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An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced a Lagos bishop, Feyi Daniels, to life imprisonment for raping his 23-year-old assistant (name withheld).   Justice Rahman Oshodi also sentenced Daniels, the Bishop of I Reign Christian Ministry, Lagos, to three years in prison for sexually assaulting a 19-year-old member of the church (count […]

A private jet having about 10 persons onboard including Very Important Personalities (VIPs) has crash-landed in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. An impeccable source said the jet crash-landed on Friday around 11 am at the Samuel Ladoke Akintola Airport. The jet with registration number, N580KR, missed the runway into the nearby bush. Firefighters and rescue […]

SHAIBU WAS PRESENT AT EXCO WHEN APPROVAL WAS GIVEN FOR RENOVATION OF GOVT HOUSE CHAPEL – EDO GOVT   … ‘DEP. GOV. SHOULD FOCUS ON HIS CAMPAIGN, STOP PROFANING GOD’S NAME’   It is unfortunate that His Excellency, the Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Philip Shaibu has continued to stir controversy over the renovation of the […]

Contrary to speculation in some quarters, President Bola Tinubu has no plan to move the Federal Capital to Lagos, the Presidency has said.   The Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to President Bola Tinubu, Bayo Onanuga, stated this in a statement via his official X handle on Wednesday, following a rumour that surfaced on […]

Searchng.ng nigerian search engine understands that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will depart for Paris, France tonight.   Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President, (Media & Publicity) revealed this via a terse statement , saying , President Bola Tinubu departs Abuja for Paris, France, on Wednesday, January 24, 2024, for a private visit. He […]

Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has announced the selection of Olayide Owolabi Adelami for the position of Deputy Governor.   Adelami, who hails from Owo, the hometown of the late Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, is a former Deputy Clerk of the National Assembly.   The name of the deputy governor nominee has been transmitted to the […]

President Bola Tinubu says his administration will not relent in addressing corruption and other vices because it is a sacred duty to ensure that the country is set right for the prosperity of all Nigerians.   Speaking when he received a delegation of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), led by its president, Archbishop Daniel […]

Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court Abuja has nullified the N800 billion budget passed by the Edison Ehie-led group of the Rivers State House of Assembly and signed into law by the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara. The court also upheld the suit filed by the Assembly and Speaker Martin Amaewhule, against Fubara, […]

  The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has described relocation of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) headquarters to Lagos as a ploy to further underdevelop Northern Nigeria.   The group also kicked against the relocation of a unit of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to Lagos.   The ACF, in a statement by […]

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, and 20 concerned Nigerians have sued the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas for unilaterally and arbitrarily increasing the allocation for lawmakers from N197 billion to N344 billion, representing highest since the return of democracy in 1999.   Akpabio and Abbas were […]

Following the recent launch of the Special Intervention Squad (SIS) by the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, the police have apprehended 16 notorious criminals and recovered arms and ammunition in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).   Amongst the suspects paraded on Saturday were three Bwari-based kidnappers- Idris Ishaku, m, 27 years; Bala Umar, m, […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has re-arraigned a former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele before Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Maitama, Abuja.   He was re-arraigned on Friday,  January 19, 2024 on 20-count amended charges bordering on  conferment of corrupt advantages, conspiracy, criminal […]