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However, the court ordered the suspect to be remanded at the Lafia Correctional Facility pending formal arraignment and further legal proceedings. The Nasarawa State Police Command has charged Timileyin Ajayi, a self-proclaimed gospel singer, with the gruesome murder of Salome Eleojo. The suspect was arraigned on Friday before a magistrate court on a one-count charge of culpable homicide punishable by …

President Joe Biden announced a major opinion Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment is ratified, enshrining its protections into the Constitution, a last-minute move that some believe could pave the way to bolstering reproductive rights. It will, however, certainly draw swift legal challenges – and its next steps remain extremely unclear as Biden prepares to leave office. The amendment, which …

By Moses Musa Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, Sitting in Benin, on Thursday reserved ruling in the Motion on Notice, seeking to dismiss the petitions filed by Mr. Akhimie Kingston Afeare and Bishop Akhalamhe Amiemenoghena, against the declaration of Governor Monday Okpebholo, as winner of the September 21 election in the State. Akhimie and Akhalamhe, candidates of Action Democratic …

By Moses Musa Edo State three-man Governorship Election Petition Tribunal (EPT), led by Justice Wilfred Kpochi, on Wednesday commenced full hearing on the seven petitions challenging the declaration of Governor Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as winner of the 2024 Edo State Governorship Election. This was just as the EPT has adjourned hearing on petition filed by …

The Nigerian military has expressed serious concern over the gradual influx of foreign terror fighters into the country from the Sahel region.  The military also stressed that it is profoundly conscious of its role and responsibility in ending insurgency and terrorism in the nation. Addressing a press at the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) in Abuja on Thursday, the outgoing Director, Defence …

The plots, according to a public notice issued by the Federal Capital Territory Administration on Wednesday, were revoked because the allottees failed to pay for their Certificates of Occupancy (C-of-O) before the 15 January deadline given to them. Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma, his Bayelsa counterpart, Douye Diri, and Speaker of the House of Representatives Abbas Tajudeen are among the 568 …

The federal government has reacted to a recent remark by the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, who expressed his unwillingness to help the current administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on addressing the country’s economic challenges. The Emir, Tribune Online reports, at a public event in Lagos, stated his resolve not to speak on solutions to the effects of some of …

The NGF “reiterated its strong support for the comprehensive reform of Nigeria’s archaic tax laws.” President Bola Tinubu’s efforts to comprehensively reform Nigeria’s tax system got a major boost on Thursday when the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) declared “strong support” for it. The NGF, in a statement signed by its chairperson, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, “reiterated its strong support for the comprehensive reform of …

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has alleged that Asue Ighodalo is attempting to hinder its probe into a N6 billion fraud involving Jonathan Okunbor and his company, Kezmith Global Ventures. On Wednesday, a statement issued by EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale accused Ighodalo of falsely presenting Okunbor as an election tribunal witness to shield him …