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Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has assured of greater support for the judiciary, ensuring better environment, infrastructure, technology and other incentives to empower them to effectively and efficiently perform their duties. Obaseki, who gave the assurance while briefing journalists in Benin City, the Edo State capital, said his administration plans to build safe and comfortable judges’ quarters with recreational …

Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos State, on Friday, issued a production warrant against singer, Azeez Fashola, also known as Naira Marley. Naira Marley who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on 11-count charges bordering on conspiracy and credit card fraud has been mandated to appear in court on October …

The Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVCNU) has said that Nigerian scholars `especially from the intellectual community’ were not nominated for the 2023 Nobel Prize because of poor research funding. The Secretary-General of the committee, Prof. Yakubu Ochefu, was reacting to the recent announcement of the 2023 Nobel Prize winners. He spoke at a news conference to herald the …

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress and former Deputy National Publicity, Yekini Nabena, on Friday, mocked former Vice President Atiku Abubakar whom he urged to start preparations in earnest ahead of the 2027 presidential election. The development is coming barely 24 hours after the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party denied betraying President Bola Tinubu over the allegation …

The Commissioner of Police Lagos State Mr Idowu Owohunwa said, Mohbad was brought in dead to the hospital, and he was certified dead by doctors on duty on September 12. The Nigeria Police Force, Lagos State Command, has said the nurse who treated late singer, Ilerioluwa Olademeji Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, and reportedly gave him an injection before his …

The 2023 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Narges Mohammadi for “her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced in Oslo on Friday. Mohammadi’s name has become synonymous with the fight for human rights in Iran – a battle that has cost her almost …

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has said only the outcome of the Supreme Court case against President Bola Tinubu will end his political feud with the President. The former Vice President stated this just as the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, lashed out at him for faulting Tinubu’s academic records, in spite …

Founding National Chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chekwas Okorie, spoke with LAWRENCE NJOKU, on state of the country and the urgent task before President Bola Tinubu, to salvage Nigeria from the precipice. Is Nigeria of today the reason for the struggle for independence 63 years ago?For some of us who were old enough to witness that independence celebration, …

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has in response to an appeal by his Peoples Democratic Party counterpart, Atiku Abubakar, to join in the legal battle challenging President Tinubu’s credentials said he was focused on reclaiming his stolen mandate at the Supreme Court. Obi’s response was contained in a statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary of …

Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, has said his quest to unravel the educational qualifications of President Bola Tinubu is to ensure that “ground rules” for legitimate governance is respected and has, therefore, vowed to pursue the case at the Supreme Court to its logical conclusion. Atiku, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, at a press briefing, yesterday, in Abuja, said his …