Category: NEWS
Court Postpones Sowore’s Trial For Allegedly Making False Claim Against Tinubu
A Federal High Court in Abuja has postponed the planned arraignment of a politician and online publisher, Omoyele Sowore, for making false claims against Bola Tinubu to October 27. Sowore, the publisher of Sahara Reporters and serial presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), was to be arraigned on Tuesday on a five-count charge…
Tinubu Orders Thorough Probe Into Arise News Anchor’s Death
Bola Tinubu has ordered a probe into probe into the death of Somtochukwu Christelle Maduagwu, a news anchor and producer with Arise Television. Maduagwu died on Sunday in an armed robbery incident at her residence in the Katampe district of Abuja. In a statement issued on Tuesday by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy,…
Graduate Bags Life Jail For Defiling 4-Year-Old Inside Keke In Lagos
A 22-year-old graduate, Femi Ayoade, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting a four-year-old girl inside a tricycle in the Eti-Osa area of Lagos State. The judgment was delivered on Tuesday by Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, who held that the prosecution had proven its case…
Independence Parade Cancellation Shows Presidency’s Disconnect From Nigerians – ADC
Bolaji Abdullahi, spokesman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has criticised the Federal Government’s decision to cancel the 65th Independence Anniversary parade, describing it as another sign of disconnect between the presidency and the Nigerian people. The Federal Government had on Monday announced the cancellation of the parade, which was scheduled for October 1 in…
NLC Places Unions On Red Alert Over PENGASSAN/Dangote Rift
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has placed its unions and members on red alert over the rift between the Dangote refinery and the Petroleum, Natural Gas Workers Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN). PENGASSAN had been at loggerheads with the refinery, accusing its management of sacking over 800 Nigerian workers. The union members on Monday barricaded the…
Court Orders Arrest Of INEC Chairman
The Federal High Court in Osogbo, Osun State capital, has ordered the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to arrest the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof Mahmoud Yakubu, for contempt and disobedience of court orders. The court’s decision followed a suit filed by the Action Alliance against INEC. The Action Alliance had…
ARISE TV Anchor Killed In Abuja Armed Robbery
ARISE News Channel has mourned the tragic loss of a young journalists, Somtochukwu Maduagwu, who died in the early hours of Monday, September 29, following a violent armed robbery at her residence in the Katampe area of Abuja. In a statement obtained from its X handle on Monday, the 29-year-old broadcaster, affectionately known as Sommie,…
BREAKING: ASUU Issues 14-Day Ultimatum To FG Over Unresolved Issues
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Federal Government of Nigeria. The union made the decision following a National Executive Council meeting held on Sunday at the University of Abuja. The national president of ASUU, Prof. Chris Piwuna made this known in a copy of strike action he personally…
JUST IN: Court Stops PENGASSAN, Others From Cutting Gas Supply To Dangote
Justice Emmanuel Subilim of the National Industrial Court Abuja, has restrained the Petroleum, Natural Gas Workers Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) from embarking on its planned industrial action against Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE. Ruling on an ex parte application by Dangote Refinery, Justice Subilim restrained the defendants, which included Nigeria National Petroleum Company Ltd…
Breaking!!! Nigerian Marketers Announce Fuel Price Hike
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria has announced that its members would effect a petrol price hike nationwide as Dangote Refinery suspended sales of petrol in Naira. The National President of IPMAN, Abubakar Maigandi, disclosed this in an interview on Saturday. He confirmed that the 650,000-barrel-per-day refinery, on Friday, sent an email to its…