The Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja, has overturned a previous ruling by the Federal High Court in Kano, thereby affirming the validity of the local government elections conducted in October 2024 by the Kano State Government. In a judgment delivered on Friday, Justice Oyewumi stated that the Federal High
The wealthy billionaire from Enugu has been caught by the villagers after the shocking find of a pregnant woman, her mother, and others buried alive in his home in Eziagu Enugu. The people of Eziagu in Enugu have uncovered a terrifying secret hidden beneath the lavish exterior of a self-styled
Sidi Ould Tah of Mauritania has been elected the new President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), succeeding Nigeria’s Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, whose decade-long leadership ends this year. The announcement was made during the Bank’s Annual Meetings held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Following three rounds of voting and internal consultations,
Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has disclosed that over 4,000 inmates were being held in custodial centres across Nigeria for their inability to pay fines as low as N50,000.Tunji-Ojo disclosed this while speaking at the Access Bank Guest Lecture Series (GLS) held at the bank’s headquarters in Victoria Island,
Saudi authorities have deported a prominent Kaduna-based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi to Nigeria, after barring him from performing the 2025 Hajj. The cleric confirmed the development on Monday, May 26, 2025, through a post on his Facebook page. According to Gumi, despite being issued a valid visa for Hajj,
…inducted into the Brand Africa Hall of Fame, honours Aliko Dangote with a Lifetime Achievement Award Pan-African investor Aliko Dangote and the Dangote Industries Limited (DIL) over the weekend, garnered three prestigious accolades at the 15th annual Brand Africa 100 awards, held at the iconic Africa Hall in Addis Ababa,
THOMAS IMONIKHE FOR most patriots and beneficiaries of Aliko Dangote Foundation, ADF’s humanitarian programmes including those targeted at hunger and poverty reduction, the recent listing of Africa’s richest man, Aliko, among the leading philanthropists worldwide, by TIME Magazine of London, represents a deserved crowning of the business mogul’s decades-long charity
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) on Saturday announced a scheduled maintenance shutdown of the Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC), beginning on May 24, 2025. This was contained in a statement by the Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Femi Soneye. Soneye stated that the shutdown is part of a
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) on Thursday issued an urgent call for residents in the northern Gaza Strip to evacuate ahead of an expected intensification of its military offensive. The evacuation order covered the towns of Beit Lahia and Jabalia, the Jabalia refugee camp, and northern neighborhoods of Gaza City.
A young couple that worked at the Israeli embassy was shot dead outside a Jewish museum in Washington on Wednesday evening by a gunman. The gunman who was allegedly chanting “free Palestine’’ while being arrested, local and federal law enforcement authorities said. U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of State