A legal practitioner, Isah Hassan-Nalaraba, has filed a ₦610 million fundamental human rights violation lawsuit against a Nasarawa State High Court judge, Abdullahi Hassan-Shama, over alleged illegal detention and the forceful confiscation of his mobile phones. The suit, filed on February 7 at the Federal High Court in Lafia with suit number FH/LF/FHR/6/2025, accuses Justice … Read more
The Rivers State House of Assembly has refuted claims by Governor Siminalayi Fubara that he was blocked from re-presenting the 2025 Appropriation Bill at the Assembly complex. Naija News reports that the spokesperson of the House and Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Enemi Alabo George, dismissed Fubara’s allegations, describing them as a “comedy … Read more
Borussia Dortmund recovered from losing an early goal to fight back and beat Lille 2-1 in France in the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie on Wednesday, sealing a 3-2 aggregate victory and a place in the quarter-finals. Jonathan David gave Lille an early lead on the night, putting the French club ahead … Read more
Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, Lere Olayinka, has stated that the Rivers State Governor, Sim Fubara, was not ready for peace and governance by the laws. Naija News reports that Olayinka made this known in a social media post on Wednesday, … Read more
Exactly 37 days after he was suspended, the Governor of Edo State, Monday Okpebholo, recalled the State’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Samson Osagie. A letter to Osagie by the Secretary to State Government, Umar Ikhilor, marked SGA. 15/NOL.XV111/215 and dated March 12, 2025, released around 8:15pm, read that he was recalled after he … Read more
Former Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) president, Amaju Pinnick, has failed to secure re-election into the FIFA Council after falling short in the voting process at the 14th CAF Extraordinary General Assembly held on Wednesday in Cairo, Egypt. Naija News reports that Pinnick garnered 28 votes, missing out on one of the six available membership positions … Read more
The Police Command in Anambra has commended residents for resisting the Monday sit-at-home order orchestrated by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra in the South East. In a statement released on Wednesday in Awka, the command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, lauded the people’s resilience. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the illegal … Read more
The House of Representatives on Wednesday deleted four primary clauses in the South West Development Commission Establishment Act. The report on the Senate bill which was gazetted for the third reading during Wednesday’s plenary which was subsequently passed. The bill seeks to “Establish the South West Development Commission charged with the responsibility, among other things, … Read more
The people of Olorunda community in Abeokuta North Local Government, Ogun State, have cried out over the alleged plan to impose one Segun Ogunsola Philip on them as the traditional ruler of the community. The residents, who stormed the Secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Ogun State Council, Abeokuta, on Tuesday, declared that Ogunsola … Read more
FCT, Abuja – A retired Colonel in the Army, from Oke-Ogun area of Oyo state, Dr. Gbenga Adegbola, has formally joined politics, leading 13,000 others from his constituency into the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2027 general election. Ganduje welcomes Col. Adegbola, 13,000 others to APC Receiving the leader of the new entrants … Read more