FORMER Ekiti State governor Ayo Fayose has warned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate that he is unlikely to receive the backing of the party due to the way he treated Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and the breach of the...
GOVERNOR Bello Mohammed Matawalle of Zamfara State has signed a new bill into law punishing armed banditry and kidnapping with the death penalty as part of an attempt to combat the growing insecurity across the state.
Over recent years,...
NIGERIA'S former senate president Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice appeared before Uxbridge Magistrate Court this morning after their ongoing trial for organ harvesting was surprisingly brought forward from July 7.
Last...
Ayo Akinfe
On May 14 1897, Great Britain signed a treaty with Emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia, creating bilateral relationships between Ethiopia and British Somaliland. It guaranteed the rights of the citizens of both territories and opened the...
FORMER chief judge of Nigeria Justice Mohammed Tanko will receive about N2.5bn ($6.01m) as a severance package from the federal government following his recent resignation despite there being corruption question marks surrounding his...
NIGERIA'S House of Representatives has intervened in the organ harvesting saga involving former deputy senate president Senator Ike Ekweremadu by urging the British authorities to handle the case fairly.
Last week, Senator Ekweremadu...
Ayo Akinfe
A rail network will be constructed across the country over the next 20 years linking all 36 states, employing no less than 10m people. This will also involve the manufacturing of carriages, tracks, signal boxes, equipment, etc
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FORMER deputy senate president Senator Ike Ekweremadu has filed a lawsuit against the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and several other agencies asking that they furnish him with details of the young man at the centre of the organ...
NIGERIAN Bar Association (NBA) officials have called for the immediate prosecution of the former chief judge of Nigeria Justice Mohammed Tanko after it emerged that he resigned yesterday in response to petitions against him by Supreme Court...
NIGERIA will not be allowed to participate in the women's 4x100 relay event at forthcoming World Athletics Championships taking place in Oregon next month after Blessing Okagbare got an additional one year doping ban that has affected the entire...