Aliyu Sa’ad, 25, who admitted calling his friend gay in court on Thursday, was sentenced to be detained in custody by a Sharia court in Kano State. After Sa’ad entered a guilty plea, the judge, Malam Umar Lawal-Abubakar, issued the directive. The case was postponed to July 3 for a summary trial by Lawal-Abubakar. Insp. … Read more
Commercial drivers in Lagos must now donate N500 to Bola Tinubu’s presidential campaign in order to purchase campaign stickers. The action now exposes a new stage of political irresponsibility on the part of the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, which is being seen in advance of the 2023 general election. An officer of the Lagos … Read more
Usman Baba Alkali, the Inspector-General of Police, has declared that state governments’ establishments of quasi-security organizations are not authorized by law to operate during the elections in 2023. On Thursday, Baba made this statement during a gathering of strategic police managers, which included officials with the level of commissioner and higher. The police chief added … Read more
Serum has it that Malam Nuhu Ribadu, the country’s national security adviser, briefed members of the upper house of parliament on the outcomes of the security forces’ attempts to rein in unrest. The meeting of security leaders with the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, was summoned last week by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, who requested … Read more
Rotimi Akeredolu, the governor of Ondo, has criticized the Federal Government of Nigeria, claiming that the nation cannot have two systems. Akeredolu responded to the footage showing the Katsina security unit receiving permission to bear arms in a statement on Thursday. The governor said that in response to recent terrorist assaults, the government had refused … Read more
Bola Tinubu, the APC candidate for president in 2023, has received the support of the combined group of Arewa communities in the six southwest states. At the inaugural gathering of the southwest Arewa, the group’s head, Sa’adu Yusuf Dandare, vowed a door-to-door campaign for Tinubu. The group’s support arrived at a time when one of … Read more
Muhammed Umar, who is 40 years old and the father of 20 children and is currently being questioned for the alleged rape of a girl who is 12 years old, has placed the blame for the assault on the victim. The defendant, who admitted to having intercourse with the child, argued that she tricked him … Read more
The 2022 Odun Omo Iganmode Cultural Festival is set to take place in December, and the Ogun State government has committed its full support. At the official unveiling of the festival’s logo and theme, which was held at the palace of Olota of Ota, Oba (Prof) Adeyemi Obalanlege, Mrs. Adijat Adeleye-Oladapo, the state’s commissioner for … Read more
The Chief Justice of Nigeria has been urged by the Young Progressives Party (YPP) to move the citing of the Akwa-Ibom Governorship Petition Tribunal to Abuja. This was said in a statement released by Mr. Egbeola Wale-Martins, the YPP’s national publicity secretary, on Thursday in Abuja. The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Olukayade Ariwoola, is … Read more
Idowu Owohunwa, the Commissioner of Police for the State of Lagos, has revealed some fresh information concerning the events that led up to the passing of the late musician Ilerioluwa Aloba, better known by his stage name Mohbad. following the deceased musician Mohbad was given three injections by a nurse named Feyisayo Ogedemgbe on September … Read more