Late Dadiyata Kaduna youths and women marched to the Government House, demanding answers over the long disappearance of Abubakar Idris, popularly called Dadiyata. The demonstrators also called for a sweeping public audit of the administration of former governor Nasir El-Rufai. The protest began on Thursday at the UTC roundabout in the state capital. From there,…
Yakubu Adamu Justice Mohammed Umar of a Federal High Court, Abuja on Thursday, adjourned indefinitely, the alleged terrorism financing trial of the Bauchi State Finance Commissioner, Yakubu Adamu. Justice Umar disclosed that the decision to suspend the trial follows request for the transfer of the case by the prosecution. According to the trial court, prosecution…
Justice Tsoho By Sufuyan Ojeifo The Bench cannot sit in judgement of the law while standing outside it. In a nation where the rule of law is ostensibly the bedrock of democracy, the allegations that the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, John Terhemba Tsoho, has operated undeclared bank accounts in blatant violation of…
Edo emerged top in the just ended Niger Delta Games with 52 gold, 34 silver, 25 bronze medals. The state came out as the overall champion of the Niger Delta Games, themed “Edo 2026.” The second edition of the games came to an end Thursday night in Benin City, Edo state capital. This is historic…
The Senate Committee on Finance has issued a warrant of arrest against the Registrar General of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Hussaini Ishaq Magaji, over his alleged refusal to honour repeated invitations to appear before lawmakers. The committee issued the warrant on Thursday during a budget defence session with the Federal Ministry of Finance and…
By Chido Onumah Comrade Biodun Jeyifo (BJ), who will be interred on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, in Ibadan, Oyo State, was a man of many distinguished parts: First class student, Professor Emeritus of English at Cornell University and Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature at Harvard University, journalist, author, literary critic, President of the Academic Staff…
No fewer than 27 persons have been murdered after a joint Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists attack in Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa State in the early hours of Wednesday. According to Vanguard, the terrorists overran the Shuwari Sholi community, killing residents and burning structures in an attack that lasted several hours. Among the…
A Federal High Court in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, has sentenced a 30-year-old man, Nkereuwem Felix Effiong, to life imprisonment for kidnapping a Judge of the Akwa Ibom State High Court, Hon. Justice Joy Unwana. Effiong, a native of Ibesikpo Asutan Local Government Area of the state, was convicted on charges bordering on…
Three senior officials of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) were on Wednesday arraigned before the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja over alleged fraud, corruption and money laundering amounting to over N2.04bn. The defendants are Felix Njoku, a former Director of Finance of the NRC; Benjamin Chinwuba Iloanusi, currently a Director in the corporation’s…
Justice Maryam Sabo of the Kano State High Court sitting in Kano has convicted and sentenced Ebonine Rita Uzoamaka to seven years imprisonment for obtaining the sum of N5.6million by false pretence. The convict was arraigned on August 18, 2021, on five-count charges of dishonest misappropriation of funds totaling N5,600,000.00 Uzoamaka bagged her imprisonment when…
