, […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State has condemned the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for a serial show of irrationality and fear since the recent posting of a new Commissioner of Police to the state. APC said in a statement on Tuesday in Yenagoa that PDP had taken its phobia […]

Mr Adebowale James,  a prince of Kweme Land of Badagry,  Lagos on Monday narrated to an Ikeja Special Offences Court how Semasa James, his half brother also a prince, cheated his 26 siblings of N500 million inheritance from their father late Oba Afolabi James. Adebowale was testifying at the resumed trial of Semasa and Afolabi […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja hailed his predecessor, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, for voluntarily conceding defeat in the 2015 general elections, describing him as a true democrat. Buhari said this at the unveiling of a book titled “My Transition Hours” by Jonathan. The book launch was attended by hundreds of guests from outside and […]